For our first ride from Bike Attack , I decided to ride down to the start. It’s between 14 and 15 miles to the start in Santa Monica, and almost of all it down hill. I have a slight grade on Fountain and a NLG (NLG=nasty little grunt) going through Century City.

I noticed that my tire was a bit low on air, but the night before I cleaned my bike and changed the inner-tube. I thought I could make it to the bike shop. I thought…Until I got to Bundy and the tire got really low. I stopped to inflate it as I did not have a spare tube (bad Training Ride Leader) and used a CO² cartridge to fill up the tube. Fill it up indeed, as I blew out the tube.

I called Amy, my fellow TRL and number one cheerleader in life, and she came to retrieve me. We met at Bike Attack, Faye joined us and we ended up with no riders. So, Amy and I had breakfast at the Urth Cafe across the street from Bike Attack. I then rode home.

Total Mileage: 27 miles