need some route suggestions

[Bike Goddess]

Yes, Cindy Sue. there is something called a spoke wrench. You have to get one that fits your spokes. When a spoke pops as my did you true the wheel ON the bike by loosening the spokes on either side of the broken one. A bit tricky, but can be done. DO NOT take wheel off bike!! Ask at your LBS guys to show you.

[slinkedog]

Hey Cindy! Hope you're having a good trip!

I finally got the times for the soccer games. Unfortunately, they're all in the afternoons, either at 12, 1:15 or 2:30, and we only have one game that's at 2:30. It's on October 15th.

The game on Sept. 24th is at 1:15, so we could do a ride and i would either have to bail a little early or we could go on the early side, say 9:00 and do a 3 hour ride, max. What do you think? A route close to my house would probably be best for that one... we could do the reservoirs loop, Calero to Uvas to Chesbro and back.

[cindysue]

Hey Cindy! Hope you're having a good trip!

The game on Sept. 24th is at 1:15, so we could do a ride and i would either have to bail a little early or we could go on the early side, say 9:00 and do a 3 hour ride, max. What do you think? A route close to my house would probably be best for that one... we could do the reservoirs loop, Calero to Uvas to Chesbro and back.

OK, the 24th, it is. 9am - we should easily be done in 3 hours. We can plan a 30ish mile ride. How long is the reservoirs loop?
I actually have a wedding to go to that evening in San Jose. It starts at 5pm, so I'll need to decide if I want to stay down there for the day with a friend or come back to walnut creek. I was planning on getting my hair cut and styled in Berkeley that afternoon (2ish).......

Andrew and I had a Great trip! I got a snap shot of Mt. Diablo and will have to post as soon as I upload it to my computer. How was Monterey? I will have to mosey over to the other thread to see how the Monterey ride went..........

[cindysue]

there is something called a spoke wrench. Ask at your LBS guys to show you.

thanks Nancy!

[Veronica]

so, if this happens to someone else, is there no quick fix? Any mini-tools / knowledge we can take on the road with us?

I had a rear spoke break last spring. It started off as a weird noise and then popped out. I was able to ride home - about 5 miles - by loosening my rear brakes to avoid rubbing. Not something you can do if you are riding low spoke count wheels. It went to the shop for a new spoke and truing and I stole Thom's rear wheel.

On the Primavera century I was still riding Thom's wheel (he got the fixed one) and I had a spoke start working loose. I actually have a spoke wrench in my tool kit, so we fixed it up enough to get back to the car.

After that I started checking the spokes every so often to see if they were loose until Thom got me some snazzy new wheels. Alas, if a spoke breaks on these I won't be able to ride home. That's the risk you take when you go light.

V.

[slinkedog]

Let me map out something good. The ride to Uvas and back is about 37, and to Chesbro dam and back is a little shorter. To do a loop all the way around would be more like 40, so maybe we should do an out and back.

Let me cook something up on my bike-route mapping software and I'll give you some more options.

Looking forward to it!!