September 20, 2023
Sacramento
7.8b
Sacramento! Old town, the capitol, Jerry Brown, the Governator, the Kings. I had the idea of looking around and seeing a good bit of the place on our day off. But my 7th flat tire of the trip called for immediate action.
Upon arising, I got busy fixing the flat inner tube and inspecting the tire. Finding nothing in the tire, the tube was patched and I was on my way, riding into Midtown, to the Trek shop.
From the Discovery Park area, near where we were staying, I rode through the Rail Yards and Alkali Flats sections of the city. More ongoing construction had closed off some streets but I was able to maneuver through on H Street, to 20th, to K Street, and ultimately to 24th, where the shop is located.
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They took my bike in and gave me a time to return, in about 90 minutes. Having some time on my hands and not having had breakfast, I went for an early lunch at Tres Hermanas. Joel, the bartender, waited on me and served up a good meal of Quesadillas, beans, and rice. I also had nice conversations with a few other patrons.
The shop called me. Initially, they were going to put puncture resistant inner tubes in to replace the ones I had. But upon closer inspection of my rear rim, cracks were found running between several spoke insertion points. I went and viewed the problem personally. The cracks were visible, I hadn’t seen them before. But I had heard spoke pinging sounds and ticking sounds. In checking these noises out, I hadn’t seen anything out of the ordinary. These cracks in the rim explained what I had been hearing. The rear rim was replaced, the thicker tubes installed, and I was mobile again… sans sounds but still not able to shake the feeling that another flat tire was imminent.
By then it was getting late. We had plans to meet some of my relatives for dinner. I set out to try and find the capitol building. It turned out to be nearby and I got a good photo as some government workers were going home for the day.
Chuck and Lynn got to see Old Sacramento. My bike got fixed. We made it on time for dinner and had a nice evening. I guess I’ll have to come back sometime to see the rest of the place. It looks like a nice city and one that is bike friendly.
Today's ride: 16 miles (26 km)
Total: 1,038 miles (1,670 km)
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