Today we stayed off the bike. I took it to a bike shop in San Diego to get a new chain, and while waiting made a quick drive up to the VA Medical Center where I worked in the late 70's as a pharmacy technician. There were two people there who I knew, the rest were all dead. What a comforting trip that was!
Went back to the bike shop, collected the bike and went "home". In addition to the chain being stretched out, it seems that one of the teeth on the center chainring was bent. This was also helpful in causing the chain to ride up and float. When the mechanic tried to bend the tooth back, it broke off. So... we're hoping for the best until the end of the cycling season, and then I'll probably replace all the gears and chains over the winter.
We went to the Bates Nut Farm to do some shopping for mixed nuts. Afterwards it was out to a Chinese restaurant for dinner... and then an early evening back home. It seems that I've made a convert for "Orange Peel Tofu" out of our Escondido friend. Of course, this isn't the only thing that I've opened her eyes to...
It was several years ago that we all piled into the car and headed to Magic Mountain for the day. She hadn't ridden on a roller coaster before and we had talked her into it. As we hit the drops and sped earthward, she cussed me from start to finish with things that you could only imagine, as I won't even attempt to repeat them here. As we finished the end of the ride (and what I thought might be the end of my life as soon as she got unstrapped), she turned and said, "That was FUN! Let's go again!"
I guess it only goes to show that you never know until you try...
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