2024 Journal - pj1953
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Ride Date Distance (miles) Altitude Gain (ft) Ride Category Ride Type Bike Club Affiliation
4/1/2024
(Mon)
10.00 0 general: commute - solo Road: Flat Co-Motion Americano
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: Exploration Lane
4/3/2024
(Wed)
11.00 0 general: commute - solo Road: Flat Co-Motion Americano
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: Exploration Lane. Steady rain on the way in. Mist and light rain on the way home.
4/4/2024
(Thu)
6.00 0 general: errand - solo Road: Flat Raleigh SC-30
XC Rigid
Bike Washington
Comments: Barber shop. Oiled the chain. Pumped up the tires, though they didn't need much, even after more than 3 months
4/9/2024
(Tue)
10.00 0 general: commute - solo Road: Flat Co-Motion Americano
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: Exploration Lane. Nice day. Home in shirtsleeves at 75F.
4/10/2024
(Wed)
10.00 0 general: commute - solo Road: Flat Co-Motion Americano
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: Exploration Lane
4/12/2024
(Fri)
14.00 0 general: leisure - solo Road: Flat Co-Motion Americano
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: WG, Olde Towne. Stopped at Saints' Row for a Panza Verde citrus sour.
4/15/2024
(Mon)
70.00 0 general: touring - group Off: Hills Co-Motion Americano
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: Rochester to Weedsport on the Erie Canal with Krishna.
4/16/2024
(Tue)
49.00 0 general: touring - group Off: Flat Co-Motion Americano
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: Weedsport to Canastota on the Erie Canal w/ Krishna
4/17/2024
(Wed)
63.00 0 general: touring - group Off: Flat Co-Motion Americano
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: Canastota to Little Falls on the Erie Canal w/ Krishna
4/18/2024
(Thu)
64.00 0 general: touring - group Off: Flat Co-Motion Americano
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: Little Falls to Schenectady on the Erie Canal w/ Krishna
4/22/2024
(Mon)
10.00 0 general: commute - solo Road: Flat Co-Motion Americano
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: Exploration Lane
4/23/2024
(Tue)
10.00 0 general: commute - solo Road: Flat Co-Motion Americano
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: Exploration Lane.
4/24/2024
(Wed)
10.00 0 general: commute - solo Road: Flat Co-Motion Americano
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: Exploration Lane
4/25/2024
(Thu)
3.00 0 general: errand - solo Road: Flat Raleigh SC-30
XC Rigid
Bike Washington
Comments: Picked up some glue at Advance Auto Parts
4/29/2024
(Mon)
10.00 0 general: commute - solo Road: Flat Co-Motion Americano
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: Exploration Lane
4/30/2024
(Tue)
10.00 0 general: commute - solo Road: Flat Co-Motion Americano
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: Exploration Lane
April Rides Distance (miles) Altitude Gain (ft) Ride Category Ride Type Bike Club Affiliation
16 360.00 0 n/a n/a n/a n/a
5/1/2024
(Wed)
10.00 0 general: commute - solo Road: Flat Co-Motion Americano
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: Exploration Lane. Started my last month. Retiring. I've probably biked to work 4 or 5 thousand times.
5/3/2024
(Fri)
2.00 0 general: testing - solo Road: Flat Raleigh C40
700c Hybrid
Bike Washington
Comments: Test ride of Raleigh hybrid with new left crank.

In April of '22 I replaced the bottom bracket. I forgot about Sheldon's dictum to re-tighten cranks a mile after installing them. It took quite a while, but eventually the left crank was ruined. Once that happens, there is nothing you can do but get a new crank. I thought I would have to replace the pair, but I found a 170 mm left crank on the web. It's not as nice looking as the ruined Sugino crank, but it will do.

When I installed the crank last summer, I felt some grittiness and figured the April '22 bracket was toast. (It sat on my shelf for 10 years before I got around to installing it.) So I got another bracket off the web. I researched it pretty carefully to get one that would fit, but it didn't. With other bike options, I could leave it in pieces. Finally, it is back together with the April '22 bottom bracket. It is fine. Grittiness was probably in the chain, which got a badly needed cleaning and some oil. And this time, I made it a point to ride a mile and re-tighten the cranks.
5/3/2024
(Fri)
16.00 0 general: commute - solo Road: Flat Co-Motion Americano
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: WG. Olde Towne. Stopped at Saints Row for an Irish Imperial Stout. very nice weather.
5/6/2024
(Mon)
10.00 0 general: commute - solo Road: Flat Raleigh C40
700c Hybrid
Bike Washington
Comments: Exploration Lane. After almost a year, the Raleigh hybrid is back on the road. It's a nice bike. Not as nice as the Americano or the Riv, but certainly worth keeping as long as I have space for it.
5/7/2024
(Tue)
10.00 0 general: commute - solo Road: Flat Raleigh C40
700c Hybrid
Bike Washington
Comments: Exploration Lane
5/8/2024
(Wed)
10.00 0 general: commute - solo Road: Flat Raleigh C40
700c Hybrid
Bike Washington
Comments: Exploration Lane
5/11/2024
(Sat)
25.00 0 general: leisure - solo Road: Flat Co-Motion Americano
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: East Village, airport, WG, Olde Towne
5/13/2024
(Mon)
10.00 0 general: commute - solo Road: Flat Co-Motion Americano
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: Exploration Lane
5/14/2024
(Tue)
10.00 0 general: commute - solo Road: Flat Co-Motion Americano
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: Exploration Lane
5/15/2024
(Wed)
10.00 0 general: commute - solo Road: Flat Raleigh C40
700c Hybrid
Bike Washington
Comments: Exploration Lane.
5/16/2024
(Thu)
13.00 0 general: leisure - solo Road: Flat Rivendell Rambouillet
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: WG Express. Stopped at Saints' Row. First time on the Riv in a while. It's a nice bike.
5/17/2024
(Fri)
5.00 0 general: errand - solo Road: Flat Raleigh SC-30
XC Rigid
Bike Washington
Comments: Haircut. Stopped at La Poteria on the way home. Had a nice chat with Steve, an old-timer from Yorkshire. Noticed a wobble in the back wheel. Surprising, because that's a new wheel Closer inspection shows that the wheel is straight, but the tire isn't. Tire probably doesn't have 1000 miles, but it does have more than 20 years. I'll get some new tires next time I'm at JRA.
5/20/2024
(Mon)
10.00 0 general: commute - solo Road: Flat Co-Motion Americano
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: Exploration Lane
5/21/2024
(Tue)
10.00 0 general: commute - solo Road: Flat Co-Motion Americano
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: Exploration Lane. Perfect weather.
5/22/2024
(Wed)
10.00 0 general: commute - solo Road: Flat Co-Motion Americano
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: Exploration Lane
5/24/2024
(Fri)
25.00 0 general: leisure - solo Road: Flat Rivendell Rambouillet
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: Laytonsville Ramble. Riggs, Zion, Griffith, Rocky. Nice weather. Heard an owl by Great Seneca Creek.
5/27/2024
(Mon)
16.00 0 general: leisure - solo Road: Flat Rivendell Rambouillet
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: Memorial Day. WG, Deer Park, Saints' Row
5/28/2024
(Tue)
10.00 0 general: commute - solo Road: Flat Co-Motion Americano
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: Exploration Lane. Nice weather both ways
5/29/2024
(Wed)
12.00 0 general: commute - solo Road: Flat Co-Motion Americano
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: Exploration Lane for the last time. Biked to work most days since 24 March 2001. Now I'm retired. Stopped at Lakeforest on the way in to see Patty S. Nice weather on the way in. Roads wet on the way home but rain had passed. Bittersweet.
5/30/2024
(Thu)
13.00 0 general: leisure - solo Road: Flat Rivendell Rambouillet
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: WG Express
May Rides Distance (miles) Altitude Gain (ft) Ride Category Ride Type Bike Club Affiliation
20 237.00 0 n/a n/a n/a n/a
6/2/2024
(Sun)
6.00 0 general: testing - group Road: Flat other Beach Cruiser Tandem
Vintage
Bike Washington
Comments: Plattsburgh city pootle w/ John.
6/4/2024
(Tue)
29.00 0 general: leisure - solo Road: Flat Panasonic DX-4000
Road
Bike Washington
Comments: Peru and Keeseville. Breakfast at Rulf's Orchard. Sparkling clear morning. Happened on an old guy on a mountain bike. Peg leg on the right. Said he was coming back from a doctor's appointment in Ausable Forks. I must have heard him wrong. Maybe it was Ausable Chasm or Ausable Point. Came up behind him and said good morning. He was surprised and almost fell. I would have felt terrible if he had. Komoot says my pace was 14.8. That's the fastest I've gone on a single in I don't know how long. This bike is fast.
6/5/2024
(Wed)
14.00 0 general: commute - solo Road: Flat Co-Motion Americano
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: WG Express first thing in the morning. Maybe this is a good routine for my retirement, at least in Summer.
6/6/2024
(Thu)
15.00 0 general: leisure - solo Road: Flat Raleigh C40
700c Hybrid
Bike Washington
Comments: East Village, Airport.
6/7/2024
(Fri)
10.00 0 general: leisure - solo Road: Flat Raleigh C40
700c Hybrid
Bike Washington
Comments: Exploration Lane for factory tour
6/10/2024
(Mon)
17.00 0 general: errand - solo Road: Flat Co-Motion Americano
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: To doctor's
6/11/2024
(Tue)
12.00 0 general: leisure - solo Road: Flat Rivendell Rambouillet
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: WG Express
6/12/2024
(Wed)
15.00 0 general: leisure - solo Road: Flat Rivendell Rambouillet
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: EV, Airport. More great weather.
6/13/2024
(Thu)
16.00 0 general: leisure - solo Road: Flat Co-Motion Americano
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: Orchard Loop. Beautiful morning. Hilly. First day off the books of HNS. Turned in my badge yesterday. Looks like early morning rides are going to be my mainstay.
6/14/2024
(Fri)
17.00 0 general: leisure - solo Road: Flat Raleigh C40
700c Hybrid
Bike Washington
Comments: WG, Deer Park, Olde Towne. Perfect weather.
6/17/2024
(Mon)
15.00 0 general: leisure - solo Road: Flat Rivendell Rambouillet
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: East Village, Airport. Another perfect morning. Saw a vixen and three kits run across a field near the West end of the runway.
6/18/2024
(Tue)
16.00 0 general: leisure - solo Road: Flat Rivendell Rambouillet
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: WG, Deer Park, Olde Towne
6/19/2024
(Wed)
16.00 0 general: leisure - solo Road: Flat Rivendell Rambouillet
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: EV, Airport. No fox kits.
6/20/2024
(Thu)
16.00 0 general: leisure - solo Road: Hills Co-Motion Americano
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: Orchard Loop. Beautiful morning. Beautiful route.
6/21/2024
(Fri)
15.00 0 general: leisure - solo Road: Flat Rivendell Rambouillet
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: WG, Deer Park, Olde Towne. Will be hot later today, but the early morning was perfect.
6/24/2024
(Mon)
15.00 0 general: leisure - solo Road: Flat Rivendell Rambouillet
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: EV and airport. No foxes
6/25/2024
(Tue)
16.00 0 general: leisure - solo Road: Flat Rivendell Rambouillet
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: WG, Deer Park, Olde Towne. More perfect early-morning weather.
6/26/2024
(Wed)
15.00 0 general: leisure - solo Road: Flat Co-Motion Americano
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: Orchard Loop. Another perfect summer morning. Signs for road closure on Davis Mill N. of Butlers'. But I got through. Motor traffic was getting through, too.
6/27/2024
(Thu)
15.00 0 general: leisure - solo Road: Flat Rivendell Rambouillet
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: East Village, Airport.
6/28/2024
(Fri)
16.00 0 general: leisure - solo Road: Flat Rivendell Rambouillet
Touring
Bike Washington
Comments: WG, Deer Park, Olde Towne. Stopped for an americano at Java Junction
June Rides Distance (miles) Altitude Gain (ft) Ride Category Ride Type Bike Club Affiliation
20 306.00 0 n/a n/a n/a n/a
YTD Rides Distance (miles) Altitude Gain (ft) Ride Category Ride Type Bike Club Affiliation
196 3,229.00 3,250 n/a n/a n/a n/a
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