It's Snowing!

Total for this ride: 31.9 miles

Total for this year: 634.8 miles

Commute + first regular season RIT group ride.  This one through Genesee Valley Park and up to the UR.  Beautiful weather.  So what's this about snow?  Well... it wasn't REAL snow.  It was just the annual attack of the cottonwood seeds.  Little white puffs of... stuff that looks like snow when it's coming down and when it collects on the ground.  There was even a layer of it on the canal.

Speaking of the canal... I think this is the first time I've ridden the towpath on the Great Embankment this year.  Succeeded in getting my bike totally coated in trail dust.

Other items of note... The goslings are getting pretty big.  We passed a couple of families along the way.  Fortunately none were being overly protective.  Those adult geese can get pretty nasty when they think their kids are threatened.

Need to take the Univega back in.  I had it tuned up a while back, which was probably a mistake.  It was actually running pretty good, but it hadn't had a good servicing for a long time so I told the guys to go for it.  Now the rear deraileur isn't shifting properly, and worse yet... there's a clicking sound coming from the bottom bracket.  It's the same problem I have on TWO of my bikes now and it's driving me crazy.  So after the CIS ride on Thursday I think I'll take it back and have them try again.  If that doesn't work... they lose my business forever.  Easy as that.