Posts Tagged ‘29er’
Seriously, my life is pretty dang good right now. I have a wonderful fianceé that I’m wildly in love with, and in 24 days, we’re tying the knot. I’m very excited about this. I’m excited about the new family I’m going to be a part of, excited that Kate will be part of my family, [...]
So last night after work, I scrambled over to Penn and picked up a tire to match the one I already had. Then I scrambled home to build up the bike for its first test ride. The build itself went very smoothly — the only issues have encountered are corrosion inside the bottle cage mounts [...]
Hell yeah, what a day. What a weekend, really. Been rocking the bike stuff hard. Friday night started with Minnecycle 2010. Showed up and had an awesome time. Hung out with Paul and Vincent, met Curt Goodrich and had a good chat with him after a bit of a go-’round on a mailing list. Took [...]
Item number 102 for the “101 Things in 1001 Days” project: stop taking shit too far. Just because a joke is getting laughs doesn’t mean it needs more laughs at the cost of someone’s feelings. I’ll let you chew on that one without being specific. The important part of this post is Kate. Yesterday, she [...]
Crazy times. Things have never been more chaotic in our household — TempCat™ coming and going, social and wedding planning schedules that are utterly insane, financial planning, honeymoon planning, plus both our jobs, my framebuilding thing, and all that jazz. You’d think that this would be the causation of some pretty interesting arguments. In reality, [...]
So another weekend is in the books. This one’s kind of a wash. Friday, I got laid off from Penn. A downer, to be sure, but at the same time, I’m not really surprised. It’s been pretty slow there so far, plus we were overstaffed every time I was there. Thus. Yeah, well, you know. [...]
So I’m at the stage where I’m starting to contemplate the finishing touches on the 29′er. The front triangle is together, the chainstays are attached, and the seatstays are the next piece, which will leave only the small details. Obviously, dual bottle cage mounts, plus hardware in case I decide to make it a multi-speed [...]
She’s coming right along. And I’ve actually been thinking that I may run a 29′er set up as a “super ‘cross” for the aforementioned Almanzo 100. So far we have the headtube, downtube, BB, and seat tube joined up. Everything is within .1mm of where it should be. (Yes, 1/10th of one millimeter.) It’s coming [...]
We’re moving right along with the first frameset. The bottom bracket and seat tube are stuck together, and the BB shell (eccentric) is drilled out and has binder bolts affixed. I don’t have any pictures of that, currently. This weekend, I did attach the head tube and down tube to one another. Look at that [...]
As amateur athletes, we often struggle to find the balancing point where hobby and the rest of our lives overlap — and that overlap can be both time and financial. Being an endurance athlete isn’t cheap in hours or dollars, and often we get so caught-up in that we miss the bigger picture. Yesterday my [...]
