Took the Surly Trucker DeLuxe and rode East.


Crossing the quiet end of the Mystic, East Arlington to West Medford.


Up hill and down dale on this route, as usual, through Medford, Malden, Melrose, and Stoneham. I overdid it somewhat and returned a bit after sunset. Hurray for good LEDs! Hurray also for the big, supple Rat Trap Pass tires, that floated me over the occasional bits of rough pavement, and for the Schwalbe SV14a tube that replaced the delinquent SV14 without manifesting, thus far, any of the bad behaviors of the old tube.

Fellsway East, Melrose: top of the hill, close of the day.


Fellsway East, Malden, a few minutes later, bottom of the hill. The interval between the two photos was swift and breezy.


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