The rain has returned to Oregon. I wake up this morning, put on my rain gear and get on my bike. I head down Baseline towards my office, loving the cool weather and rain, not a care in the world. I make a quick stop into Plaid Pantry to get some supplies and then continue my ride into work. I’m about a mile away from my office now and I feel the unmistakable vibrations coming from my rear tire. I glance down at what appears to be, you guessed it, a flat tire. Not wanting to damage my tire and/or wheel I dismount and begin to walk my bike the rest of the way into work. Don’t ask me why but after a couple of blocks I decide to reach down and squeeze the tire to see just how flat it is. Imagine my surprise when it turns out to be full and hard. Doh! I still don’t know why I thought I had a flat tire. Other than the fact that I have had so many flats this past 30 days that now I just assume that my rear tire is always flat.
Anyhoo. Once I realize that nothing was wrong with my tire I got back on my bike and pedaled into work. Crisis averted.
On a side note. My rain gear is starting to show its age. Although I escaped having a flat tire I ended up with wet feet and a wet crotch because both my shoe covers and rain pants are no longer waterproof.
Tags: Bicycle, Commuting, Cycling, Oregon, Rain
Posted in Current Events, Cycling, Oregon Local, Writing |
Day 65: (Rain and Cycling)
February 15, 2010 by Mister ViddyThat’s an interesting title considering that I biked into work today and it didn’t rain a drop and then when I left work this evening it was also not raining. I think I chose the title because at the moment it is in fact, raining. My back is to the window but I can hear the rain falling outside. Also, I do not feel as though it is an entirely misleading post title because I ride my bike year around and have pedaled in more than my share of extremely cold, wet days. Perhaps I am being prophetic and I know that tomorrow morning I will be riding my bike to work in full rain gear. Or perhaps not. Who knows. Sometimes a title is just a title and we shouldn’t read too much into it.
And to change gears I should also mention that I simply adore my new myTouch 3G and will be posting a personal review of it shortly. I still haven’t had a lot of time to play around with it but so far I am pleased with the Android platform and my favorite feature is GPS with the Google Maps, mainly because I am simple minded when it comes to things like that and it amuses me to no end.
Additionally, I am still tracking towards opening my own design studio here in Portland by summer.
Tags: 3G, Android, Bicycle, myTouch, Oregon, Rain, T-Mobile, Winter
Posted in Commentary, Cycling, Writing |