Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Green Acres

The weather is quite delightful for the next few days, but again we will be missing the State Fair. Yes, busy and short on funds. We used to make the rounds getting a cream puff, an ear of corn and a baked potato among other things, viewing all the animals and buy a $20 product from one the the many hawkers. A fine way to spend a day. Maybe next year. The Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin is running a bike check this year.

I completely forgot about the Wednesday night races last week. My wife came home at 6:00 pm and looked at me sheepishly.

"Are you upset?" she asked.

"Why?"

"Your race."

"Oh! I completely forgot." I said. And then it was too late to make it. Tonight looks like rain and I've been pretty busy. Don't think I'll go.

My wife and I went shopping together the other day and she bought a swimming pool for the dogs. Neither use it. I just might end up using it. With no air conditioning in my office it is not easy to work in front of the computers for too long. Tun-tun is still hanging in there, soon to be 14. i think the Dinovite was a big help and his leg doesn't bother him much because he doesn't move around as much as he used to. He found a way to go up the stairs sideways.

I've been remiss in my responsibilities, neglecting to provide my readers with relevant links in the last few posts (I just keep giving and giving). Here are some pictures from the Alterra Coffee Bean Classic. WORS also has a new sponsor. Someone on the WORS message board also enlightened me to a great video site. As you can see my chain is fairly clean and stays that way since I started using Squirt, also a new sponsor of WORS. The new brush I got at HOBO with long stiff bristles seems to work. Still I get build up on the rings and small nooks and crannies that take a bit of attention to brush out but the bike sure shifts much better with Squirt as promised. I'm going to stick with it for my mountain bike but I'll try different products on my other bikes and my wife's bike.


Flatted on my road bike and had to get a tire and some tubes. Also had a clicking checked out on my mountain bike that turned out to be coming from the peddles. The tech really liked the ride of my Trek 6700. It is a great starter bike to compete with if you don't mind a stiff aluminum frame in a hard tail. I replaced the seat after a year and you'll need to update components as time goes by, but it is durable enough to keep competing for years. A deal for the price. Got some good service and it is always a treat to be around people truly excited by bicycling. I'd mention the shop but I gave up on endorsing any local bike shops.

If any one is interested in a used Spark30 for under 3k talk to Andy at Emery's on Lisbon.

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