Cycling Clothes

15 May 2025

I climbed up into the attic today and brought down the
orange -fanny- waist pack.  I'd have preferred a small
backpack -- particularly when it turned out that the waist
pack has a hook instead of a buckle and has to be kept under
tension to stay fastened, so I can't wear it as a snap sack
as I'd intended.

But the suitcases are well away from the only light up
there, and the flashlight I brought along turned out to be
feeble, so I couldn't see how large the summit pack and the
tactical pack are.  I knew that the waist pack was small,
and I've worn it before.

Suddenly bedtime.  Perhaps I'll have computer time tomorrow.
All that's on my agenda is washing cleaning rags and my
Arachne shirt.

16 May 2025

Cleaning rags folded and put away.  Cheating a bit:  I'm not
supposed to play with the computer until after supper, and I
do have a seam pinned that I ought to be sewing.  But I'm
distracted now, and will be able to focus after supper.

The Fat and Skinny Tire Festival is already underway.  I
think they had a "bike to work" ride this morning, and will
stage a mass ride from downtown Winona Lake to downtown
Warsaw this evening.  Among the events are several rides
that are a plausible substitute for the late lamented
September Century.

All I plan to attend is the Historical Tour tomorrow at one
or three in the afternoon.  My "wheelchair bike" (the Trek
Pure step-through that I bought after discovering the hard
way that I had come in with snow stuck to my boots) is
appropriate for a two-mile ride with a dozen or two stops.
Events like this are frequently photographed, so I don't
want to wear clothes that clash with the bike.

I won't have much time to change after my usual Saturday
tour of three farmers markets, so I thought I'd just pull
off my jersey and put on a shirt, but tights don't have
eight pockets, and it would take a while to transfer stuff
from my wallet into eight pockets if I had them -- hence the
waist pack.

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Joy Beeson
joy beeson at centurylink dot net
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