I stayed up a bit late last night and so slept in until 9:30 this morning. It was nice to not be up at the crack of dawn for a change. It's amazing how time on the road, even if parts of it are spent in hotels, can wear you down after a while. Hotels are ok, but they're not the same as home.
Today I am just tinkering around a bit. I did my trip paperwork and rode the bent to the mailbox to mail it to the office. The bent hasn't been shifting as well as it should so when I got back I decided to do a bit of drive train adjustment on it. It only took about 15 minutes to get the deraileur adjusted properly and the shifting as smooth as it should be.
I still haven't made it down to the bike shop. I had planned on going yesterday but the smoke was so heavy in the air I didn't think a 20 mile ride was such a good idea. The air is much cleaner today so I may head down there after lunch. I'm still thinking about trading in my bent for a faster/bigger one but after paying my bills and picking up some items I needed my cash is a tad thinner than I expected so that may have to wait a bit. At least I can look and see what's available in my price range. I really don't want to spend more than $1,000, and would prefer a couple of hundred less than that if possible. I'll be looking at used obviously.
But I do want to pick up some Mr Tuffy tire liners for the folding bike to help reduce the chance of getting flats while riding it out on the road. I haven't had a single flat on my bent since installing them on it. Of course, the Kevlar lined tires help too.
Time for lunch.