Took the Surly Trucker DeLuxe, shod with 55mm Compass Rat Trap Pass Extralights, out for 15 warm, late afternoon miles on the Minuteman.
Fife and drum music came wafting onto the MInuteman from the Lexington Green, so I stopped for a moment to investigate. The drums were tight, and the fifers were blowing up a storm with those old modal songs.
The run of wet weather we've had this season has kept me more on the pavement than usual, and that has translated to off this bike, my go-to for trails and abandoned roads, but the bike gently reminded me that it's a lot of laughs on pavement, especially some of the nasty broken stuff that we seem to be plentifully supplied with in places (cf. Jim's
The Road That Time Forgot). Time to get the bike back into the rotation. Light, supple 55mm 26" tires have some surprising advantages.
Speaking of rough pavement, Revere Street appears to be under construction, and crossing conditions at the Minuteman intersection require a little care.
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