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Sunday Standard

Back to the regularly scheduled Sunday ride to the Farmer’s Market.

 

Yes, it really was as nice as it looks.  The weather was perfect, the ride was longer than I planned, nad that made it better.  I look back and find it hard to remember a time when it was more fun to get the food for the week.   The food tastes better when you sweat a little to get it too.

 

Crazy Day

The Niner finally sold, did another Local TV interview recording session, 18 month progress for the little girl at child care, and still grabbed a minute or five to roll through the swap meet and by the beach.

The weather has been fantastic, cold mornings, but the days are about as good as it gets.  Momentum is building in with the bike commute scene in our local community.  Likewise I have had a couple of good meetings this week to keep the tailwind blowing on this venture.  Also, all the parts are in for a couple of builds I am working on and should have some progress posts in the near future.

 

Lunch Date

Today was perfect for a mid day escape to ride with my wife and the dog, childcare does allow for the occasional date.

While we were out-of-town, winter seems to have jumped right past fall.  Morning temps have been in the low 40’s and just creeping over 60 in the day.  Time to hang up the lightweight AC shirts and pull out the flannel and rugby shirts.  Granted, we are spoiled when winter riding still includes shorts.

 

Bridgestone RB-T Released

The Bridgestone RB-T that I had posted about a while back is finally completed and in use by ha happy new owner.  In reality this bike did not need much more than a cleaning, new cables, tires, fenders and an old loved Brooks saddle.

I am really happy with the way this one turned out, and the new owner is stoked.  The request was fo ra road bike that is still quick and fun to ride, yet could manage a medium load of groceries etc.  This bike popped up, in near NOS condition and fit the bill.  We had the rack, saddle and tires on hand.  The fenders are the new SKS Longboards.  THey were as easy as any SKS fender to set up, and have much better coverage than the standard fender offerings.  The drive train is all original, near pristine and even the shifting still indexes perfectly.

One thing this bike still had, but is seldom seen are the SR / Sakae pedals:

Smooth spinning, wide enough for smaller feet and easy to service if needed.  I really love the old Sakae pedals, but they are from an era that has passed. 

This bike will be seeing a lot of use hopefully.