Voice Post: 2009 PMC Sat Franklin

[ornoth_cycling]

The following is a transcription of a phone post that originally appeared in my main journal, here.

Well things have gone a little bit awry here. Actually right after I talked to you at the Whitinsville stop, realized that one of my rear spokes had broken, which is a pretty dire consequence. Particularly since I have spokes that pretty much no one at the mechanics can fix. So they trued my wheel and I kept going although a little bit gingerly. My average speed has dropped from 19 to 18. So I'm taking it a little bit more careful.

Currently at the Franklin stop, 43 miles in. I'm still right on schedule, time-wise. Pretty soon, actually another 10 miles, I'll reach the halfway point of day one.

So it's not that bad, as we kind of skirt the corner of Rhode Island in the town of Attleboro. Attleboro is the closest point we get to RI and coincidentally it's also a town that has seven companies that contribute to major cancer hazards including the worst offender in Massachusetts, and a landfill containing uranium fuel rods. So I'll hopefully not get stuck in Attleboro on the way through.

That's it. The fog has burned off. It's now a warm and sunny day in the mid-70s. It'll soon be getting hotter as the sun continues to climb, it only being 8 in the morning at this point.

That's it. Next stop is another hour down the line, so I will talk to you again shortly, hopefully with the bike still in one piece. The body's willing, but the machine is gonna have to be treated a little gingerly today. Talk to you soon.