loaded bike touring 5:00:00 [2] 25.0 mi (12:00 / mi)
shoes: bontrager bike shoes
Assembled bike at Oakland airport then biked to brother's house in Richmond. Used Google maps for route choice. Navigation hampered by invisible screen and inaudible sound, plus quick-fading phone battery. Was able to revert to orienteering based on physical features (home relative to distant cliffs) for final 8 miles. A hair-raising day of biking thru unfamiliar city with a loaded bike and tenuous grip on my route and gears that needed adjustment and foot that didn't want to release from the pedal. But I made it without hitting anyone or falling or being hit. One downhill in Oakland combined with all above factors left me with a bit of PTSD.
