It was a foggy day in Seattle town, but it was dry so I mounted up for my coffeeneuring ride.
To paraphrase the philosopher Homer; hmmm dooooughnut.
There was no parking any nearer than about 100 feet from the front door, so I locked the rear wheel to the frame and bribed a dog to watch the Cresta GT.
It took until ride 5 but I finally remember my Patch! (Patches we don't need no stinkin'...wait we do need Patches. Sorry channeling old Bogart movies). I heard a segment on drive time radio talking about Maple bars and its been in my head ever since so the giant I-can't-fit-on-a-plate Maple bar was a no brainer, accompanied by a hazelnut latte.
On the way home I got a nice foggy view of Seattle and ..
..a tunnel of fall leaves, something I really enjoy this time of year and all over the place trees are going out in a blaze of glory. Oh, and that record on ride 2 this year of 5.28 miles for the longest coffee ride in 3 years...Smashed that with today's ride of 8.85 miles! It also brought my total miles on the Cresta GT up to 51, so I am one good ride or two smaller rides away from getting to 100 Km on the new bike by years end.
I need to deal with a squeak in the front brakes and get the chain to drop into the small ring more smoothly but I am still loving the ride of this bike. About 10 minutes after I got back from the ride, I heard the patter of rain. I love it when a plan comes together. I have a bike with a rear fender lined up for tomorrow so we'll see how that goes, it needs at least one brake first.
The data:
- Where: Top Pot Donuts & Coffee, 2758 Alki Ave SW. West Seattle.
- Date: October 27th at 1:15 pm.
- Consumed: Hazelnut Latte and Maple bar
- Details: Foggy fall day, no bike parking in front of store
- Mileage: 8.85 miles
- Bike Used: 1987 Nishiki Cresta GT
RIde (far).Caffeinate, Smile.Repeat.
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