The weather sucks

I know that I shouldn't complain about the weather. You can ride your bike in anything as long as you have proper clothes, shower, and/or attitude. But it has rained so much that I've barely gotten to do anything in the last month as far as cycling goes. I'm really bummed out because I've done nothing but go to the gym. I I really do not want to get burned out on going to the gym when winter is just around the corner. I hope we get a good couple months of cool weather, leaves changing, dry trails and ample opportunities.

Roman Nose

It took a year and two trips to Roman Nose State Park before I road the trail. The first trip out the wife did NOT want me to ride the trail by myself. I can understand. Our daughter was a couple months old, my son was 2 and there is no cell phone coverage. So if I broke my leg I would have to military crawl my butt back the several miles back to camp.

This year everyone is a year older. I've ridden a bit more and was a bit more pressing about going. Plus I'd ridden all over Manitou Springs, CO all by myself. And Manitou Springs is a bit more challenging than Watonga, OK, right?

Roman Nose is a GREAT trail. Go there. Even if it is just a morning trip. Take a whole weekend and ride the trail in different directions. It is a great trip. But I am definitely going to make some changes to my bike before going back.

1. Knobby tires - I've got the factory tires on my bike still. After 2 years, they are nearly road tires.
2. Platform pedals - I'm ditching clips or shoe covers. I fell because I wasn't able to put my foot on the ground and push rather than something like going over the handle bars.

Cheers,

Extreme Folding Bike

Inventor's Bike Folds Into Its Own Wheel

"A student has designed a bike which can be folded completely into the space of the wheel's 26in circumference."

My back wheel is a 4()(k#(@ liar!!!!

My rear wheel tells many a tale. Most of which are about the roads in OKC. Everyone that has been outside of Oklahoma knows that our highway system sucks. Our roads are just bumpier than any other state that I've been to. I can say this because I've lived in Oklahoma, Colorado, Arizona and Florida. I've driven back and forth between Oklahoma and Georgia many a times. I've even pulled a 31' camper from Oklahoma to Colorado and back behind a GMC Yukon. I've driven on the island of Grand Cayman in a 3 cylinder Chevy rental car. I've raced drivers in San Jose and San Diego in my sister's Dodge Durango. Oklahoma roads need help. I can attest to this, I've ridden a bike with tires an inch in diameter across a lot of NW OKC. A pothole made me go over my handlebars once. I dodge "cracks" in the road for fear of falling into a cavernous pit. But to not go off into too much of a tangent...

My rear wheel on my road bike is getting trued up again. This is where the wheel does not spin perfect on your rear axle. Usually every rotation your wheel might rub against your break. This is the second time in 8 months that I've had to have my wheel corrected. My dad's old road bike that I was riding last summer needed the same thing before I retired it. So let's say 3 times in the period of one year. That is how bad the city streets treat my rump and wheel.

So when I say my back wheel is a liar. It is because it constantly has to be trued. Because only liars need to consistently need to be corrected. That and politicians.

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FYI... $15 to true my back wheel @ Wheeler Dealer