Started out okay, beautiful morning, very slight headwind. After 18k, rear flat. (I just replaced the tube last night from a previous flat.) Walked a half a block to a service station, went to a handicapped parking stall and removed the rear wheel. Noticed a big glob of dogp__p on the tire. Darn dogs. Didn't even notice the pile of crud laying in the middle of the parking stall. Murphy's law...the propensity to actually stroll through the crap at that very spot.

Then 2km from work, crossed a set of railroad tracks and hit a couple of bumps hard enough to knock off my pannier onto the road. Well that does it for that, need to contact the manufacturer for proper replacement tiedowns that broke off 2 years ago. And replace the clips. Then I noticed the rear fender was torn off the rear support struts. Now the bike is beginning to look all beat up.

The way home was much better, very nice tailwind.

Tonight, I took a look at the rear brakes (sidepull single pivot) and they were askew and one pad was rubbing against the rim. Did some adjusting, the wheel turns, then I put on the brake, pad goes back to rubbing against the rim. Went to the Park Tool website to reasearch again, realized I don't have the proper wrench(es). I'm going to bed. I'll wait to pick up my new bike on Saturday. Fix the old bike later. Back to commuting by car for the rest of the week.

But wait till next week.