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Having accumulated a good amount of stuff at the bike shop, I decided I better haul the trailer to work and bring some of it home. Here is a list of what was in the trailer last night:
- Raleigh atb frame/fork
- Bianchi Boardwalk complete bicycle
- Trek 1000 frame
- complete 24" bicycle parts kit
- crankset/bb (used)
- crankset (new)
- 2 tubular road tyres
- 3 tubular cross tyres
- 2 atb tyres
- 3 road tyres
- mavic cosmic ft wheel
- 3 tubular rims
- 16 drawer small parts bin
I'm thinking that towin this type of load would be good trainin. Glad I don't train.
It's the time of year at the bike shop that weekends start to be a little more common. I was fortunate to have Friday and Saturday off and with the weather beginning to creep towards fall, it was gearing up to be a nice couple days off.
Friday morning started out with a trip to the auto repair shop. I normally am one to do a lot of my own work, even on the dreaded automobile, but there comes a time when letting other people do work makes sense. I had them check out the "check engine" light and reset it (stupid sensitive Toyotas) and do some brake work. Almost completely in yuppie mode, I headed to the driving range with Dan. I say almost because instead of taking the second car (which I don't have) we biked, pulling the clubs in the trailer.
Friday afternoon was doing a few things around the house. Catching up on stuff that had been left a little long. I was able to have dinner with my cousin, and then I ended up back at home, trying to rid myself of a very uncommon occurrence of a headache. As we were sitting around with the lights low and the volume down on the time wasting box, I heard a bike bell. The bike gang came over and made daiquiri's. A nice evening treat to end the night.
Saturday morning was simply spectacular. We slept in a little, then biked to Nina's coffee shop. I wanted to order a book for our upcoming vacation and decided to buy local. There really aren't that many local bookshops. I had a fun experience trying to find the book to order as I couldn't quite recall the title. I knew the author but it is a little bit rarer than I thought so we eventually had to go directly to the publisher to order it. Small business are great!
Lunch was at Great Waters Brewing Co. Fine crafted beers. Food well above average but can be listed in the "bar food" category. Definitely my kind of place. The only reason why they don't know me by name there is that after enjoying everything a little too much, we have to climb out of St Paul to get home. Not bad during the good weather. Not fun to do during the other 8 months.
Finished up Saturday by working in the yard and doing a little reading while my wife went out with friends. I feel ready to go.
I am trying my hand at being the best procrastinator on the planet. For weeks now, the Corolla has needed new brake shoes. I have had them in the basement, ready for me to put them in. I just have no motivation for working on the car. Today is the day. No more excuses.
I am expanding my knowledge of bikes. I am storing a 1972 or 73 (can't quite pin it down) Honda CL350 K4 motorcycle. A friend of mine had someone give it to him and as I have more storage space, it is in my garage. The idea is to fix it up and have a community bike. Now I have wanted a motorcycle since before I can remember, so I am all over this idea. The nice thing is that my wife seems ok with it also. If I didn't know better, I might think she's up to something.
I have been thinking about Trans Iowa fo the last few days. After my last overnight ride, I started to consider that rides including overnights are not for me. I still do not have a definite answer to whether that is true or not. I am hoping to have that sorted out by the time registration ends. So until then, the parts list has begun for the Cross Check to become Iowa gravel worthy.
Maybe I'll put that off until winter.
