Back on the Dirt!!

So I had one of those good news, bad news type of rides the other day. Now that the sun is setting later in the day, I am able to go for a ride after work sometimes. The other day I was so excited to get out on the bike when I got home. But, I had to do some quick maintenance on the handlebars. I discovered last time I rode that one of the four bolts that holds the handlebars in position had come loose (perhaps in the crash a few rides ago?). When I tried to tighten the other three down I could not get the bars to stay in position. I got is as tight as I could and headed out.

I only got about 10 miles down the road and I knew it was not going to work. Any pressure at all on the bars and they would slip out of position. This is not particularly safe since I could not apply pressure to the brakes quickly; not good for riding on the streets. So I headed home disappointed.

When I got back home and put the bike in the garage, I realized that my trusty mountain bike was all ready to go. I had been fiddling with it the previous weekend and tuned it up. So the good news part of the story is I was able to go from road bike to mountain bike without even cooling down at all! There is a small city park near the house that has a few trails and I was able to head over there and get another 12 miles or so in! Workout saved!!

I had forgotten how much fun riding on the dirt is. The next few days at work I was able to round up some guys to go for a dirt ride this weekend. Can't wait for that!