fixed it

I've tried this once before, in another timespacebloginuim, but thought it's worth doing again - here, now. for the books...

so, in anticipation of a killer teleseason - and heinous mud season closer to home - i ressurected an ancient road/touring bike frame as a fixed gear commuter. i married into the frame, we've loaned it out in original config to friends in need over the years, but never really rode it. my objective with this project was to take a rarely used bike and dial it in for getting a SOLID ride out of my dry land commute, do something that'd require as little capital as possible, that would be downright tough. in the last 2 weeks i've probably put over a hunerd miles on it, only lost the pedals once, and had no real close calls... unless you consider racing a geared mtb, passing a parked car on the right and scrubbing the curb, holding a 30+ mph spin for a few minutes (seemed like hours!) and looking over my shoulder and finding the challenger wayway off the back (ergo, smarter than I). my legs have been comfortably numb since the first spin, so whatever i've done is working. here's how it went:

initial conditions
boneyard

warmer
the stock post was too short, no prob, just dig into the bin-o-parts to find an old mtb post that was long enough. it was a few 1000th's to fat, sooo, a few turns on the lathe and wala!

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happy trails,
J. rider