A big dufus friend stops by for a visit. 1st he scares the sh** out of me by lurking in my shop window. So he comes in and visits while I finish up replacing and adjusting the rear derailleur cable and get it shifting perfectly. Then we have a beer and keep chatting. I start to work on replacing the front shifter. I go to cut the old cable and just as I am squeezing the cable cutter I realize I am cutting the REAR CABLE. The just replaced, perfectly adjust rear cable. DAMN! I blame it on big Dufus for distracting me with weird conversations and beer.
The weather is not very winter-like. It's too warm and any sloppy snow melts quickly and everything is covered with ice. The ramp to my bike shop was extremely slick this morning. There was a beautiful rainbow the other day. I don't think I have ever seen a rainbow this time of year - we don't normally get rain.
In expectation of snow, I am getting some new wheels built for my Kona with wider rims. It will flatten out my Nokian tires and provide more floatation (surface area) or I can forgo the studs and get some other fatter knobbies. Nokians are hard for me to mount, so I will probably stick with them and decided later about other tires. Much cheaper than a $5000 titanium FatBack.
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You remind me of the girl that knows more about cars than the guy :-)
Drinking beers and working on bikes? Why aren't all girls like you?
Aren't you folks usually at least knee deep in snow by now?
I know here in Central Pa, it was 65 degrees yesterday....
I am the only girl in my family and the youngest. Growing up, I was surrounded by males...Translation: I was raised by wolves in wilds of Alaska (with occasional bits of civilization my poor mom struggled to mix in there somewhere but she was greatly out-numbered). I didn't have much of a chance of becoming a girly girl.
Some guys actually perfer girls with manicures rather than grease under her nails...I don't get it. Wanna arm wrestle?? :)
It is really unusually warm here right now and the freeze/thaw thing sucks. Last year we had a lot of snow, the 2 prior years before that we hardly had any snow in my area. I do live more inland than Anchorage, so we don't get as much snow as they do, but SOME snow would be nice!
A snow bike is not one I need to add to my riding stable. I would much rather x-country ski or just sit in the hot tub than ride in winter.
Beer and any bike/house/car/yard project is a bad combination with my lack of skill and coordination! :^(
55 on da Cape today. Leaving for the nations capital tomorrow for some good footie.
No snow in site. And no gravel on the roads.
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