September is here, and with it, the promise of fall weather. The promise is being realized today, so my planned morning bike ride has shifted to the afternoon when the temps are supposed to be out of the 50s and into the 60s. Ahhhh.
The bike tail light (and front light) have been added to my collection of cycling gear. Next up will no doubt be something with long sleeves. Ganseys, while perfect for staying warm at home and walking around the town, are probably not going to be my go-to top when it's 40-50 degrees on a bike.
I've taken care of the 'everyone who has pedals with clips goes over at some time' business. A week ago Tuesday, as a matter of fact, I decided I would try clipping in with my right foot first. Bad idea. It was also a bad idea to continue down the driveway for a ride after I got back up. Shortest.Ride.Ever! 0.1 miles was enough to tell me that I really shouldn't expect a bit more use to ease the ouch, so I circled round the block, UNclipped carefully, and got an ice pack.
And two days ago, I - by the grace of God - came to a safe, rapid stop along a US Highway when a piece of wire got tangled up between my front tire and pedals. Clankety clankety clankety cling! Brake-unclip-stop safely. The change in speed was enough to let the wire sink to the pavement and be left behind me. So I got going and clipped in again, came home, tried something new on the unclipping side of things ... and plunk - learned something else that doesn't work! Ahem. Today's ride will be a medium-for-me-distance, exploring some new roads.
The cyber world has been busy this week, from hunting down accounting items to testing workflows and LOTS of stuff in between. And there was an imponderable. What *is* the non-printing character that looks like a small, hollow circle, sitting just above mid-line?
Another buzz cropped up on my harp. I'm not sure if it's going to be a persistent buzz, or just a 'Friday the 7th of September, 2018' buzz. Time will tell.
Knitting is proceeding apace. I haven't stopped to figure out how large I can make my Print O' The Wave stole yet, but I expect I'm about half done with the body. One of these days I will have to stop knitting and make some calculations. I'm at the stage of the project where I'd normally be plotting my next project - but that's the counterpane, so I've nothing to plot. A sad, sad state of affairs.
The rest of my day is calling -- adieu!
2 comments:
Ouch. So sorry to hear of the fall. Thankfully it was standing still? LOL, the usual way in which one falls while still clipped. I always put right foot on pedal first then clip in. What foot do you usually start pedaling with? I find it very hard to switch my footing, whether clipped or not. Even on my motorcycle, the LEFT foot always comes off first to put down for stop.It just feels strange to put the right foot down, same with bicycle, therefore, the right foot gets clipped and stays put :) Legs are not ambidextrous. :)
Yup, it was standing still, mostly - I might have had a wee bit of forward momentum, but not nearly enough to stay upright.
We're mirror twins on the clipping front.
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