{"id":2067,"date":"2009-08-02T09:47:22","date_gmt":"2009-08-01T23:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wpblog\/?p=2067"},"modified":"2009-08-02T09:47:22","modified_gmt":"2009-08-01T23:47:22","slug":"failed-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/?p=2067","title":{"rendered":"Failed Attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After some convincing by Lindsay and others, I tried the DHBC<\/a>‘s Waterfall ride this morning. Well, I did not make it. But it was a good learning experience. I hope I did not hold our small group up too much. We headed out at 6:20 AM. I struggled up the first few hills, but clearly did not have the strength or fitness for the ride. So I bailed out at the Georges River. We averaged 20 kmh for this section of the ride, which is probably 5kmh slower than they would expect. I returned via the bike track along Botany bay at my own pace, and averaged 14kmh with one stop. I returned to the Marrickville Road Cafe at 8 AM and had some breakfast. One other rider returned who had only ridden as far as Sutherland, and he arrived only moments after I had. The others had not returned by 8:45 so I left as it was getting quite cold.<\/p>\n

The trike caused more of a stir this morning than it normally does and I had several conversations about it. One girl thought it was broken. And another family waited a minute or so for me to leave so the kids could watch me ride off.<\/p>\n

There has been an annoying creak in the front of my trike, since I started using the SPD clips<\/a>. In the old days, I would have said it was a worn cotter pin. But modern bikes and trikes do not have cotter pins. It only happened intermittently, and never at a time that was convenient to stop and work it out. It happened again. So I stopped and checked the pedals. That was not the problem. I discovered that I do not have an Allen key<\/a> big enough for the main crank. A problem I will have to fix. What I did was I tightened the SPD clips on the pedals. The problem has not reoccurred. But as it is an intermittent fault, I will have to wait for a longer time before declaring it to be fixed.<\/p>\n

So here are some new targets that I really need to meet before trying this ride again:<\/p>\n