the Way of the Turtle

22 Mile Ride on the Bike Path
Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Got home from work to find that the new freewheel for the Kent road bike I bought last August had finally arrived... the spokes arrived last week, and I had already replaced the broken ones and done my best to true the wheel. Since I'd been planning to ride tonight anyway, I installed the new freewheel, put the tire back on the rim, and after a short test ride up the street and back headed over to Colonie Town Park for a ride along the bike path.

It was a nice evening for a ride, though my late start meant it got a bit chilly toward the end. Lots of people were out on the bike path enjoying the good weather... walkers, runners, riders, skaters... still, I managed to make good time out to Knolls Atomic Power Labs in Niskayuna and back. I even rode up to the top of the landfill to test my new lowest gear (which works great, though it's a fairly big jump to the next gear) and then rode back down, albeit very slowly and carefully (that's the hill I crashed on last August!)

Overall, a good shakedown for my repaired bike... with luck the weather will be good enough this weekend for me to put in some more time on it.

JMH