My ride today was better, almost feeling "normal." We did go slowly for the first half of the ride, but this is often the key for me to enjoy myself. My average was quite a bit lower than yesterday, but we rode 22 miles. Just one of our usual routes through Great Brook Farm. Hard to believe that last week I was x country skiing here. Saw quite a few mountain bikers going out on the trails when we were stopped to eat a snack and it seemed like hundreds of people out on the road.
So while the ride was awesome, 2 not so good things happened. As I was starting up a gradual hill, my chain dropped as I was switching to the small ring. Usually, I can get it back on by just putting the front into the big ring as I ride. However, it wasn't happening and I had to stop. The chain was totally dropped and I couldn't budge it using the normal tricks. DH had stopped at the top of the hill to wait. A group of racers went by and asked if I needed help and i said no. DH came back and it turned out something was not set right. This is my bike with the compact and a mountain derailleur on the rear. It's a combination of Ultegra, 105, and SRAM in terms of the shifters, cranks, and chain rings (the shifting is all Shimano). It seems to work, but DH had a slightly different combo on his bike and eventually had to change it up. DH did some work on the side of the road and it was back to normal. The jury is out if this did the trick or i need to change a couple of components.
The other thing was more upsetting. When we stopped for our snack, I noticed a small, almost perfectly round spot where the paint is totally off and you can see the titanium. It's on the top of the top tube,in a spot where I might not notice it, as when I'm riding, it's sort of out of my field of vision. I can't imagine how this happened. It looks like a chemical burned the paint off.
Will call the LBS tomorrow and have them get me some touch up paint from Guru.