Friday, March 28, 2025

Alchemy - Turning Cold Rolled Into Gold

 


2:23 of a dance tune - you'd just make your way out to the dance floor and the tune would be over before you got warmed up. It's a catchy little ditty, though.


The new trailer tires and wheels came in the other day. After doing the cost analysis on the back of the bar napkin, I figured it would be better to buy two new tires mounted on rims and be done with it. The old tires had a lot of sidewall cracks and to buy two new tires and have someone mount them wasn't going to save much. And if I had the Sportster or a big twin in the trailer and a tire blew out, I'd be up the creek without a paddle since I didn't have a spare tire. Now, I've got new rubber and I can use one of the old tires for a spare. And at my age, probably a lifetime fix.


I gave the trials bike levers the low dollar "gold" plated treatment. They look pretty nice - have to wait and see how they'll look once they're on the machine, though. If I don't like the look, it'll be easy enough to change.

I'm going out for breakfast this morning with my old running buddy and fellow tech teacher. Looking forward to catching up with him. It'll be back out in the shop later working on the front end of the bike cleaning and polishing the fork legs.

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