It was a little cold but we rode this weekend to test the new rim. Worked great! Very smooth and quiet. I was worried that I would not get the disc brake adjusted correctly, but all was well.
We also met with Doug (and Jan), our riding buddy this weekend. He's in for the next trip! Starting with us in SF, he will ride down to LA and then he and Jan are off to another vacation. He was previewing the elevation profile through Big Sur. Some big climbs again await us. Guess that's why we are going to spin classes and yoga again. Have to get into shape!
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Friday, January 13, 2012
New Rear Wheel
A Christmas present to ourselves...a new rear wheel! This will be the third rear rim for our bike. First one bent when we must have run over something. I noticed cracks at the spokes the last time I changed a tire on the second one. This time we got a Phil Wood, 48 spoke, tandem hub with a Chukker Velocity rim from Peter White Cycles. It's soooo pretty and hopefully bullet proof. Have to start riding more for we are planning this summer's trip. San Francisco to San Diego which will be the last leg of our Pacific Coast tour. We have already done the Santa Barbra to Oceanside part. That was our first tour and we did it by credit card (no camping and eating out every meal). Not possible since we don't have credit cards anymore and we like the camping with other cyclists too much. SF to SB would be just too short and we did not ride to the Mexican boarder last time. This time we will.
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