Took a jaunt around the township last night. I’m at a point now where if I don’t ride every other day, I feel unsettled. At 33F I put on a pair of thermal tights under the wind pants, wore a lightly quilted nylon jacket, and pulled out a nylon balaclava. Grinding up a steady hill I felt that I was pretty warm and had to open up my collar, but once I got into a steady cruise it was just right. Felt like I could have kept on going but I had to get home.
After routing the wiring for the light last week, I decided it would be a good idea to carry 4 or 5 zip ties in the Pendel. You never know what they might come in handy for and they hardly take up any room.
Misc. Miles: 2.3
Distance: 11.4 miles 2008: 1522.5
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George McNally // November 18, 2008 at 9:09 am |
Zipties?
I carry around a machine shop in my rack bag.
I should clean that thing out, I have all kinds of stuff in there…it alone weighs a good 5 pounds.
doc // November 18, 2008 at 9:29 am |
I have a Crank Bros. multi tool, some tire irons, and a small pair of folding needle nose pliers in one pocket; and then a patch kit with some band-aids and a few spare bucks in the other. I also have a small Cree flashlight.
When I took my sons to the HRT a few weeks ago, I threw in a good sized adjustable wrench and forgot to take it out. I was riding around with that for a few weeks. I think that weighed two pounds alone!