Day 10: July 15, 2024 - Rest day
End: Eugene, OR
Miles: 9
Feet climbing per mile: 33
Records of the day's rides:
https://ridewithgps.com/trips/202399214
https://ridewithgps.com/trips/202435411
https://ridewithgps.com/trips/202509816
I was up at 6:00 and used the morning to write blog posts for days 6 and 7. As I was starting to ride to Burch's to pick up my shoes I noticed that my rear wheel needed to be trued. Using a waste basket I was able to turn my bike upside-down without removing the cage for the bear spray. I had rehearsed this at home with a cardboard box.
On my ride to pick up my shoes I crossed the Peter DeFazio Bridge.
The repair Brian Crook did was better than I had expected.
Several days ago I had noticed that I could not turn the barrel adjuster for the cable of my rear brake. The brake worked fine, but without being able to use the adjuster I would need to loosen and retighten the cable as the brake pads wore out.
I first went to REI to get help. Their repair person was not in so I was referred to Hutch's Bicycles. I showed the problem to Joshua who quickly got the adjuster to turn and told me I had weak fingers. He also said that the adjuster had been set all the way up and had probably gotten tighter as I used the rear brake. I thanked Joshua for making my day.
That afternoon I had a nap and then at 5:30 a lesson with my fellow Feldenkrais practitioner Colin Pip Dixon. I told Colin I’d like to be able to turn my head more easily to the left and that intermittent tingling in my left arm had been continuing. After the lesson I was able to turn my head to the left more easily. I would have to wait to see any change in the tingling.
I was in bed at 11:00, almost fully packed for being able to leave promptly after waking the next morning.
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