I finally got the situation settled with Swagman bike racks. I paid to ship the bike racks that I wasn't happy with back to them, and they sent me two different racks for no additional charge. No return shipping, no 20% restocking fee. I had to plead my case quite a bit, but at last my new friend, Karla, relented and helped me out. I take back any negative words I used toward them, and I will stop sending negative energy their way. Thanks Karla!
And because I now have a bike rack on the Subaru, I was able to load the Moab on the roof, truck on over to my beautiful daughters school, where I unloaded the bike and road the rest of the way to work. Took me just as long to ride the Mighty Moab to work from my beautiful daughters school as it did to ride all the way from home on the Roadie. But I took the Schwinn because I can ride at least half way to work on the Des Plaines Trail System which is an unpaved trail through a forest preserve. Then, after work, I rode back to the kids school, loaded up the bike, picked up the kid and headed home. It really is a nice plan, that I hope to do at least a couple more times before the weather just gets too cold.
So, anyway, I rode a fairly short distance today, probably less then 20 miles total, but it was into a headwind on a bike with super wide tires, on soft ground. So I'm still pretty pooped. Too pooped to type. Maybe more on this trip later. I'm hoping to get the Roadie out and do that 37 mile loop again on Sunday.
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