2024 MILEAGE - 2024.4
Today I set off at 11:30 in magnificent spring weather (75° and unbroken sunshine ... though I did have a touch of wind to negotiate), and I got most of the way around the Packard/Platt Square when drama occurred.
I was coming down the trail along Textile Rd., about a half mile west of State. At the bottom of a hill the trail crosses a road (Bicentennial Pkwy.), and I had allowed myself to pick up some speed as I descended the hill (although on the trike, one can never actually go FAST). As I neared that intersection, a car pulled out from behind a hedge, right into into my path.
I clutched the brakes tightly, and fortunately, today they worked perfectly. But almost TOO well, as they caused the trike to overturn. I was uninjured, but the same could not be said for my wheels. Though I did not notice this immediately, the chain came off the front gear wheel, and the back wheel broke (in a way that could not be repaired).
Fortunately, I was able to reach my daughter Christy by text, and her schedule permitted her to come assist me, so she was soon pulling up in her SUV, into which we were able to load the trike and drive it up to go into our garage. Tomorrow I'll take it to the dealer for repair.
As I told Christy, I call these kind of days (which I hadn't experienced in a good long while) "adventure days."
This gave me a ride of 10.0 miles in 1:15.
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