Biking again.

It's good to be back in the "saddle" again. I took a delightful bike ride this afternoon along a portion of the Green Circle. 10.44 miles in 45:29 minutes. According to my bicycle computer, that presents an average speed of 13.6 MPH. I find that interesting as according to my calculator, 10.44 (miles traveled) / 0.75483 (the portion of an hour use) = 13.77 MPH. I think the bicycle computer must be rounding up to the next minute. That seems to be the only way it works out. What a pity. I really pushed for that extra 31 seconds. But, no matter how you slice it, it's a good thing. The speed limit on the trail is only 15 MPH. Thus, on average, I was holding to the speed limit. ;-) The good part, however, is that I haven't been doing a lot of riding yet this season and I the speeds and times are relatively consistent with what I was doing near the end of last season. I just wish the bike shop had actually fixed my bike when I told them of the problems shortly after procuring the item. Any time I apply a fair amount of force in either the 2nd or the 6th rear sprocket, the chain slips. I may just have to bite it and get the rear gears replaced with something a little bit better than stock.

I also think I finally managed to get my silly watch calibrated. I've had the bloody thing since last Christmas and could never get the built in compass to function correctly. Of course, I don't know if this will hold or not. I have a rather interesting magnetic field all my own. I'm fairly sure I inherited this trait as if my father is wearing a wrist watch when he gets "upset", the watch will usually cease to function, permanently. He's gone to buying $3 watches. *smirk*

The search continues. The illusive goal remains unfound. Perhaps I need to sneak up on it. Does anyone have some good stealth technology I could borrow?