Wednesday, February 27, 2008

The View on every ride...almost every ride

I'm pretty lucky to live near the coast in California.  When I head out for a ride, I usually don't mix things up.  Given that daylight is an issue right now, I'm sometimes able to squeeze in a 30 mile ride during the week.  It's basically up the coast for 15 then back.  It works out well because at the 15 mile turn-around in Encinitas there's a public restroom and water fountain at the train station.  

The views on the ride are beautiful.


I was finally able to pick up my NiteRider Sol (little, but bright headlight in the pic below) today.  

I dropped it off at NiteRider headquarters here in San Diego so they could fix something with the battery.  I'm lucky I did as my ride went into the evening.  A little bit into the evening was the plan, but this went a little longer due to a flat.  
JW could probably smack me right now.  I was just explaining to him this morning I've flatted the last 2 long Saturday rides.  He suggested new tires.  I was one step ahead of him, I bought them on Saturday.  But, maybe I wasn't really one step ahead of him since I hadn't found the time to put on my new tires and kept thinking, "oh, I could get one more ride out of these tires, even though there are huge gouges and nicks."
So, I flatted on this ride...  I will put on my new tires tonight.  While I was fixing my flat on this ride, I couldn't have asked for a better view.  The sun actually set while I was fixing it. 


Yup, there they are just begging to be put on.

Besides having a headlight and 2 sets of tail lights (I want cars to see me at night and not run over me) I also am hoping the cars headlights reflect off my shoes just like my camera flash does.


2 comments:

jw said...

Yeah, I could see how those views would get boring. I think you need to come ride out here for a week. Living in paradise is good man. Wait till you move to DC!

jw said...

does your comment about the links mean that my blog doesnt get heavy rotation?