Where is Dave?

Day 97: Cabra (Again No Cycling)

David -

Even with a great deal of time and effort I accepted defeat. I'm not sure how much time was expended, I did try various methods, but none were successful. I'm guessing 1 to 1.5 hours elapsed between enthusiastically beginning until eventually this inanimate object worn me down such that I admitted defeat. In the end, I'm just going to have to live with the consequences of not managing to get rid of the detritus residing within the rim of my front wheel. It makes a little rattling noise at very low speeds but, once up to speed, the pseudo centrifugal force is such that the metallic piece of detritus moves to the outer wall of the rim where it remains until the wheel's rotational velocity reduces such that the gravitational force exceeds that of the centrifugal force. Whereupon the piece of metal will revert to colliding with the internal walls of the rim and, thus, create noise. AGAIN! So it goes!

Then, having cleaned the rim; checked the wear indicator - there remains some mileage in the old gal yet!; determined the correct orientation of the tyre; fitted the tyre; beaded the tire; deflated the tyre; added the sealant; installed the presta valve; inflated tyre; screwed on the valve dust cap; I eventually reinstalled the front wheel. It was about half past noon.

I spent some time bike fettling before having some lunch at about 2.30 pm, which was about the same time as the showers started. No thunder and lightning, which was predicted, but some of the showers were heavy. Oh to be in Scotland where the sun shines! Ha Ha!

  • Distance driven: 0
  • Distance cycled: 0
  • Weather: Much better back home! Mind you, as I write this at 20:30 o'clock, the sun is setting and there is a partial red sky and, we all know what that means! (some shepherds are delighted!)

Taken whilst standing on the roof of my van:

Looking at the photo I'm now wondering whether something more serious has commenced, such as: Putin's Russia has decided to annex Andalucia from Spain, Donald Trump has decided to bomb Spain into negotiating tariff reductions or WW3! Oh how the imagination can run wild during times like these!

Back on Terra Firma looking in the opposite direction:

If all else fails, look the other way!