64th ride of 2016 - Tuesday, 5/3/2016

I found out this morning why my seat was wobbly late in the ride yesterday. When I went to check it and tighten up whatever needed it, I discovered that one of the bolts in the seat clamp had fallen completely out! It was not safe to ride that way (I consider myself very fortunate that I was able to make it home yesterday without incident), and no place local would have that specialized bolt, so I made up my mind that I was going to have to pack it up and head back to Jack's Bicycle in Dearborn.

At Jack's, Richard was fairly nonplussed by this new problem, and in a short time provided me with a spare bolt and I was on my way back to Ann Arbor. Nevertheless, the travel time meant that I could not do a long ride today, and another contributing factor to this was minor mechanical difficulties in assembling the trike. First, there was some problem in joining the tubes that support the rear of the seat. And then, once I got it together and began to try to ride, I discovered that the chain had come off the rear gear, and was wedged in a way that made it challenging to get right. But persistence finally paid off, and by a little past 2:00 I was off.

This after was absolutely ideal riding weather—61°, with lots of puffy clouds, but lots of sunshine, too. I rode to Marsh Park, but then on the way back, turned on Wilson Rd. and did my loop down around Saline High School, to return home having completed a ride of 12.6 miles in 1:22.

And another nice feature of the ride was having much of a new praise song ("I Love You, Lord") pop into my mind as I rode, so now I'm eager to write it out and flesh out the rest of it.