Current Projects:

WRX Wheel Repair — These will be used with a set of snow tires for next winter.

Custom Ti Frame — More to come…

The Subaru Windshield a few days ago.  Taken with 50 mm f1.2 1/1200 cheap cell phone camera.

No more Apple-related posts, back to the bikes.  I’ve been riding the Gunnar (past week or so) at Schaeffer, and the M2 at Gambrill State Par earlier today:

Schaeffer on Halloween.

  Earlier today.  Pointy rocks and deep leaves are fun.  (though no flats)  

  I made a small modification to the Yakima rack on the Impreza.   The factory rack sits pretty far back on the roof, and the Yakima trays were mounted further forward than they should have been so the hatch could open.  This wasn’t a big deal with the M2, but the Gunnar didn’t really fit and the rear wheel was almost off the end of the tray.  So, I added a 3/4″ lift to the rear mount.  I used 3/4″ aluminum square tubing (5 1/2″ per side), some plastic end caps (to make it look classy), and some rubberized undercoating (to make it match).  With the raised rear mount, the trays can be moved back a couple inches, and the Gunnar fits without any issues.  Here is the result: