I headed out for the weekly Hiawatha ride this morning in a light drizzle. As I rode up Highway 13 I was amazed at the number of worms on the shoulder. Apparently we got more rain last night than I thought. We made a couple of coffee stops and escorted Ray home. I bought a water bottle cage for the Kuwahara and headed home myself. This afternoon I was adjusting a fender on the bike that was rubbing, and found that the bike was littered with worm corpses. It was kinda disgusting.
One on the quick release and one in the sprockets (you can't see it well because it's covered in chain lube)
The front fender:
The rear fender:
The rear quick release:
Rear wheel:
Another one covered in chain lube, this time on the front sprocket:
And finally, the crank:
Date: April 9
Mileage: 26
Ride type/Bike: Commute/Kuwahara
April mileage: 145
Year to date mileage: 1024
Date: April 10
Mileage: 12
Ride type/Bike: Commute/Kuwahara
April mileage: 157
Year to date mileage: 1036
Date: April 14
Mileage: 24
Ride type/Bike: Commute/Kuwahara
April mileage: 181
Year to date mileage: 1060
Date: April 15
Mileage: 26
Ride type/Bike: Commute/Kuwahara
April mileage: 207
Year to date mileage: 1086
Date: April 15
Mileage: 26
Ride type/Bike: Commute/Kuwahara
April mileage: 233
Year to date mileage: 1112
Date: April 16
Mileage: 26
Ride type/Bike: Commute/Kuwahara
April mileage: 259
Year to date mileage: 1138
Date: April 17
Mileage: 26
Ride type/Bike: Commute/Kuwahara
April mileage: 285
Year to date mileage: 1164
Date: April 18
Mileage: 26
Ride type/Bike: Commute/Kuwahara
April mileage: 311
Year to date mileage: 1190
Date: April 19
Mileage: 25
Ride type/Bike: Hiawatha/Kuwahara
April mileage: 336
Year to date mileage: 1215
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2 comments:
eww! that's a lot of worms. i guess you didn't get any on *you,* or you'd have mentioned that. yay for fenders.
oh the humanity\h\h\h\h wormanity!
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