{"id":19,"date":"2008-04-12T21:05:49","date_gmt":"2008-04-13T01:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=19"},"modified":"2011-03-16T23:17:29","modified_gmt":"2011-03-17T03:17:29","slug":"20-miles-in-the-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2008\/04\/12\/20-miles-in-the-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Miles In The Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Despite what I said in my last post<\/a> I went for a nice, long bike ride today. Sometime mid-afternoon the weather was looking better (only a few occasional drop falling) and I was feeling crappy, so I put on some BDU pants, my normal boots, a rainproof jacket, helmet and gloves, and hopped on my bike. I hadn’t intended to go particularly far, but I ended up doing a bit over 20 miles.<\/p>\n

I started out by going west down 22 Mile to VanDyke, VanDyke north to 23 Mile, then 23 Mile west to Dequindre north. Not long after getting on Dequindre I came across a possible destination, the easternmost end of the Clinton River Trail<\/a>. This is right near Onyx Ice Arena<\/a>, and right where it meets with the Macomb Orchard Trail<\/a>, which Danielle, Brian, and I rode a five mile section of last weekend. I then got on the Clinton River Trail, headed into downtown Rochester<\/a>, and rode along the marked route to the beginning of the Paint Creek Trail<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After stopping for a few minutes to look at the river and grab this photo<\/a> I turned around and headed home. Not long before this the rain had picked up, and so the rest of the ride home was in a steady drizzle. As noted a week ago<\/a> it’s good to get out in the rain, and it really isn’t that bad.<\/p>\n

This ride wasn’t all good, though. While crossing Shelby Road along 23 Mile, and preparing to cross to the south side of 23 Mile, I made a slow, but very sharp turn at a crosswalk. When doing so my front wheel slipped sideways and I almost fell, but was able to hop off and catch the bike. As this happened I felt my right leg above the knee quite gently, but thought nothing of it. Continuing to ride, I noticed that my front wheel now has a distinct wobble. After getting home I’ve since noticed that there are two loose spokes, 90\u00b0 apart, on the same side of the wheel. I guess tomorrow I’ll pick up a spoke wrench (yes, I know, I really should have one of these) and have at sorting the wheel out.<\/p>\n

That said, I’m almost tempted to just bring the front wheel into the shop where I bought the bike. It’s hard to imagine that it should have gone out of true so easily, and they do offer a free bike “tune up” after buying one, which I never took them up on. I could pick up a spoke wrench at that time too, I guess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite what I said in my last post I went for a nice, long bike ride today. Sometime mid-afternoon the weather was looking better (only…<\/p>\n

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