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Corvus Corvax
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This was the first decent weekend in New York in weeks. Also, one of the few weekends in the past
couple of months when I haven't been either working or taking a plane someplace. But the weather
finally broke, I was actually home, and the Surly Abomination cross bike was staring at me
curiously. We had the MTBs out yesterday for a quick ride, mostly because my wife's shiny new Surly
needed a few tweaks (as in "complete rebuild") on the rear wheel. Ran into elGordo/supabonbon on the
George Washington Bridge. I think if you sat for a few hours on the GWB this weekend, you would have
run into every cyclist in the city.
Anyway, Gordo, you're right. We need to hit some dirt.
I'm getting better at wheelbuilding. It only took me an hour and a half or so to detension the big
700c singlespeed wheel and build it back up, solid and true. Today is the day for the big cross
bikes to play: my wife has now become a singlespeeder! We have his-and-hers Surly Crosscheck
one-speeds. She's still not comfortable running fixed, so she freewheels and I put the bike in
fixed-gear mode. We're both running 49x18, flying up Riverside Drive at 22 mph on a beautiful spring
day. Riding a fixed-gear in Manhattan traffic is a truly sublime experience. I am totally in touch
with my bike, moving fast. It's the usual Sunday afternoon traffic, rife with addled pinheads who
Simply Must Be In Westchester NOW!
We know how to deal with them.
I think of the future. We're leaving Manhattan in a few months, going to pack up and move to
Buffalo. I'm going to miss this city. ****, I'm going to need to buy some skis. I spin. Then it hits
me: I'm going to be riding the same trails as duhSki... see you on the trails, Scott!
Jim/Carla: has Frankie Froglegs sold those studded tires yet? ;-)
CC
couple of months when I haven't been either working or taking a plane someplace. But the weather
finally broke, I was actually home, and the Surly Abomination cross bike was staring at me
curiously. We had the MTBs out yesterday for a quick ride, mostly because my wife's shiny new Surly
needed a few tweaks (as in "complete rebuild") on the rear wheel. Ran into elGordo/supabonbon on the
George Washington Bridge. I think if you sat for a few hours on the GWB this weekend, you would have
run into every cyclist in the city.
Anyway, Gordo, you're right. We need to hit some dirt.
I'm getting better at wheelbuilding. It only took me an hour and a half or so to detension the big
700c singlespeed wheel and build it back up, solid and true. Today is the day for the big cross
bikes to play: my wife has now become a singlespeeder! We have his-and-hers Surly Crosscheck
one-speeds. She's still not comfortable running fixed, so she freewheels and I put the bike in
fixed-gear mode. We're both running 49x18, flying up Riverside Drive at 22 mph on a beautiful spring
day. Riding a fixed-gear in Manhattan traffic is a truly sublime experience. I am totally in touch
with my bike, moving fast. It's the usual Sunday afternoon traffic, rife with addled pinheads who
Simply Must Be In Westchester NOW!
We know how to deal with them.
I think of the future. We're leaving Manhattan in a few months, going to pack up and move to
Buffalo. I'm going to miss this city. ****, I'm going to need to buy some skis. I spin. Then it hits
me: I'm going to be riding the same trails as duhSki... see you on the trails, Scott!
Jim/Carla: has Frankie Froglegs sold those studded tires yet? ;-)
CC