An unfortunate end :(

So the end of this week was interesting to say the least. And I suppose it was forecasted by the foggy start to Friday’s ride 😆 (picture’s attached) I left early Friday morning to drop off something downtown before work, so I got a pretty cool view of Lake Thomas, just absolutely clouded.

Anyway, since Wednesday I’ve been riding my Sirrus, since the rear wheel of the Bombtrack wasn’t holding pressure Tuesday, and I didn’t want to get stuck on the bridge like I did on Monday 😔 …

SO, when I left my last day of work at Halifax water Friday afternoon, I quickly noticed that I had a flat on the front wheel of the Sirrus 🙄 and at that point I just about had it, so I found my way home by other means, and didn’t have time today to diagnose problems and patch tires, and ride what I needed to make up for the lost time. As a result, I have an outstanding 75km left to be ridden, and it is officially September. It’s too bad, absolutely, but I feel I got pretty darn close 😂 I plan on bringing the Bombtrack into a shop to be professionally serviced at some point this week, so that it’s in top condition while I’m in the city, and the Sirrus I may be able to fix up tomorrow morning.

So, if I can get it working, I may bring the red rocket out for one last ride this Monday the second before school starts on the third, and put in 30km or so to make a dent. I’ll post something from that on the gram for anyone interested.

But as a final message…

I feel incredibly privileged to have such a generous group of people around me who are willing to support projects I pursue, just like this. To everyone who I’ve thanked in person, I appreciate all of you in more ways than you could imagine. Anyone who’s stayed anonymous, thank you so much for donating to this cause, even if I’ll never know who you are for certain (though I am very curious, I’ll admit 😂) but I very much respect your decision.

I hope I haven’t let anyone down too bad in not reaching the goal, haha! 92.5% of the way there officially. But I trust that my updates and stories of the journey there over the past four weeks have somewhat made up for it.

Thank you once again, and God bless!

Jack.

The final stretch!

We’re in the final week! Unfortunately, it began with some technical issues. The ride this morning was pretty spectacular (and fast, hehe…) but this afternoon I found that my rear tire had lost basically all of its pressure, so I had to take the bus home. I have a couple ideas how that happened, currently troubleshooting. So I may be riding the red rocket tomorrow instead of the Bombtrack. Either way, it’ll be another early, foggy day.

All this means I’m gonna have a fair bit of mileage to make up come the end of this week. My current plan is to take care of business either Friday evening after work, and a good dinner, or Saturday morning. But the challenge will be completed!

In lieu of a picture from today, as it was a little foggy, here’s something I took on Friday. This is the little walkway in Shubie, just as you climb the hill away from Dartmouth crossing, towards the greenway.