So the Taco Tuesdays ride was last night, and it was awesome! (As you can tell by the picture above, where Kevin, Cesar, yours truly, and Rich all look happy and contented after a nice ride and some delicious Mexican food courtesy of Cinco DeMayo.)
We all met up in Crankmob Park and took off around 8pm. There were about 20 of us this time, which was a nice increase from the six or seven of us that went the last time I did this ride a few weeks ago.
We made our way down past city hall, on to the Ballona Creek Bike Path, and out to Mustache Bridge. From there we took some alleys and backroads and utility paths and all sorts of unusual routes past boats and parks and who knows what out to the Marina Del Rey Jetty. From there, it was off to Venice Pier, where we hung out for a bit and a couple of riders fished, neither of whom caught anything, except for one guy who caught the pier, which was too big to take home and fillet. At that point, we were all ravenous, so the pace from the Venice Pier back to Cinco De Mayo was the fastest of the evening. Good food was had by all.
Unfortunately, while I was out on this ride, I blew a couple more spokes, which was kind of a drag. Today, while I was volunteering at the bikerowave, I decided to go ahead and rebuild my rear wheel. Thanks to the handy wheel-building book, getting the spokes lined up was no big deal, just time consuming. Unfortunately, as I was about halfway through tightening the wheels and the place was about to close, I threw it on the truing stand and it could not be more out of true. I mean, how do you taco a wheel with a spoke wrench? Well, it's not quite that bad, but it looks like I'll be back at the bikerowave tomorrow so that I can go ride this weekend.
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