Tuesday was a rest day w/ a PT appointment @ 3:30 in the middle of the shop ride. The therapist wiggled my hurting left knee that performed pain free meaning no indication of damage. Still, I have my ortho DR appointment on Thurs.
Hung out @ BnB for post ride gathering. Beer loosens tongues and voices. So much enjoyment being part of a community.
Ate dinner @ PJs, another grilled chicken salad w/ veggies, fruit, nuts, and meat. Major food groups.
Drove out to Beaverhead flats for the night.
Enjoying the new heater. On low I am quite toasty for the mid 30 degree nights. Wonder if the heater is too large for my small space? I believe the new heater puts out more heat than the replaced one. So I am toasty in warmer temps but I will be comfy in colder temps.
As I was putting the van contents into travel mode I looked outside across the road to the shooting pit. Sheriff cars, inmates in orange clothes joined by sheriff’s helicopter. They stayed over there. Never found out what was up.
Drove to Cottonwood for credit union $ acquisition and a trip to Walmart. Cash in hand into Walmart I strode. Mission was Soni-care toothbrushes and an electrical inverter to better power my pain reliever machine. I scored my major objectives. I found an under the counter 6 LED battery powered light to put under my upper storage cabinet to shine down on my key board. It works and is way better than the unfocused incandescent light.
Back in Sedona I parked @ Danny’s house for my ride. I geared up. First ride on new lowers w/ no hub / fork leg slop. I dropped the fork legs onto the hub and slipped the maxxle thru and tightened it down. Viola! no slop! Bike will not feel like a cracked bat. I rode Airport, Bandit, Carrol Canyon, Bike Path, Special Ed, Pyramid, something to Ramshead, Ridge, Sketch, Ridge, back to Shelby rd then pavement back. Trails are very rough w/ loose rock that made the climbs brutal. I rode by myself. I saw 3 hikers that were near town for my entire 1 hr 52 min ride. Rode well. Got my HR up. I am riding w/ a rigid seatpost. I missed my seat dropper on the downhills. On Bike Path in a wash I cut a bend high going into the scrub oak. I felt a tug than heard a smish sound from the rear wheel. I found a stiff dead branch in the oak that jammed into my wheel breaking a spoke off @ the nipple. Bummer. I bent the spoke around a nearby spoke and kept riding.
Finished @ Danny’s then called first aider Dave alerting him to an incoming injured player. He said my seatpost is in and he will install that tomorrow and repair the spoke. remarkable: Dave called Rockshox on Monday asking for a warranty post and it arrived today.
Shower @ Danny’s, groceries, then drive out to Deer Pass. A camper rental picked my favorite spot.
New inverter handles the vaporizer quite well.
Tomorrow is early laundry then up to Flag. I heard Flag’s city snow is all but gone. Dry spring so far.
I picked up my new Sedona ride map saved as a TIFF file that has greater resolution. Everything is in focus and larger than on my laptop screen. Cool.
Steve from Sun Valley area shared a video of me riding down the stairway i feared.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqC-SSArFjw&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL