A little rainy on this morning's ride with a mild head wind. Nothing too exciting.

Threw my hybrid up on my work stand last night with the intention of cleaning/lubing my chain. Been experimenting with chain saw oil thinned with mineral spirits. So far I've found it to work great as far as lubrication, but attracts a crazy amount of dirt. The stuff is pretty sticky. I think I'm going to have to thin it a bit more than I have.

Anyway, after I finished with the chain I decided to adjust the brakes. I'd been noticing that both front and rear levers have developed quite a bit of travel which I (correctly) assumed was due to to pad wear. While I was adjusting the rear brakes, I noticed the rear wheel was slightly out of true. So I looked into that and discovered that I had one spoke that was completely loose. Like no tension at all and would rattle when I wiggled it. Weird. Not sure what caused that but I'm glad I caught it.

Tightened up that spoke and trued up the wheel and it's spinning nice now. Always gives me a feeling of accomplishment on the next ride after I true a wheel to look down and not see any wiggle at all as it turns.