Good morning Happy Friday

Don’t blow away as I tell myself riding in this morning in the frozen tundra. It’s actually not that cold compared to some days riding in January and February but still so windy. Going to blow away riding in this afternoon to the downtown meeting. At one point I had hoped to get away this weekend after the rain but alas another blustery and later rainy weekend is ahead.

I guess trout fishing comes next based on the fact we are like two weekends out from April. I’ll just be glad when the green up finally comes. And those week or two before the black flies take over. Building this morning is rattling in the wind . Blustery at times but also then the wind slackens. I just so want a night in the wilderness . I had hope that I could leave work early tonight and maybe do Rensselearville State Forest but with that wind it will be bitterly cold and despite last night’s heavy rain at times, I’m worried about the fire risk this time of year. There have been a lot of Red Flag warnings around, at least before the rain, and I keep hearing stories about homesteads and farms that get burnt up this time of year.

I was going to bake cookies for work with the bread this morning, and while the bread came out fine, the cookies came out blackened mush as I slipped putting them in a 5 AM. Truth is I was such a mess this morning getting to work, I would have never caught the express bus and would have to driven in if I had not ridden in. Hell of it is after riding the past 30 or 40 miles the chain has stretched enough to mess well with the cassette, that I think I’ll keep the cassette in storage until I replace the chain, this time based on actual wear measurements using the Park Tool Chain Gauge. I hate to go through so many chains but if I replace as needed it will avoid wearing on the cassette and especially the crankset. I’ve never done the crankset myself, but that piece is more expensive then the cheap cassettes and chain, but it doesn’t look that difficult to do. I’m becoming a regular bike mechanic, but not one of those woke ones that charges $50 to glance at your bike and tell you it’s last year models.