{"id":447,"date":"2007-09-27T22:14:58","date_gmt":"2007-09-28T05:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rynosoft.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/?p=447"},"modified":"2008-04-07T16:35:27","modified_gmt":"2008-04-07T23:35:27","slug":"evening-bike-commute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rynosoft.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/evening-bike-commute","title":{"rendered":"Evening Bike Commute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Distance:<\/strong> 19.3 miles<br \/>\n<strong>Riding time:<\/strong> 109 minutes<br \/>\n<strong>Max speed:<\/strong> 32.6 mph<br \/>\n<strong>Average speed:<\/strong> 10.6 mph<br \/>\n<strong>Temperature:<\/strong> 75\u00c2\u00ba<br \/>\n<strong>Soundtrack:<\/strong> Science Friday<br \/>\n<strong>Route:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alder to 1st<\/li>\n<li>1st to Salmon<\/li>\n<li>Salmon to Hawthorne Bridge<\/li>\n<li>Hawthorne Bridge to Springwater Corridor<\/li>\n<li>Springwater Corridor to Powell Butte<\/li>\n<li>Various trails over Powell Butte to 162nd<\/li>\n<li>162nd to home<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What a glorious sunny afternoon to ride my bike the long way home. It was a tremendous effort to climb Powell Butte &#8211; one that found me laying down, gasping for breath on the side of the trail at one point &#8211; but it was well worth it. On my way down the north side of the Butte, I wondered how hot my brake pads were getting. My rims were plenty hot when I got to the bottom and as I touched the front rim, I heard the distinct sound of air leaking from the front tire. At least it didn&#8217;t blow out when I was flying down the hill at 35 mph.<\/p>\n<p>It took me about 15 minutes to pull the tube out and install my spare. I was actually pretty refreshed when I got back on and pedaled towards home. How surprised was I when I came upon this at 162nd and Division:<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.rynosoft.com\/mick\/blog\/pics\/upended.html','popup','width=1200,height=1600,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rynosoft.com\/mick\/blog\/pics\/upended.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rynosoft.com\/mick\/blog\/pics\/upended-thumb.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The picture is pretty blurry (you can click on it to get the full-size version), but it&#8217;s a car that had run up a telephone pole and came to rest in a vertical position. Somebody at the scene reckoned he must have been going 100 mph or better. I asked around and they said it had happened about 15 minutes before.<\/p>\n<p>Now picture this: me in the bike lane at that moment had my bike tire not gone flat 15 minutes before. Freaky, huh? 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