Nails

One of the hazzards of a park in the middle of the city is that some parts of it are on top of old construction left over dumps, or park used city rejected fill to "fix" the trails at some point in the past...

We are all used to seeing non-native rock and chunks of concrete on the trails, but on my last ride I picked up something else. I stopped when I heard a loud slapping on the frame. Turned out I had a 3-4" rusted bent nail in my rear tire. I went thru the tread and out of the side wall!

What a bummer.

Other than that, it's too wet again to go out on the trails... Withdrawal...

Don't send the rescue party out yet!

The ride was awesome! It felt so good to be back on the bike. It was cold, but not cold enough to be completely miserable. Aside from "normal", for winter riding, numb and cold tips of the fingers and toes, it was rather comfortable. Very unexpected, despite 20 degrees temps.

Ok, so tonight we'll try it again!

The registration is open for all the NUE series races. Time to make the decisions which races to register for this year and which to skip. So far I'm pretty sure I'll be doing Mohican in OH, LumberJack in MI, Wilderness in PA and Shenandoah Mountain in VA. The Cohutta down in TN is up in the air, and I'm suspecting I will not commit to that one.

Whole bunch of nothing...

To report really. I have been off the bike since before Christmas, and out of any exercise really, with exception of couple of easy hikes.

Itching to get back on the bike tonight for the first time, and of course, it's low 20's that feel like low teens with the wind chill. It's good thing that Santa brought some nice new winter riding clothing!

If I don't post the results of my tonight's adventure by tomorrow, send a rescue party looking for Otzi in Wissahickon!!!