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With one member of circulation out on vacation, I worked at the library on Sunday. Things were really quiet and I brought my laptop to play with Factorio.
Since I didn't have to be to work until one, I rode my bike down to the Illinois Medical District. It was my first time riding the way in and I had to make some minor course changes around the one-way parts of Ravenswood between Pratt and Petersen. (The non-Chicagoans are hearing gibberish, except for Mik who's probably giggling at "Pratt" again.)
I felt pretty good in the evening after putting in 26 miles for the day, and I was reminded of how awake and alive I felt in the mornings after biking to school. This morning I decided to bike in again. The weather is still disturbingly warm (I wore a light vest but could have done with just a t-shirt) but I'd gotten wind direction mixed up in my head. 20mph southerly wind with 40mph gusts means it's coming *from* the south, not going *toward* the south. But that's fine; I got there in an hour fifteen instead of my usual hour and five, and still had fifteen minutes before opening.
My ride home last night was a rare sighting of the near-mythical constant tailwind and I made it in 55 minutes. I might be even faster tonight if the wind keeps up.
The lights on my front wheel were being flaky due to what I expect is a short in the wire from the battery case sliding around the wheel hub too much. I used a rubber spacer to give it a better grip to the hub and it seems to be working solidly now. I might have to eventually replace the wire though. I hope I can figure out how to do it in a waterproof way.
Since I didn't have to be to work until one, I rode my bike down to the Illinois Medical District. It was my first time riding the way in and I had to make some minor course changes around the one-way parts of Ravenswood between Pratt and Petersen. (The non-Chicagoans are hearing gibberish, except for Mik who's probably giggling at "Pratt" again.)
I felt pretty good in the evening after putting in 26 miles for the day, and I was reminded of how awake and alive I felt in the mornings after biking to school. This morning I decided to bike in again. The weather is still disturbingly warm (I wore a light vest but could have done with just a t-shirt) but I'd gotten wind direction mixed up in my head. 20mph southerly wind with 40mph gusts means it's coming *from* the south, not going *toward* the south. But that's fine; I got there in an hour fifteen instead of my usual hour and five, and still had fifteen minutes before opening.
My ride home last night was a rare sighting of the near-mythical constant tailwind and I made it in 55 minutes. I might be even faster tonight if the wind keeps up.
The lights on my front wheel were being flaky due to what I expect is a short in the wire from the battery case sliding around the wheel hub too much. I used a rubber spacer to give it a better grip to the hub and it seems to be working solidly now. I might have to eventually replace the wire though. I hope I can figure out how to do it in a waterproof way.