Rode to work and halfway realized that, alas, the tire was flat - the tire I patched Sunday. Pumped it up and it held for the last tow miles. Pumped it up again and went to bike shop where they were actually kinda busy so LBS guy just rearranged my washers and pumped me up again (hmmm.... that sounds more interesting than it was!!) 'cause I hadn't put that Gazelle quite back right.
Did the "inside ride" where people were a little down 'cause we're missing Fritz - it was last week that there had been that knock on the door and my favorite person to ride next to answered it and didn't come back 'cause it was the news that Fritz (co-LBS dude for lo those many years) had died in his sleep unexpectedly (age 61). FPTRNT didn't ride tonight, tho' he was there... "you look tired." "Just down." Yea. Wish it were my place to leap over and give a big warm fuzzy hug...
Here's to healing...
Pumped up tire. Rode home. Will ride the Xtra tomorrow.