sandi_1609: SAE10

BIKE: Roadie

DATE: 20 July 2014

ROUTE: HWY 80 service rd/352/tripp/galloway/barnes bridge/beltline/kearney

after bike repair

ROUTE: long creek/clay/east glen/berry/fpl/clay/hospital

TEMP: 92*F

WIND: S/SE

TRIP: 25.46 miles

AVERAGE CADENCE: 63

START TIME: 11:25hrs

END TIME: 13:45hrs

after bike repair

RESTART TIME: 1900hrs

FINAL END TIME: 2015hrs

TRIP TIME: 1:49:01

GOAL: to finish the ride

OF NOTE: the wind was constant from the S/SE. flat tire at intersection of beltline and kearney. walked bike home with only about 30 minutes of total riding.

decided that my ride would start without warming up thru the neighborhood. so off i went down the HWY80 service rd to 352.

turning left at the light on 352 from the service rd, i headed to tripp rd where i turned left and rode that up to beltline and then to Galloway. i had decided that i would go a different route is all.

as i rode on galloway, i had to decide whether or not i would go to barnes bridge. well, as i waited at the light of galloway and town east. i decided to go to barnes bridge. the ride was really goin' good. as i waited at the light to turn right onto beltline, i spoke briefly with 3 others who were out riding their bikes but goin' strait to tackle the hilly section of barnes bridge. as i rode down beltline, it was quite uneventful. traffic was courteous and light. as i got back on the more familiar part of beltline, i was able to get in a better rhythm. having to be in the middle lane was a bit unnerving but vehicles were courteous and allowed me to move to right lane as soon as the light allowed us to move forward. the ride to kearney was uneventful to kearney. i rode over the rough parts of the road as i always did.

as i topped the small incline from the light, i notice my front tire was low and then it went flat just as i came to the light of beltline and kearney where i had decided to make the turn cuz i was in the left lane and i didn't want to be a problem. i made the left turn carefully as i knew the tire could slip out from under me and it almost did. however, i have a feeling that God held the bike up as i turned cuz if i had come off the bike, i would have hit hard on the road on my left side.

after i got into the right lane of kearney, i stopped the bike and got off. i looked at the front tire and immediately noticed that the tire had frayed a bit more from the hole previously repaired. i also was curious on how far i had traveled. looking at my bike computer, i saw that i had only travelled 12.84 miles. putting my computer in my back left pocket, i proceedeed to walk home. very grateful that it wasn't gonna be a very long walk.