2018 mileage: 2787.5
Both this week and today have been odd for my trike riding. On Sunday (as detailed in my post from that day), I rode the BIKE THE BRIDGE event on the Ambassador Bridge between Windsor and Detroit. But during it, one of my fellow riders told me, "Hey, your right tire has a bubble!" Accordingly, I cut the ride short of its entirety (although I DID get to do the 'glamorous' part—riding over the bridge itself).
My amazingly kind and generous friend Dan Cogan (shown below) helped me by confirming that the tire looked problematic to him on Monday, and then yesterday by removing the wheel for me so that I could take it to the dealer, my good friends at Jack's in Dearborn, for examination and repair or replacement. (When I got home from Dearborn, Dan also shared of his time by reinstalling the wheel on the trike for me.)
However, at Jack's they diagnosed the tire as fine, but showed me that the wobble was instead caused by a broken spoke on that wheel. I was able to get them to replace the spoke, and got the wheel home and back on the trike by mid-afternoon, in time for me to go pick Michelle up from school. So I lost both Monday and yesterday as riding days, but all things considered, that didn't seem too bad.
Today, however, I faced several additional problems. The trike itself was back in good working order, but to begin with, the weather was not at all enjoyable for riding, presenting a damp chill. It was 53° when I began, falling off to 52° when I finished, and after rain last night and most of the morning today, I faced a very soggy ride. Although I waited until 11:15, by which time at least no new rain was falling, the trail was exceptionally wet (and therefore, I was, too, before long).
Also, the MapMyRide app on my phone was acting up, and quit altogether a little over 6 miles into the ride. Because of this, I could not get either accurate statistics, or my full Relive video. To the best of my ability to figure, however, I rode about 12.6 miles in about 1:20—one round trip to Marsh Park, augmented by loops on Interfirst Drive and in the subdivision traversed by Wilson Rd. and Bicentennial Parkway. I was also able to get a video of the first part of my ride, before the app quit.
Finally, my phone's battery ran down much quicker than usual, and died a few minutes before I finished. After having had my phone for nearly two years, and having recharged the battery every night during that time, the research I've done online shows me that the battery probably needs replacing. So it sounds as if a trip to the Apple Store will be on my agenda for tomorrow.
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