I picked up my new Gary Fisher bike yesterday, and biked home into the sun and the wind on a trail - Prince Edward County's Millenium Trail - that may well be the worst trail in Canada in some parts.
Thank you, Ed, for all of the work you went to in adding the extras. You put on a great bike light, and the rain-proof paniers are so roomy, those new no-slip pedals are awesome, the new kickstand is marvelous, and the Trek rides like a dream, except on the worst parts of our county trail.
Now I have to load it up with gear, and practice riding with it weighted down.
The tires might be harder than my old bike, who knows, but the ride on the trail was like riding on wooden wheels in some parts. Every stone/rock (the trail having been re-inforced with 3-6 inch stones - who has the brain? - (it must have been loaned out to another county) causing my glasses to bounce and giving me verdigo.
Today, same effect but I learned that I can get used to it. Perhaps there is an elastic band that would hold the glasses tighter. I could remove them and try riding blind.
I rode highway part of the way today and used the county trail back, and again saw the bear signs. Huges holes freshly dug up. My daughter, Mary Esta, printed out info' on bears. They have 7 times greater a sense of smell than dogs, (dogs being maybe 1000 times greater than humans) so there goes the possibility of using the fabric sheets I just purchased especially for this trip as a prevention against mosquitoes, as it also says perfumes attract bears. Mustn't have any odours that can do that.
I think I am nearer to being ready.
Only time will tell; right?
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