I had looked at my bike the previous evening and discovered that I'd lost one of the bolts holding my chainrings onto the crank. I was able to take one from my old bike and it fit, although it uses a different size hex wrench.
Solo ride initially over to Dave's house, taking the pedestrian bridge over to BVP and up to Sunset Dr, following it up to Juniper St and taking this road to 9th Ave. I rode over to Centre City Pkwy and headed back to Felicita Rd to Redwood St and using it to connect to Montview Dr and then to Alexander Dr. I met up with Dave and John, and we headed over to Brotherton Rd and then on the side road by Centre City Pkwy to Citracado Pkwy for a very steep up and down to get to Felicita Rd. We rode over to Via Rancho Pkwy and took this uphill section (it had been a while since I rode this way) to get over to Del Dios Hwy, turning right and following Valley Pkwy to Auto Park Way. We took this road over to Enterprise St and then on Mission Rd to get over to Nordahl Rd. We stayed on this road as it turned into Nutmeg St, riding over to Country Club Ln and then up to Ash St. I thought this little uphill section would be steeper than it actually was. Then it was down to El Norte Pkwy. By this time, Dave was starting to slow down significantly, so I started slowing down as well, trying to ride with him and give him a break by drafting on my wheel. We rode all the way up to Valley Pkwy and then took it over to BVP, keeping a generally slow pace to stay with Dave. Over to the 78, where I put a little speed on the climb up and then down into the San Pasqual Valley. On the downhill, a coyote came out of the brush about 10 yds in front of me when I was going about 38 mph, which gave me a little adrenaline jolt. I waited for the others at the bottom of the hill and took the next section over to Old Milky Way pretty slow to keep with Dave, We made decent time riding together back to San Pasqual Rd and had the benefit of a nice tailwind pushing us up the moderate climb out of the valley. I was feeling good on this section and got out ahead of the others, waiting for them by Orfila Winery. From there, we rode more slowly back to Sunset Dr, taking it up and over to Escondido Blvd. On the initial ascent, John went out really quickly, and I had to push it to stay with him until he slowed down. Over to Centre City Pkwy and then to Brotherton Rd to get back to Dave's house, where Suzanne had made us smoothies. I rode back by Centre City Cycles to see if I could get a spare nut and bolt set for my chainrings, but they were closed, so I rode back on Escondido Blvd to Citracado Pkwy and then onto Centre City Pkwy. From there, it was the normal route home, and I felt pretty good at the finish of this ride, not having ridden as hard as I could have.
Avg speed = 15.8 mph. Total mileage = 46.3 mi
Total elevation gain = 2610'
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