{"id":573892553,"date":"2020-09-28T22:41:02","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T02:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573892553"},"modified":"2020-10-02T15:32:03","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T19:32:03","slug":"how-i-roll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2020\/09\/28\/how-i-roll\/","title":{"rendered":"How I roll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wake up with a morning show. They&#8217;re always so cheery and bright. Our students produce one of those. Here&#8217;s today&#8217;s episode. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oSMFm6jF0dU\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I did a morning show for two years in college, and then I worked morning drive for pretty much my entire news career. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a night owl and I think I&#8217;m still recovering. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/blog\/banners\/bannercapers.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll spend some time from this year recovering, psychologically, from flat tires.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/sept20\/sept21.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I had yet another one on Saturday. I think that&#8217;s six, maybe seven, this year. It&#8217;s always the back. And it&#8217;s probably entirely a mixture of bad luck and user error. Probably more the latter than I&#8217;d like to admit. <\/p>\n<p>But there I sat, a brand new tube in the tire and it punctured about 15 miles in to its life, I was getting ready for a short, hard Strava segment when the tube gave way. The Yankee was right behind me and she stopped with me. I carry a hand pump and a spare tube, so I sent her on ahead. And I worked on this dumb thing a while, first in the sunshine, and then I crossed the street to sit in the shade. <\/p>\n<p>A guy rode along on his bike and he offered to stop. We talked bikes and routes and I borrowed his better pump. And for a moment it seemed normal, and I think we both remembered at about the same time we should be standing a bit farther apart. About that time I had the new tube in place and inflated and so I soft pedaled my way home. <\/p>\n<p>See, the thing is I ride at about 110 psi on a regular day, and a good hand pump will get you up to about 70 psi. And that&#8217;s <em>just<\/em> spongy enough to go a bit slower and smell the roses.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/blog\/banners\/bannercapers.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We went to get gas this morning. Made good use of those grocery store loyalty points, too. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/sept20\/sept22.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We go and fill both cars up together to get the most of our savings. I said, <em>As far as I can recall, this is the first time I&#8217;ve filled up since May 30th.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Yankee thinks we got gas in July. Maybe. It&#8217;s hard to say. The point being, we&#8217;re driving so little that a tank of gas goes a long way. A normal week, right now, is four trips to campus and maybe a journey out to get takeout for Saturday lunch. That comes out to about 35 or 40 miles for me. I&#8217;ll take that.<\/p>\n<p>And if I start riding my bike back to work &#8230; if I can avoid the flats &#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wake up with a morning show. They&#8217;re always so cheery and bright. Our students produce one of those. Here&#8217;s today&#8217;s episode. I did a morning show for two years in college, and then I worked morning drive for pretty much my entire news career. I&#8217;m a night owl and I think I&#8217;m still recovering. 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