Kristin Rides

My bike club’s century was Saturday; we did it in just about 5 hours, ~19mph average, which is a new record for me. Woohoo; the route was beautiful through Yamhill wine country, and the temps were perfect. What a great ride, with great people! I also added about an inch to my farmers tan; there was a ring of burn around my arms and legs, which leads me to believe I either grew an inch or my clothes are shrinking–or this whole diet thing is way not working.

Sunday I didn’t do much of anything; I was supposed to go on a mtb ride, but I seemed to have developed a huge knot and/or bruise on my quad that was not feeling so good. It still hurts to the toucht this morning, but I’m hoping I can just ignore it for short track. Speaking of, I am currently in 10th place for the series. I am bummed that I’ve only managed to have 1 good race; every other has involved a crash or a mechanical. Oh well, such is short track. I’m praying that CX will not be this way.

And speaking of CX, I had my cross rig looked over yesterday; the brakes were squeeling like a banshee and the headset seemed a bit f*d. Apparently the kind of internal headset I have tends to loosen itself over time (yay), so there’s not much I can do about that. He fixed the brakes by filing them down, so it looks like my idea to sand them off would have worked. I also got a new chain; the old one seemed kind of…chunky (?), apparently I was correct in this diagnosis, as it was REALLY stretched. Something is still making a creaking noise when I pedal though; it’s mostly when I stand up, so I believe it is likely the headset. Not sure what to do about that one except get some headphones