On the way to Parral from Durango I made a discovery that was not good. My goal was to ride through the Copper Canyon. However, it was too far to go in one day. The stopping point for me was Parral.
Knees and Breaks
For the last number of days my knees have been hurting during my rides. I made a decision to stop every hour for a break to walk around, eat, and hydrate.
As I left Durango it was pretty nice out. However, it wasn’t long before it completely clouded over. It was cool when I left and it looked like it would remain that way. I was thinking of getting my cold weather gear out.
Crack
On one of my breaks I walked around my bike looking it over. as I looked at my tire I discovered a crack.
My heart sunk with the thoughts of impending disaster.
Tires
I knew was tire was getting bald. In fact in Canada I could get a ticket for the condition they were in. But if I bought new tires everytime the wear marks showed it would cost my a fortune. At the same time, I fully recognize how important tires are. And I am well aware of my lack of mechanical ability ha ha.
So I was trying to hit that sweet spot of getting good mileage out of my tires, and still have them not fail on me.
Seeing a crack I knew I had reached that point and perhaps beyond. For the rest of my ride I couldn’t help but think of it going flat on me.
I continued on taking my breaks and hoping for the best.
Parral
When I reached Parral I encountered a pleasant surprise at the hotel I booked. The rooms were awesome.
And the people were sooooo nice. It was just what I needed. There was a problem with my key to get in my room and the staff were so responsive. Even though the cleaning staff didn’t speak any English, we shared lots of laughs.
I left the room to look around a bit and buy something to eat for my room.
The hotel was next to a hospital. Handy.
And around the corner was a Walmart.
On the way I found a motorcycle ride in bar!
A iron statue playing the violin to Iron Roamer for his cracked tire.
After getting some food I just enjoyed my big clean room, researched cracked tires, and talked to the staff through my open door. I usually keep my door open until dark to talk to people as they walk by. Strange I know ha ha.
As expected, my research revealed that a cracked tire is not good. It means it is getting old and dry and should be changed right away.
My Route for October 21, 2016
