Bike seat holes before ride:
and after ride:
Poor bike seat. When I stopped in B&B to get some chain grease, the guy said that some people sew their own seat cover. I may try that. I certainly have enough random scraps of fabric from various people.
Paper towels after wiping bike chain:
I wonder what makes it so black? Ground metal? Red River gumbo? The oil didn't start out black...
Also entertaining, I rode faster than the Paddlewheel Queen. As I was exiting St John's Park, it was a bit ahead of me:
but I was a bit ahead of it by Kildonan Park. I had to wait a few seconds to take this next photo:
Not only did I get there first, but I had to travel some distance perpendicular to the river. (Not that a paddlewheel river boat necessarily travels terribly fast...)
As you may have noticed from the photos, it was a gloriously sunny day. Rather hot too. I finished my water about two thirds of the way through my trip. (It was rather hot by then, too.) I think I may need to take two water bottles, and start off with some ice in the bottle.
7 comments:
You are the most ingenious person I know. I bet you will be whipping out a new bike seat in no time! :-)
Mom e-mailed me this morning to say she fixed it... I suspect she moved the gel seat cover from my old bike to my new one. ;)
nice pics of the paddlewheel!
Mmmm. A gel seat cover sounds good. Is it as comfy as it sounds?
H
PC: Thanks!
H: I'll let you know. :) I've heard that it doesn't support your sit bones as well, and so the squishy bits get squished more. (I didn't use the old bike much, or recently, so I don't remember.)
I actually cringed when I saw your bike seat. That must have hurt! Love the pictures of the park and the paddlewheel! I hope you had loads of water with you for your ride! Monday was such a hot, humid day! It was all I could do to haul myself from the office to the end of the parking lot to the truck and turn on the A/C.
I actually went for the bike ride on Sunday... but posted after midnight. ;) There was NO way I was riding on Monday! It was *CRAZY* hot!!!
The holes on the bike seat are just in the fabric and tiny bit of padding, so it's not something that hurts at all. I think the seat isn't quite wide enough for me, though, because I end up mashing all the soft bits. :P
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