This afternoon, I rode a moderately short ride—8.7 miles—and rode it more slowly than I would have liked, in 1 hour and 4 minutes. But, given the great blessing that acquisition of my trike this spring, through the generosity of numerous friends (including former students) and family, has been, and despite the frustrating technical issues with which I've had to deal in recent days, I am indescribably grateful to have been able to ride at all. This was after my return from Jack's Bicycle in Dearborn, where they my broken rear derailleur and installed a new one for me.
I rode a route that I could only do, while meeting my limitations of staying off-road, because of last year's rebuild of Ann Arbor-Saline Rd., which includes a nice, secure sidewalk on the bridge over I-94, well separated from the traffic by a small wall. While riding almost 9 miles on all walks was frustrating restrictive, as I said above, on the whole, I'm incredibly glad to have been able to ride at all.
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