Sachez pics
I finally got my photo problems straightened out and have added more pics to Flickr. I going to go to Counter Balance to get front brakes tonight.
May 03, 2007
May 02, 2007
Swobo in the house
It finally arrived. The Swobo Sanchez that I ordered was delivered by UPS today. YEAH! I have more pictures but for some reason they turned out a little strange. There's a blue tinge throughout the pictures. I'm going to have to retake the pictures or figure some way to fix them in Photoshop. Anyways, assembly was pretty easy. I had it together in about thirty minutes. I tooled around my neighborhood after the rain went away. It was a blast to ride but I do need a front brake especially since I'm going to be commuting to work on it once or twice a week. Well, more pictures will be posted once I get my photos fixed.
May 01, 2007
2006 Tour de Blast
My wife and I did the 2006 Mt Saint Helens Tour de Blast ride. It was a blast. We're thinking about doing this ride again this year. It was a perfectly clear day with great views of Mt Saint Helens. It was a little warm for my tastes, upper 90's if I remember correctly. The climbing was more then I bargained for. The website said that there was only 6200 feet of total climbing but it turned out to be closer to 8600 feet of climbing based on my GPS. It was fun though and we'd like to do it again this year. Here's hoping we get they same clear weather like we did last year. Click on the photo if you'd like to see more pictures from our ride.
March 27, 2006
flat repair fails
Well my repair attempt didn't hold up. I've had to replace my repaired Tufo tires with a new spare because the repair failed. The hole in the tire kept on leaking air. From the looks of it, the super glue doesn't doesn't bond well to the rubber. I might try a different glue like Gorilla glue or the new Elmers Ultimate glue.
March 23, 2006
flat
My rear tire flatted on the way to work yesterday. This was the first time I’ve had to change a tubular tire on the side of the road. I didn’t have much problems getting the tire off and putting the spare on but removing the valve extender from the flatted tire to the spare was a pain.
March 21, 2006
ouch
I wiped-out on the way home from work yesterday. I was at the intersection of 6th and Stewart in downtown Seattle trying to beat a light when my chain broke. I was peddling hard out of the saddle at the time so I came crashing down onto the pavement when the chain snapped.