This morning's ride was nowhere near as challenging as yesterday. But still, today was not without its moments.
I left at 5:50 in order to get in a good, long ride before church—hoping to do 3 or 4 consecutive round trips to Marsh Park, since that route is accessible once more. As it was not quite yet daylight at that hour, I reached to turn on my flashing headlight—but was dismayed to find that it was not there, having come out of the bracket that holds it. (Presumably this occurred sometime when I was transporting it by car.) I knew, though, that if I rode slowly and carefully down the sidewalk to Ellsworth Rd., where I could get onto the Lohr-Textile Greenway, I'd be fine. And this occurred without incident.
More seriously, however, as I rode onward, I began to develop a concern for my safety, The seat swings and sways, squeaking and squawking—this is not a new situation, but is something which has been gradually worsening for weeks (months) now. Finally, after having reached Marsh Park safely, and started back, I decided that it was not worth trying to put up with, so I would take it back to Jack's Bicycle in Dearborn tomorrow morning (where I haven't been in weeks now, since late June!), to let them address the problem, so I could ride without fear.
This gave me a brief ride today, of 9.5 miles in a pokey 1 hour and 8 minutes. But at least it all happened without any breakdowns.
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