Bike to Work Day Three

I struggled mightily this morning with the three position bike rack on the bus. It was a new one that I had not encountered before. 

The bike normally fits into a grooved rail on the rack and then you place an arm the clamps down over the front tire and holds the bike in place.

Today, the clamping arm came up from underneath the rack, It was spring loaded so the tension against the front wheel was what kept the bike in place. 

The problem was that I had to lift the whole rack in order to make the clamping arm clear the pavement and swing into place. The driver realized I was having trouble and then raised the kneeling bus so I could swing the arm into place.

Once on the bus, I pulled out my newspaper for the ride to work. I soon realized that my brow was quite sweaty and it did not seem to be easing up at all. I really needed a towel to wipe my head down.

Just another indication of how far I have to go to get to being in bad shape.