Ride to Racines

Ken and I took Jim on a post-birthday bike ride down the Platte River, and up Cherry Creek, heading for Racines. We had our first en route equipment failure - Ken's rear tire went flat, from green goo gumming up the tire valve. His emergency CO2 cartridge really saved the day, and got us to the restaurant in time to meet up with Katie and Kristan for breakfast. It was a gorgeous day, forecast to approach 90 degrees later in the afternoon. We had a nice big lunch, and it did get hot, so we took the easy way out, and rode the light rail back home, after stopping at Turin Bikes to fix Ken's tire valve. He liked some tires he saw there, and decided to replace his knobby high-friction tires with some much smoother tires, which will work much better for all riding that we do on hard paths.