Category: Cycling

  • $7=two_bikes;

    $7=two_bikes;

    The neighborhood garage sale was a success. I dumped a parted-out lawn mover and picked up two crappy bikes. First, the gem: A $5 red Trek 800 Antelope. This early ’90s (Verified 1991) monster sports a full Shimano 100GS grouppo, 20″ frame, “distressed” paint, and best of all… Biopace chainrings. The second acquisition came in…

  • Ride Log Update

    Ride Log Update

    Total dsitance (April): 154.34 miles Total distance (Cumulative): 401.79 miles Total time (Cumulative): 35 hours, 50 minutes April was rainy, April was busy, April do not much riding make. I only rode half the days in April, adding 154.34 miles and 12 hours, 29 minutes of ride time. Unfortunately, May looks like it is going…

  • “I just brought it in for an oil change!”

    “I just brought it in for an oil change!”

    The rebuild on the SID did not hold up, so I stripped the bike for a full rebuild. Makes sense to me, what are you looking at? This is the current state of my M2, very compact and easy to store, does not handle quite as well as it used to. The LBS is getting…