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Three Speed October: Week 3 Ride 2

10/19

Miles: 4

Bike: 1961 Popular Special

Weather: 60, overcast

A short ride to run errands on a Tuesday. On my list was a visit to the dance shop, drop by Guitar Center, and then to my exercise class at the University Y.

To start out, I climbed Stone Way to reach Green Lake. Skirting the eastern shore of Green Lake got me to Ravenna Blvd, looking beautiful with the trees changing color and dropping their leaves. Then I was able to cut over to the University District.

Guitar Center was a miss (no violin parts for my new violin), but I was able to pick up new tap shoes at the dance shop. Then I went for a quiet ramble through Ravenna Park, where the fall colors are gorgeous, before going to my exercise class.

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Heads up! The last day you can start the Three Speed October 2021 Challenge is tomorrow, Thursday October 14!

Heads up! The last day you can start the Three Speed October 2021 Challenge is tomorrow, Thursday October 14!

Hello friends of three speeds! October is zooming by. We’ve already gotten through two full weeks of the possible five of the Three Speed October 2021 Challenge. This means if you are still thinking about joining the clock is ticking. The latest you can successfully start the challenge is tomorrow, Thursday October 14th. After that date there isn’t going to be enough time to get through three…

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Excellent three speed October ride on the Moulton Standard with the 4 speed Sturmey Archer hub. Checked the mail, got some beer, found a road grader tooth. #3spdoct21 #moultonstandard https://www.instagram.com/p/CU1ZHXsMg5H/?utm_medium=tumblr

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3 Speed October 2021. Week 1 Day 3

Miles: 10

Weather: 50, clear with sunset

Bike: 1961 Popular Special

It's Wednesday, and that means it's my day to go ice skating! Highland Ice Arena is in Shoreline, about mile away from the YMCA, in fact. So my ride home on the Interurban was similar to my ride on Day 1. However, since I was going home instead of going to work, I split away from the Interurban in Greenwood to instead drop down towards Green Lake. I prefer circling the east side of Green Lake to climbing the grade on Greenwood Ave (the official route of the Interurban).

Once I clear Green Lake, it's a brief climb up to Stone Way, which drops right down to my place. I left the ice rink at 5:45, and managed to get home in under an hour. Just before dark!

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Three Speed October: Week 2 Ride 1

10/10

Miles: 4

Bike: 1961 Popular Special

Weather: 55, cloudy. Sunset

Sundays mean it's time for me to attend my tap dancing class on Capitol Hill! Leaving the Century Ballroom, I can take Pine street straight downhill (5% grades are so much more fun downhill), then connect to a new cycletrack on 4th ave. Then, I can connect to 9th via Bell Street, and onto the Westlake Cycletrack. "Car parked in bike lane" count: 1

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Three Speed October '21, Week 1 Day 2

10/4

Miles: 6

Weather: 65, sunny

Bike: 1961 Popular Special

I hadn't planned on doing this ride, but I got home from work and realized. I forgot my laptop charging cable at work. So, after fixing the flat tire on my bike, I took off. With a stop at PIM Bikes, a combination Bike Shop and Coffee Shop that sits on the Burke-Gilman. I wanted to pick up a U-lock, since my good cable look got left on the bus. (I've also had combo locks freeze in the rain, which sucks).

Bonus of the trip was asking the guy at the shop if he can order Schwalbe Delta Cruisers, since I've worn out my rear tire again. And he added two to the list for the shop's next Schwalbe order. Woohoo! (It's been surprisingly hard to find Delta Cruisers, considering that Schwalbe's American Office is here in Washington State).

After that was done, I continued on along the Burke Gilman (and the Missing Link, utilizing Ballard Ave), dropped into my work, and headed back home.

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3 Speed October 2021: Week 1 Day 1

10/3

Miles: 12

Bike: 1961 Popular Special

Weather: 60 and drizzly

First day of the challenge, and it's a lengthier ride. From the Shoreline Y, straight to my work in Ballard. This ride is almost completely on trails, at least. The Y sits on the Interurban, which I can take all the way down into Fremont to join the Burke-Gilman, to take me into Ballard.

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Three Speed October: Week 3 Ride 3

10/23

Miles: 20

Bike: 1961 Popular Special

Weather: 50, on and off rain

Last ride for Three Speed October, so I wanted to do my favorite ramble. That is, the Centennial Trail from Arlington to Nakashima Barn and back. Starting at my grandmother's house, it's 10 miles each way.

The trail is lined with Big Leaf Maples, which are really putting on a show this year. And, as always, Nakashima Barn is a wonderful ending point. Not even the rain, which forced me to put on my rain cape at times, could dampen the day.