Autobike Rehab

I discovered that the reason that the crank on the Autobike was going "Skronk, Skronk" was because the nut holding the crank on was coming loose. I was on the Cedar River Trail on Monday, and the crank just came off. Before it fell to the ground, I pushed it back on with the ball of my foot, and limped back to the car, when I had tools. I got out the handy-dandy 9/16 socket and screwed the retaining nut back on, and voila! the "Skronk, Skronk" is less. Maybe Autobike and I will not part ways so soon, after all.

On the Cedar River Trail, there has been some construction. I usually start my ride from Ron Regis Park in Renton. I had hoped to head upstream toward Maple Valley, but once last week, there was a humongous dump truck coming down this 10 foot wide trail at me. I thought, gee, maybe I should just turn around. So I did.



Thus I ended up riding the Renton portion of the trail toward downtown. It is actually quite scenic in the forest part of the trail, so along with some exercise, it is also very restful for the soul.