I decided that I was going to get on the bike today if at all possible.

( Adventures and gaming )

I rode my recumbent bicycle (Lunokhod) to work the other week, and while it worked okay, I could feel some sort of grinding in the back axle again. Not the first time; I've taken that axle apart to clean and lube it several times now, to good effect, and it's quite possible it had gotten enough mileage on gritty muddy roads to need it again. So I ( Read more... )

I have been idly looking at websites on coaster brake overhaul, since I had to take one apart on the Buckeye and I had never dealt with coaster brakes before. What's baffled me is the references to brake shoes... this hub had no shoes in it. So I dug a bit deeper, and finally looked at the hub to get a make and model.

It turns out this is a New ( Read more... )

I fixed my bicycle stand today. The bottom-bracket cup was ill-designed plastic, and had cracked through, making the stand unsafe; my dad and I used his machine shop to turn a galvanized pipe fitting into a replacement. (I had originally thought to line it with foam, but it turns out that simply riveting the old plastic cup to the metal ( Read more... )

I rode Opportunity, my hybrid cruiser, downtown to have lunch today ( Read more... )

Well, I ended up buying the bike in Soquel, which was a Tour Easy from about 15 years ago... it was in excellent shape, fully equipped, and it was a steal at $600. Even if it didn't work out for me, I figured, it was a good investment, since I could probably sell it at a modest profit ( Read more... )

My knee is really swollen... I was on it too much yesterday (as I am every Thursday), and today didn't help. I'm very frustrated by the stalemate going on. It's healing quite well, but my doctors admit that I am indeed using it too much ( Read more... )

It's been a tiring week.

( Monday )

While I was driving out to the bike shop today, I was playing "spot the B box". These are the ubiquitous large metal cabinets next to the street, which are painted unassuming colors of grey, beige, or green, and which blend into their surroundings so well that they're functionally invisible. There's one every few blocks to serve the local area's ( Read more... )

Events conspired this morning such that I didn't take my usual morning train. After a bit of contemplation, I drove up instead.

( Juggling bicycles )