The second day I was on a roll. It seemed so wonderful and amazing to finally be doing this. But what started out feeling so easy and fast quickly turned to epic.

Ride Summary

Experience

Ride started easy, faster than expected. Couldn’t stop smiling.
Later, after I got too hot, realized I couldn’t take the route I wanted to go due to lack of pavement, not finding the paved road that didn’t exist and then getting flat tire I couldn’t fix- the ride quickly turned epic.
“Share the Road” is fully embodied, vehicles swung wide, slow and waved.

Weather

hot, and it kept getting hotter.

Spotted

More scrub jays, a magpie, and other unique local birds on the farmland.

Roads

Typical rural asphalt. Imbler had much nicer road quality than neighboring areas, and bike lanes!

Mechanicals

Just after missing the road that didn’t exist and passing by the stockade against Natives, my rear tire went flat. I found a long shade tree on the corner of some private property. I was hungry, thirsty, and tired and figured my bike wanted me to take a break. I decided to take it slow, but I couldn’t unscrew the axle and therefore couldn’t removed the tire. Gregg’s Cycle, how could you possible torque my through axle that tight?! AND WHY?? I resigned to patching the tube since I couldn’t removed it, but after searching far too long I couldn’t locate the hole. So, I just pumped the tire up all the way home.