The anticipated volcanic haze rolled in as expected on Wednesday morning, and by the afternoon, it was almost sensibly thick. Even with the South wind, the clouds lingered around the tall peaks of the Koolaus and jockeyed for position with the sun, which was still high in the sky when I got home. With the clouds and vog, there was an odd lingering twilight. Right off the bat, I had a shifting issue. I’ve had this before: Everything indexes correctly, but he rear won’t drop into the smallest cassette cog. It was fine on the previous ride. The cable tension was correct, so I busted out a screwdriver and cranked the outer limit screw out nearly a full turn. After that, all was good. How that kind of gross misadjustment can occur without human interaction is beyond me. The derailleur and hanger weren’t visibly bent, and most perplexingly, everything else was OK. Next time I take the bike by the shop, I have to check if maybe a shift housing strand is migrating out and sticking out of the housing end cap and interfering with something.
From WCC, the haze was so thick that I could barely make out the bay or the Mokapu peninsula. There were fewer people out walking and running than usual, but there was some kind of one-off class going on – maybe for the volunteers for the upcoming elections. For the past week, there has been some tent going up in the big field toward the State Hospital road. Hoolaulea? The first few laps were slow, mostly because of the shifting issue. After some faster laps, I did some sprints, then headed home. The headwind going back home was strong, making the uphill much more evil than usual.
D = 21.03 km (13.07-miles), Vavr = 19.3 km/h (12.0 mph), Vmax = 49.9 km/h (31.0 mph), T = 1-hour, 5-minutes
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