This was the final weekend to get in some long-distance rides before we head to Grand Rapids, Michigan to join the Sea to Sea Bike Tour 2008. While visiting my parents near Blyth for a family reunion on Saturday, Pete and I had hoped to make a 70+ km. ride, but heavy rains, thunder and lightning put a damper on things. After three attempts, we decided to pack it in and headed off to the reunion. Following the reunion, weather still did not co-operate, so no biking took place on Saturday.
Taking advantage of the indoor weather, we constructed a list of the necessary items we still need to get before embarking on the tour. Surprisingly, we have almost everything required! Now the task is to make sure all the supplies meet the 60 lb. limit!
Sunday's weather system was not much better than the previous day's. Rather than even attempt to ride, we decided to take the opportunity to clean our drive trains and wash the bikes. They're both looking pretty shiny now! I had forgotten that my chain is actually silver. The dirty, black look blended in so well with the overall black colour of my bike that I never realized it had once been silver! Lubricating the chain and testing it out so that all the gears were covered with lube made the cleaning definitely worthwhile. It is pleasant riding a bike that makes no sounds as one cycles.
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