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Love to Ride\’s Cycle September 2019 challenge begins today! I kicked off the month with a ride of 37.5 miles.

Not with these time-trialing wheels, though! I\’m nowhere near fast enough to be thinking about time trialing. In fact, I tried to take my time (no pun intended) today.

Today\’s mileage was actually quite a big jump up from what I\’ve been doing. Last Sunday I rode only 29 miles, and they say you shouldn\’t increase your mileage (or time) by more than 10% from week to week.

At least today felt a bit cooler. It was overcast a good deal of the time. I wore my sun sleeves, which helps keep my arms from getting quite so hot.

Much of the time I was riding the small ring. At one point, when I tried to shift onto the big ring, my chain got dropped! I didn\’t have any helpful YouTubes at hand, either. I need to watch this one about ten times, and then maybe I\’ll remember it next time.

My road bike seems quite prone to chain drop lately, and I\’ll be getting it checked at the bike shop soon. In fact, that bike is about due for a complete tune-up. If it will take more than a day, I can ride the hybrid while the road bike is in the shop.

But I hope the time without the road bike is minimal. Cycle September 2019 is on!