What bike did you ride today?

[mike j]

Went for a nice afternoon ride across town. Rode the old iron mining trails, checked out a bunch of them. Went up to the scene of an infamous 70 year old double murder scene. It took around thirty years before they even brought someone to trial & there is still some dissension about who did it. Found a new bear sign, there seem to be a lot of them lately & some local carpentry.

 

[ian]

Went for a nice afternoon ride across town. Rode the old iron mining trails, checked out a bunch of them. Went up to the scene of an infamous 70 year old double murder scene. It took around thirty years before they even brought someone to trial & there is still some dissension about who did it. Found a new bear sign, there seem to be a lot of them lately & some local carpentry.

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That's a different kind of bear sign than I'm used to seeing. Usually a giant pile, with blackberry remnants visible. Beaver sign as well. They're pretty common around here in the Beaver State.

 

[Mr. Monkeyarms]

It really is a curse at the end of the day! I have maybe parted two bikes in my life and in both cases they were girls bikes with either bent frames or rusted to pieces. In most cases if I snag a piece of a bike for another bike, I will replace the removed item and move the bike along to someone else.
Kinda like the bikes I brought home sunday....Sure I wanted the Racer and the Corvette, but it came with 4 70's bikes to which I have little to no interest but still I will move them on to someone who love them rather than see em hit the scrap yard. Guy I got em from said thats where they were headed and I couldnt handle that idea.

The bonus/hex for me is I haven't learned to weld yet. It's something I've wanted to do most of my life but haven't made the opportunity. Only so many hours in a day......

 

[tacochris]

The bonus/hex for me is I haven't learned to weld yet. It's something I've wanted to do most of my life but haven't made the opportunity. Only so many hours in a day......

Knowing how to weld opened up SO many options for me to save bikes. It literally has opened up the whole world and I can fix bikes most would normally shy away from.

 

[Mr. Monkeyarms]

Knowing how to weld opened up SO many options for me to save bikes. It literally has opened up the whole world and I can fix bikes most would normally shy away from.

And this has made you famous!

 

[tacochris]

And this has made you famous!

Lol infamous maybe?

 

[Ernbar]

Out on the Westfield on 14.8 mile ride. Looks like the 80 year old transfer spring in the ND hub needs replacement. I’ m still getting some play when pedaling but nothing major. I have a set of NOS replacements coming in the mail to correct the slack.

My legs said no to the climb on a 62 pound one speed bike, I agreed.

 

[Guest2]

A few miles on the TAJ...

 

[tripple3]

11/02/2022 Hump-day; it's raining,
Sweetie needs the car:
take me-n-myBIKE to work.

Covered in a blanket for the day...

Cleared up nice for the windy ride home.

 

[SKPC]

Out to the coast, south along the water and back late today. Windy. Nobody out. Out witted the wind and had a solid ride on the 40 Shelby Hiawatha. Earlier in the day, I re-laced in a replacement rear hub shell that was showing wear in the left side bearing race with a clean spare I had on hand.