WOMAN Is Fickle? 👩🏻🦳
Woman is fickle, so the famous opera aria goes. Sometimes it seems that woman has nothing on our weather!
Forecasts change constantly; and I’m glad it’s not my job to determine them. Several days ago, the long-range forecast showed rain for tomorrow. Now, it says mostly cloudy until early afternoon. I’m glad that I’ll probably be able to make a trip to the salvage store without getting drenched; but it looks like the Sunday ride won’t be a dry one. And we all hope that Rafael won’t pull a “woman is fickle” stunt, and turn our way.
Still Not Fall 🍁
It’s still not Fall, if the temperatures are to be believed. I guess I won’t need a jacket for a while; but when I finally do, I can just see it going from high 80s one afternoon, to 40 degrees overnight. I’d prefer a more gradual cooling down; and not these crazy, wild fluctuations between heat and cold. Everybody here complains about that.
Yesterday afternoon I got my road bike back from the shop; and it’s great to be riding it again. The problem had been a badly snagged shifting cable; and the poor guys at the shop had a hard time getting it out. If they’d been unsuccessful, I might have had to buy a new bicycle! Parts for my road bike have become hard to find; and it looks like planned obsolescence is waiting to spring!
There was a pretty good wind today; and that slowed me down. I didn’t think to get down on the drops; which would have helped. I need to work on that again; especially learning to grab my Camel-Bak’s drinking tube while on the drops.
Since it’s “still not Fall”, I can do without leg warmers; and even use sun sleeves. When will I need arm warmers? Who can tell? If woman is fickle, so is the outdoors!
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I began this website primarily as a way to present the story of how I accomplished a century ride on an adult tricycle. Other riders of adult trikes might want to know whether it’s possible. It sure is! You can read all about it in My Story.
I live in New Orleans; and retired in January 2023. More time for cycling!
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