E-Day Plus One: Murphy's Law

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Well, I had my money on a flat inner tube stymieing my progress within the first few days: a cynicism that was bred into me last summer when a staple fragment gave me five flats in a week and a half.

But, on just the second day of car-free month, the culprit is a broken pedal. As I headed back from the Lock 7 stop on the bike path, I encountered an incline that proved to be my pedal's Boot Hill:


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Not a debilitating malfunction, of course, but an uncomfortable one. I'll be biking - slowly - over to Plaine's in the morning to see about a quickie replacement.

Today's tally: 10.78 miles.