Around town

Last Thursday I wasn't feeling too good, but still ran my errands around town, plus a little extra, on my bike. Got 3.5 miles when I didn't expect any.

Lake Memphremagog

I've been wanting to do this for a while now, and I finally got it done. Left my house and headed up the Lake Road, until I could go no further. That's when I got to the Canadian border on the west side of Lake Memphremagog. Turned around, went past my house and up the bike path in the other direction until I could go almost no further on the east side of Lake Memphremagog. About a 28 mile ride. ROUTE MAP

The end of the road on the west side (those are Canadian trees):
Then the road near the end of the east side (it's not quite as dramatic):

Eagle Point

Rode with someone else for the 1st time - it was a good ride! John & I headed out on the bike path to Beebe and took a left way out onto Eagle Point. We went past some big old stone columns where I didn't think there were any more camps, but there were still more. I started to get nervous about the border, but we turned around at the private sign anyhow. It was a good day for a ride; not muggy or too hot. I always wondered how riding with someone else would be, and it was good!

Lake Road (again)

Well, I really like riding the Lake Road. Hopefully they finish paving the other road soon, so cars aren't detoured onto it. Stopped for a few minutes and watched a deer in the field that was watching me.

I think I'm going to go for a long ride soon- from the Canadian border on one side of Memphremagog to the Canadian border on the other side of Memphremagog.

Applied WD40 to the spokes, and it seemed to help with the weird noises I was getting from the wheels. Surprisingly, I remember to tighten the handlebars, too. Couldn't remove the allen wrench, though, so it's still there.

Lake Road

Riding on the Lake Road in the morning is so nice. Very quiet with some ups and downs and always a nice view of the lake. This morning the beginning of the road wasn't as quiet as usual, because there was traffic detoured on to it, but it got better. I didn't do the Farrant St. leg of the route, instead I went onto the dirt road at the end of the Lake Road almost to Canada. Near the end there was a nice little flock of turkeys, too. Very nice ride.

I have a few problems with my bike now, though. The spokes (I think) make weird noises, especially at first, and the crank is moving a little, inside of the frame if that makes any sense. Also, on this last ride, my handlebars starting moving up and down! That one I can fix really easily. I just hope I remember before riding again.