de exploracion (+Lakes)

Date: Sept 20
Mileage: 22
Ride type: Commute
Bike: LHT
Temp: 62 chilly
September mileage: 195
Year to date: 1458

funky kinda ride today. this a.m. i had trouble getting up, so i had to do the shortest 6m instead of stretching it out.

this p.m., the good wife told me should would be fighting with Z over homework, and that i didn't really need to get home right away. also, i'm going to be picking the boys up tomorrow so i had to get my miles in today. so a little afternoon exploration. i probably have mild ADD, so sometimes i have to get "off the hamster wheel" and seek out new routes. today, without being too terribly adventurous, that put me on 7th street running into downtown, and then continuing down Roy Wilkens Blvd. that was sort of a fun portion. traffic was quite backed up along three lanes. i split the difference between lanes 1 and 2 and skipped lots of traffic. i'm sure they're getting home (RWBlvd feeds onto Int.64 partly) still bitching about that damn biker cruising through traffic. from there i ended up moreorless on River Road and then to Frankfort, across Mellwood, up Brownsboro all the way to Pennsylvania (actually the home of 'lance', though we didn't ride together), across Frankfort and over to Seneca Pk and then home. it was an incredibly circuitous route. the computer showed 15.5m, but it took me practically 1:20, which is sort of ridiculous. fun though. in a way i'm a bit dissatisfied, b/c i realized that one must go in a seriously different direction to compile major miles, instead of the minor ones today. factoids include:

• the neighborhood of Clifton must come from Clifftown. Brownsboro Rd. runs through a little cleft, a little valley from downtown eastward towards, duh, Brownsboro (which is abt 25m away). now this neighborhood clings to both sides of this valley, with an interesting mixture of nice, semi-nice, junk, and practically crackhouse apts.
• Hillcrest Ave., coming from downtown, is in fact the crest of the hill. duh!
• saw a lady commuter riding home (never know, maybe to work) wearing a full-length yellow raincoat. wouldn't be my choice, but if it floats her boat.
• first morning- and afternoon- where actually cool-weather gear needed. in the a.m. 55 or so, so liteweight tights and long-fingered gloves. almost could've used earwarmers. this weekend i'm going to have to compile that kind of stuff so it's readily available. i don't know abt my hundreds of readers, but i'm really proficient at losing 1 glove, 1 armwarmer, the extra earband, etc.
• i'm befuddled how my ability to change postions on the 'Stache bars varies so much daytoday. some days i'm stiff and can barely ride the long, outwards flats, today i rode quite comfortably in the bends as forward as possible for long periods. life is inconsistent, isn't it? at least for me.
• i'm thinking tomorrow, when i have to pick up the boys, of riding TO school, and then riding down to their school to pick them up. i can then hop the TARC and go home using the bike rack. this is a kind of urban multi-riding of which i'm not accustomed. dare i? certainly there are multiple chances at chaos.
  

received the Lake sandals today. i'm in a quandry, a good quandry, abt them. i ordered the 45/46 size. in a regular shoe, i wear a 9.5wide, which would better put me in the 43/44. really, i wasn't sure which to buy, b/c one of the reasons for the purchase was the notion of winter riding and winter socks, hence the extra space with the 45/46. i have a feeling though, that they'll be to big- with a fair amount of foot slop- for non-sock riding. i know some of my thousands of readers have commented on the Lakes, so i would appreciate some input, if you have any, about this perplexion.

it's a good one to have. new cycling shoes, what could be bad about that?