Temp: 71F/21C
Wind: VRBL3
Odo: 6424.2mile
Time: 10am

First ride in these couple of weeks. I really regret that I missed this fun for couple of weeks... I was slow today. But I am happy since I completed one way commute without knee pain!

Raised saddle height by about 5mm.

I had to carry my 17inch laptop so I got a large messenger bag at Sportsbasement yesterday and tried this morning. But carrying this heavy laptop is super uncomfortable anyway. Messenger bag was no better than back pack in fact. It was just different type of pain in different part.

Well but I am very happy this morning anyway.

I stayed in Freiburug, Germany for a week for business. Since I had whole Saturday to spend, I decided to go and see the black forest which was about an hour of train trip from Freiburg.

Luckily a hotel had rental bikes for 5 euros/ 4 hours. They are either MTBs or city-bikes in quite poor condition. I picked the one which had most air in tire since they didn't have hand pump in working condition. (They had a air compressor but they didn't want me to operate it). The bike dropped chain twice and I learned that I shouldn't shift to large cog.

Despite the bike's mechanical condition, cycling was wonderful. Trail in the forest or lake side, the view was beautiful.

I did little jogging in one evening while I was in Freiburg. I didn't see anybody else doing running. But later I heard that people don't prefer running in the street because of the poor air quality. I was told that if I went to a park then I should have seen a lot of runners. Hmm...

I needed to get small bottles to bring shampoo etc for my next week's trip. I decided to ride to REI in Saratoga with my steel bike.

I lately got U-lock adapter which secures the lock with bike frame. My steel bike was quiet and smooth but the U-lock with adapter now makes annoying noise all the time. It actually became noisier than my Cervelo now.