Happy Birthday Max!

Yep....another October birthday ride! Max, the birthday boy, Sam, Kevin, and me...your narrator. Stewart was Max's choice for the ride in Newburgh, NY next to the airport....home of the Dark Horse 40. We were less than a mile into the ride when Max's pedal came off! It didn't thread off, it broke and came apart. We turned around and went back to the cars to retool the ride. Of course, Sam had the flat pedals in his truck that Kevin had to use last week when he forgot to bring his shoes to Ringwood. Kevin found a pair of Time pedals in his truck that could work if he could fix up one of them. He even had a new set of cleats. Kevin got busy on the pedal while Max swapped the cleats out. It was all good and we were back on the trail. 20 blazing, bumpy miles of fun! Muddy, messy, stinky. Dirty riders, dirty bikes. Gotta go again tomorrow...

Max and the broken pedal

A close look at the problem...

Pedal repair, cleat swap

Dirty Spot back home in the DL in the quiver