It was a chance to do a ride into Neepawa again like I did last year for a training trip. In August I plan to tour across Manitoba with my oldest daughter Amelia.
It was an excellent day to ride as far as the temperature goes. But the NW winds were nasty and required extra energy to keep going. I was averaging between 10 to 15 km’s an hour.
Got to Portage at 5 and the plan was to have a chicken meal. So for the last hour all I could think about was that chicken. When I sat in front of that meal I was overcome with such joy. After eating snack food all day I really needed this. Some of my thoughts about this chicken included the following. You died for me so that I could be happy. Thank you chicken. As I gazed about your skin I was filled with a lust and desire one can’t describe. I just want to eat you, oh the joy.
Leaving Portage the winds were not as bad. Getting to McGregor as planned felt very possible. Until I got this feeling of the road being very bumpy. A flat tire and only 10 more km’s to go.
It has been a long time since I experienced a flat on a bike. I very quickly found the pin in the tire that caused the flat. I changed the tire but it didn’t feel right, something was not right. But I just wanted to get to McGregor before dark. After 7 km’s the tire was getting low. Pumping it didn’t help and I couldn’t ride it that way. I didn’t feel like taking everything apart again. So I walked the last 3 km’s. It was 10:30 now and getting dark. To save time I just set up the tent on the golf course. I set it up in the rough, because this was a rough day. Total distance for the day was 132 km’s.
Next morning started with light rainfall on the tent. At least that kept the golfers away. After having breakfast at the golf course restaurant I now need to deal with this tire issue.
Adventures on a bicycle 