Ride in Raleigh - People who need to give up their driving license

I went for a ride from my brothers house in North Hills area in Raleigh, NC. I chose a route that we took when we drove down from DC. There are a lot of multi-lane roads here and lots of cyclists ride on these big roads. I ride them when I come. The backroads are far from my brothers house and it takes too much navigating to use them. The other advantage is this route is fairly level. I hadn't been riding much and my legs are not up to climbing a lot.

I rode out about 8 1/2 miles and stopped to rest. My speed had been about 16 mph which is a little fast for me. It was a beautiful 65 degree day in November. I had some water. I turned around there and headed back towards town on the same road. When I was almost back home a car passed me with great speed IN MY LANE! I claim the lane so there was no room for him to pass. He missed me by an inch at great speed. I'm not one to exaggerate. He passed with such speed and wrecklessness I was shocked. I caught up with him at the next traffic light. He was older and seemed to be clueless as I was adjusting his mirror for him. He didn't respond to any of my rants. Wow. He needs to have his license taken away.

Bike Pump

When we lived in Thailand my twenty year old bike pump died. I may have been able to revive it with parts, but nah! I decided to throw out some money for a brand new one. Twenty years was plenty of service for a vital device. Shopping in Thailand is difficult for hardware. There were a couple of bike shops, but to try to explain to the staff what we needed was a challenge sometimes. I remember going to the hardware store and giving up on something I was looking for. So, I brought my pump in and showed them it didn't work and they got the idea. They had a couple brands. One of them was a Chinese brand I recognized. So I bought it. I had it a week and it stopped working. The valve leaked. I went to return the pump which I had never used but they wouldn't give my money back. I was shocked. I ended up ordering adapters from Alibaba in China. I got 3 delivered for about $2. It's worked ever since 2018.