A local old style bicycle club? Really? Could it be? Planned bicycle rides with picnics, bird watching and historical touring?
Why yes! Brilliant.
Now, a name. Something...something that pays tribute to those older ways and traditions.
Hmm...
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Seriously
C'mon Winter, seriously!
Just as it was getting nice, you've got to bombard us with more of this freezing cold wind and junk? Seriously!?! I had big plans for today. Did you not read my previous entries about the sweet bike I've got to re-assemble?
Winter, why is it always about you? You've got to learn to compromise. I'll take the snow and sleet and bone-chilling wind, but you've got to give us a mid-season break. Just let us remember why you're Winter and the other seasons are not. Too much of you without a break will leave us hating you and you don't want that, right?
I didn't think so.
Now, listen. I've got a bike to re-assemble and a garage without a space heater. I'm trying to be a good, environmentally-cautionary steward. Give us just a couple more days that hit 45F. That's all I'm asking.
Otherwise, I've got a stash of AquaNet from the 80's and I'm not afraid to uncap and spray away.
Just as it was getting nice, you've got to bombard us with more of this freezing cold wind and junk? Seriously!?! I had big plans for today. Did you not read my previous entries about the sweet bike I've got to re-assemble?
Winter, why is it always about you? You've got to learn to compromise. I'll take the snow and sleet and bone-chilling wind, but you've got to give us a mid-season break. Just let us remember why you're Winter and the other seasons are not. Too much of you without a break will leave us hating you and you don't want that, right?
I didn't think so.
Now, listen. I've got a bike to re-assemble and a garage without a space heater. I'm trying to be a good, environmentally-cautionary steward. Give us just a couple more days that hit 45F. That's all I'm asking.
Otherwise, I've got a stash of AquaNet from the 80's and I'm not afraid to uncap and spray away.
Monday, January 28, 2008
The Weekend
Here's what I should have accomplished this weekend...
CLEAN THE GARAGE!
Did I? Not even close. On Saturday morning, right before our routine weekend trek, Charles (my dog) vomited on our staircase and I noticed a few drops of blood in the vomit. So, I high-tailed him straight to our pet clinic. (As a side note, the pet health care plan that the clinic sold me a few months ago and I thought was complete highway robbery, paid itself off in our visit.)
As it turns out, Chuck's got some sort of inflamation of his tummy/large intestine and the blood was more or less from the membrane coating. He's going to be just fine, especially since all of the worm tests came back with a resounding negative. I spent the remainder of the weekend feeding him a regular cocktail of pills and rubbing his head. (Yeah, go ahead...call him Hollywood. He was rocking it out this weekend like a typical Hollywood B-lister.)
So, no walk and no clean garage. Usually, this would not be an issue, but I suspect the Quickbeam is close to delivery and I wanted to get a space worked out for it.
Having said that, I've got to get Salvation Army on the phone to pick up an old table and chairs set and a hutch. Then we'll have more room.
Chuck's at home, just resting and relaxing. I left Animal Planet on just in case he gets bored.
CLEAN THE GARAGE!
Did I? Not even close. On Saturday morning, right before our routine weekend trek, Charles (my dog) vomited on our staircase and I noticed a few drops of blood in the vomit. So, I high-tailed him straight to our pet clinic. (As a side note, the pet health care plan that the clinic sold me a few months ago and I thought was complete highway robbery, paid itself off in our visit.)
As it turns out, Chuck's got some sort of inflamation of his tummy/large intestine and the blood was more or less from the membrane coating. He's going to be just fine, especially since all of the worm tests came back with a resounding negative. I spent the remainder of the weekend feeding him a regular cocktail of pills and rubbing his head. (Yeah, go ahead...call him Hollywood. He was rocking it out this weekend like a typical Hollywood B-lister.)
So, no walk and no clean garage. Usually, this would not be an issue, but I suspect the Quickbeam is close to delivery and I wanted to get a space worked out for it.
Having said that, I've got to get Salvation Army on the phone to pick up an old table and chairs set and a hutch. Then we'll have more room.
Chuck's at home, just resting and relaxing. I left Animal Planet on just in case he gets bored.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Bikes 4 Sale
In the next few days, I'm going to post some pics of a couple of my bikes that I'm planning on selling. Here's what I'm thinking...
Trek 820 Mountain bike ('05) - Yellow and Black w/ rear rack
Trek 700 Multitrack ('96 - if my memory serves correctly)
Schwinn Continental ('73 or '74) - It's blue and made in the Chicago plant.
630 Scholar Cruiser (tan w/ leather grips and seat)
Pics and bios to come soon.
Trek 820 Mountain bike ('05) - Yellow and Black w/ rear rack
Trek 700 Multitrack ('96 - if my memory serves correctly)
Schwinn Continental ('73 or '74) - It's blue and made in the Chicago plant.
630 Scholar Cruiser (tan w/ leather grips and seat)
Pics and bios to come soon.
Friday, January 25, 2008
The Quickbeam
After months of research and scouring the web for a Rivendell Quickbeam, I finally found one. Jim, at Hiawatha Cyclery in Minnesota, hooked me up with this fine bicycle.
The plan is to add a set of Nitto Albatross bars and Brooks grips, SKS fenders and I should be pretty much good to go.
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