I can't make out what's going on. Looks like the right tire is coming off?

This morning I made a quick ride mostly on gravel roads to the Southwest for a total of 10 miles. Temp was in lower 80s and the humidity 66%. Sure thought it was hotter than that.

Tonight I decided to go for a short ride outside of town on a hybrid bike I recently acquired. Fields of milo, corn and soy beans, cows, barns, windmills, hay, hedge rows, hedge apples, oil wells and a animal carcass are just some of what I saw. Photos and video from my camera phone...









Video...

This morning we took advantage of the cooler weather and went for a ride. It's been in the 100s for the past couple of weeks and today's high was forecast-ed to only be in the upper 80s. We decided to ride the Gypsum Creek path in Wichita. We hadn't ridden this path in probably 20 years. We began at the South end at Planeview Park and rode to it's end at Douglas street. I think the trail is about 5 miles one way. Nova got an extra 2 miles in as we had a dispute over which way the trail went at one point so we separated ways and then she had to back track after determining I was right after all
At the north end of the trail we stopped at Target where Nova bought a shirt. On the way back we stopped to do a little car shopping on Kellogg and then stopped at the Bagatelle Bakery (just off of the trail to the West on Harry street) for coffee and a croissant.
Once back to our starting point we wanted to keep riding so we continued on the Planeview path and then over to the Arkansas River path and rode it up to Harry street. The South end of the Arkansas River path takes you across the historic John Mack rainbow bridge. The morning ended with a ride up the old Soap Box Derby hill. Here is the partial track from the ride. My phone battery went dead and didn't track the entire ride.

Last night we picked up a couple of these cool water bottles we found at Target. Every style of bicycle you can think of is printed on these aluminum bottles.



These are bottles I grabbed for this morning's ride which are from bike shops we've visited on our travels. Bayou Cycles in New Orleans, Neptune Cyclery in Tarpon Springs, Florida and Revolution Cycling in Oklahoma City.

I threw this girls Schwinn ballooner together for me to ride at our clubs upcoming "Ladies Night". When I went to tear it down I encountered a couple of obstacles. First the seat post was stuck in a low position but I can live with that no more than I'll be riding it. Second the stem's wedge nut was stuck in the fork tube. I didn't want to take the time or make the effort to get it out so I lopped off the fork tube and welded another one back on. The wheels, tires and grips are off the Chalkboard Bike and the seat, crank, sprocket, gooseneck and bars I had stashed away. The bike rides great with the big cushy tires and the 2 speed kickback. More photos here.

Here's the flyer I made for the ride...

Acquired a couple new shirts over the past couple of weeks. One from the El Torreon swap and one from the Art Of The Bicycle.

We spent Friday night and Saturday downtown in the big city attending our clubs 6th annual Art Of The Bicycle show on Friday and the related swap meet on Saturday. As always it was a nice show and a fun time. More on the show and swap here.