Photo taken at 6:00 PM Tuesday evening after an unusually hot day with a lot of wind. Still lots of standing water and as I write this later that night, more on the way. The sorghum is up, maybe 1-1/2" tall, but I don't know how it's going to do with the standing water.
My handlebar bag, tire patch kit and tube came for the Dreamsickle yesterday. The bike is now all set for me to start riding the neighborhood, working up to some decent mileage. The bag is small but I've got the patch kit, a couple of tire tools, a little package of wipes, a pair of rubber gloves and my first-aid kit in there. There's still room enough left over for my phone as well. The first aid kit has the usual things plus a little bit of money and an ID. I'm going to write my name and emergency numbers on the inside of the flap closure just in case.
If you've been reading the blog for quite a while, you may remember that I made the bicycle. Surly and I bought a batch of tubing and lugs off of eBay. There was enough to build two bike frames, I built mine and he sold his pieces. The rest of the pieces on the bike were sourced from Velo Orange, eBay and a couple of other bike outfits. The rack on the back I made from 3/8" stainless tubing. The handlebars were originally steel from a cheap bicycle but the aluminum bar came from a guy I worked with/for at the college. The drivetrain is a 7 speed and the front sprocket is an elliptically shaped thing that supposedly had some type of advantage, but I can't tell that it helps any. However, with the terrain around here the gearing is ideal. When I built the frame I added a lug for the tire pump you see under the top tube, and if you look closely, you can see the pepper spray mounted on the stem.
I'm not real pleased with the saddle. It's comfortable enough but it looks cheap - because it is. I might start shopping for a good leather one if this rig is going to be my go-to bike for the summer. It worked well as my commuter bike when I was employed at the high school. Seven miles one way and the rack for my lunch or whatever else I needed to carry. If the chest improves, I'll probably switch back to my Raleigh "touring" rig, however.
1 comment:
the top pic looks pleasant, it has a good feel to it.
you make biscuits then apply butter to the warm biscuit then carefully pour molASSes on (or around) the biscuit, along with two fried eggs imagine thin slices of home grown tomato next to your beautiful eggs and of course sausage or bacon or fried ham. then another molASSes butter biscuit because it was all so good.
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