The main feature of this ride was the return of wind...lots of it. I haven't felt gusts of wind like that in a long time.
Partly sunny
82 degrees
Wind 12-20+ gusts
Three Bridges, 36 miles
Lets see, lots to cover today including corn, water, snot and noises.
Taking it easy and enjoying a little sunshine, I noticed on the way south into Franklin that the wind was high and going to be a bitch coming back home. Trying to put that thought out of my head, I pushed onward at an easy pace without much of anything or anyone around me.
At the halfway point is when I made my first stop. This is where my 'complex' question comes in. Down at the Milwaukee County Sports Complex you would think there would be a source for water somewhere at that building. It IS after all a SPORTS complex that is located right next to a popular multi-use bike trail. Nothing at all available outside on the building or near it. Today I pulled up to the doors and tried them to see if they were open. Indeed, that set of doors was open, leading to a second set of doors also open. In I went with my bike to explore on foot.
I figured there would be a bubbler in what is a huge and empty hallway of sorts. Nothing. So lets review. No bubbler or water faucet of any kind outside on the building and no bubbler inside. I walk on and see a small game room, where I at least see a soda machine. Still, no place to get a cold drink of water.
Come on Milwaukee Co. Sports Complex...stick a damn bubbler up there!
Heading back into the wind now, there is a section of the Oak Leaf that runs alongside a corn field. I saw a couple walking together on the way down, but now the woman was standing with her back to me as the dude came walking out of the field juggling about a half-dozen ears of freshly picked corn! Really? Corn thieves caught in the act. Wow.
I was really irritated by a running right nostril for most of this ride. Snot city! I have NEVER had allergies throughout my entire life, but that has to be what this is, right? Those of you with them...was there something about today's weather? Is this a time of year when something is in the air? Help! I don't get it. But all I know is that it's my right side....eye waters a bit and I swear I could be doing the farmers blow out of the right side every five minutes. It's really very irritating on a ride.
Speaking of irritating...
My bike has started making noises again.
Do you know what a sandhill crane squawking sounds like? Well, my bottom bracket kinda sounds like that at times now. Then to keep up with the bird sound theme, adding to that noise I noticed that when freewheeling at times I would hear a high-pitched squeaking noise that sounded a little like baby birds in a nest. Now, I know there was no nest back there around the area of my rear hub where the sound was coming from, so I assume that once again my bike has developed some technical issues.
I'm a stickler for a quiet bike, and right now, I'm not riding one. Guess I'll head out to do a little lubricating and see if that helps on the next ride.
Season Miles: 1,530
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