I swear this isn't supposed to take six hours. I am so close to I get to ride it now. I bet it takes forever to find hardware for the bottom bracket or something
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Shortened the stand and now it is just right on time.
I need to make brake straps so I can go ride it but I am looped. I had been a long seven months. Kate says I am way past just call it a day already
Why does it always have to be dark when I finish something?
I found a solution to the brake arm spoon shortage like any Ratrodder should. I did something stupid. This was honestly the hardest chain I have ever cut. Still needs a strap or something for that drum but at least I can take it for a test ride now
the scale in the house is some idiot iphone thing scale and I told the network it was not allowed to tell the gubbermint how much I have been eating so it quit working entirely but this is probably the heaviest bike other then the Beiwagmaschine I have now but it rides like a silk nightgown.
I better go grab a headlight or something because I am not ready to go to bed now.
Oops, I remembered the brake strap this time. Of course I had to forgot something.
Don't try this at home can't find my thread race trick. It took a few with it. All better now.
Had to test the cargo basket. I don't remember it being uphill all the way to the corner store because vintage ten speed. I am going to need a longer rusty chain because bungee cords are for pony tails.
Four stars... Would ride less than ten miles at a clip again. The low gear is right in time for climbing hills but I am a little taller and I may need to wear larger boxers tomorrow to accommodate my thighs being swollen. I have just enough room to stretch my legs if I take a break from pedaling. Only one at a time though. Maybe with a seven post I could move the saddle back just a little and it would be perfect for me but not Kate. I will learn one of these days. I could probably handle twenty but I don't know if I should be walking the next day very much.
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If you start at midnight, it'll be nice and sunny when you're done.
Nope, I just grab the blue line from the house. Takes me thirty five minutes to get downtown
rides great though
