Took the LHT out for a 10-mile spin on the Minuteman before breakfast. After a week of fiddling with the new bike in tuning rides, I looked forward to a ride on a bike that was completely dialed in. This made for a bit of surprise when my knees began to hurt. After briefly entertaining and discarding a couple of half-baked theories about the psychogenic origin of the pain, I realized that I had (somewhat belatedly) switched to my Summer shoes when I started riding the new bike, and that this was the first time this season that I had ridden the LHT while wearing them, so the seat really was nearly a centimeter too low, my knees were complaining honestly, and that the only thing in my head was sawdust (a hazard when riding in a pre-caffeinated state). Raised the seat and enjoyed the ride. Saint Agnes rang the changes as I rode by returning.
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