Saturday began cold and windy. But, it was the FAB Coffee and Donut ride. I departed a bit too early and arrived at the appointed start place with nothing much going on. I was riding the Karate Monkey single speed mountain bike. It was too cold and windy to stand still so I rode around the parking lot.
Bored with that I gave a snow pile a try. Hard as a rock! Sweet! I went up and down snow piles until Dirk Thee Bold showed up. A few more times up and down the snow pile and we were off on Tour de Construction.
Heading north on the bike trail went went over, around, and through the dike raising construction. At one (1) point we had to depart the trail and use the golf course fairway. Fairway to heaven, that was us. We made our way to Black Sheep coffee, for some, and then to Falls Park.
Once at Falls Park we hit the bike trail again, this time heading south. More construction on the River Greenway project. Again, over, around, and through the construction. We dipped down on the trail for a bit and then were going to exit using the construction access road. I stomped down on a pedal to have the wheel shift and lock up.
The Karate Monkey has the perfect gearing to not have Surly Tugnuts work. Sans Tugnuts, wheel moved. Fortunately I was only about six (6) blocks from home. I walked home and adjusted the wheel.
Sunday was hill repeat day. I took the single speed and went up and down the Tuthill paved drive road. There was not much ice and not much traffic. I went up and down several times until my feet became numb with the cold. I had forgot to wear my shoe covers.
I made my way home and thawed out my feet. Now we're at Monday, and how about that? The weather is supposed to warm up considerably this week with a predicted high of sixty (60) degrees on Wednesday. It should make for some nice bike commuting.
Ride on.
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