Trying to stay cool on Sunday and get a good ride in we met at Gavin's home pub, The Blackbeard and rode down the rail trail to Beardsley Park
There were a few sunny patches along the way
and we got in some dirt on Garder Road in Monroe
The shady rail trail really made a difference
After the rail trail we had to cut through Twin Brooks Park
There was some fantastic artwork/graffiti as you enter Beardsley Park
The park itself was also shaded and very nice
Across the water you can just make out Route 8/25 and the building is Saint Vincent's Hospital
Mike's rear tire was looking a little flat so we stopped to but air in it
He runs tubeless and it wasn't quite holding so pressed on stopping from time to time put in more air
Nearing the Trumbull line we decided to put in a tube but Mike forgot is saddle bag
Gavin had a tube but never realized it was a schrader valve. That would have been funny if he ever got a flat. We just put more air in Mike's tire and continued on
Instead of backtracking our route we decided to take a more direct path back to the Blackbeard
by riding up the Newtown section of the rail trail
Scott almost ran over a really big snake
We had to walk our bikes over the old tracks
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| Photo Cred: Gavin Arneth |
By the time we got back to the Blackbeard it well into the 90s but inside it was cool and so was the beer
Turns out Mike had a sidewall tear
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