Just trying to make miles. It was a nice quite morning ... quiet enough I noticed a noise coming from my bike. I spent the better part of the first 40km trying to figure out where the ticking noise was coming from. Seemed to be related to pedaling but that's about as close as I got.
At one country store a guy coming out of the store starts chatting. He is local and races mountain bikes. Not many mountains around here. He tells me the drivers are bad to bikes in Indiana.
I planned to ride for a bit on the ACA Northern Tier Route. I did about 20km ... mostly because I alredy paid for the map section.
The cycle.travel route was good today until it routed me down a sharp gravel road. I turned around and a mile up there was a quiet paved road. Back on the route it tried to put me down another gravel road. Not having any of that I rerouted.
I noticed that my wheel felt egg shaped. Looking I see a giant blister. I continue riding expecting it to explode any time. A little later I see a second giant blister.
I ride as delicately as possible ride 50km into Plymouth. In the motel room ... blisters are gone. My Totonto based remote support team has been calculating the best bike shop for me to visit tomorrow. This will likely mean a later start than usual.
