2022 mileage: 1780.3
I usually try to hold myself to a minimum speed of at least 8 mph, which is laughably slow for a bicyclist ... however, with the weight of the trike, it seems reasonable, and I really cannot do a lot better. Howeably over, today I was greatly challenged in maintaining a (semi) respectable speed, and could not even approach that 8 mph minimum. Though I finished with an average speed of 6 mph, for most of the ride I couldn't even reach that.
Accordingly, I scaled my plans WAY back. I had hoped to do my 20-mile round trip to Baker Rd., but a short distance into the ride, I cut back to a route of a little over 7 mph.
For some time, I wondered if my days of longer rides might, in fact, be over. However, I figured this was probably overreacting, and that, in fact, something was temporarily amiss with either the trike or its rider. In fact, in the last couple of miles of the ride, I noticed that my left tire was down in air fairly substantially. This I found curious, since before yesterday's ride I had aired up the tires. Then I remembered, though—I was challenged in getting that valve to close properly (it just kept spinning, without tightening up), and finally I just did the best I could with it and figured it would have to suffice. It got me through yesterday's ride just fine, but must have allowed a slow, minor leak. I'll have to air it up again before tomorrow's ride, and hope that I can get the valve to close.
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