Well, my iron-wife has been wanting to do a bike trip (day trip) in preparation of her Triathlon. Saturday was a write-off as I was battling some form of jet lag and arthritic induced diarrhea. Good thing we waited until today. My iron-wife's mountain bike was not tuned properly; and had to change out the tires to street tires. All done yesterday. Still... I had problem keeping up with her titanium street racing bike. But I survived. Not the riding part but the problematic gears, the traffic (bus stops were the worst), the people (seemed to stand in the middle of the road for some strange reasons), the other riders with cellphones on - either talking or watching videos! The silent running motor bikes (cruising on neutral) sneaking up on you but kept pace w/you in your blind spots. Or the same trying to turn right from the left - almost got killed once this aft.
I was hoping not to get a new bike but use Audrey's old mountain bike; but after this ride, will have to get a new one; otherwise, I will be lagging behind and not doing one heck of improvement to her cycling. But then again, in Shanghai traffic how can one improve on one's steady cycling. We always have to watch out for taxis going right in front of you, bus stops with pile of people; people dashing out in front of you as they were like Canadian children at school zones - not aware of anything.
O yes, the distance was 44 miles or 70.8KM. Not bad. With proper gears; I might be able to do more. Time for bed.
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