Started reading The Three Theban Plays by Sophocles
Started reading The Three Theban Plays by Sophocles
Strawberries
Gigantor!
Sloth used his connections in the used bicycle marketplace and hooked me up with a new project bike.
This is a 27″ frame. That’s 68.5 centimeters for those of you in the civilized world.
It needs a little work, but it’ll be a fun project to fix up.
I’ll keep you posted.
Finished reading The Orestia by Æschylus
Finished reading The Orestia by Æschylus
Wheels
I was on vacation for the last several days, so I didn’t get a lot of riding in. I did get to spend some time dicking around with bike parts, though.
One of the strange noises coming from the Cross-Check turned out to be a very loose spoke. I tried to true the wheel up, but wasn’t having much luck.
Turns out the rim was shot.
So, I took the wheel off the Karate Monkey and put it on the Cross-Check. This is a no bullshit, 48-spoke, Phil Wood, Zombie Apocalypse wheel. The Cross-Check gets more miles than any of my other bikes, and it deserves to wear the bling.
That took care of the Cross-Check, but now I had a mountain bike with no rear wheel. I could either build my old road hub into a new wheel, or buy a new mountain wheel.
I decided to go with a new wheel, but it felt stupid to not upgrade to disc brakes while doing it, so – discs on the rear end of the Monkey.
In the interests of symmetry, I put discs on the front, too.
In Summary:
- Cross-Check now has a zombie apocalypse proof wheel.
- Karate Monkey now has disc brakes.
- Bike budget is blown for the foreseeable future
- I have an Ultegra hub in the garage who wants a bike built around it. Having extra bicycle parts lying around your garage is a dangerous business.