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I am thankful that I could sleep in. I've slept very poorly the past week and I was glad not to have to get up at 6:30 in the darkness.
My sister in law is visiting my mother and law (and taking care of the dear woman) and mentioned missing her bicycle.
We have a bicycle.
It's forty years old, but not a lot of miles on it. However, I never got around to putting it back together after buying new tires for it *mumblety mumble* years ago.
So I finally got around to pumping up the tires and ... how does this thing go back together? I had in issue with the derailer and the back brakes - but I got it figured out. Yah 3 in 1 oil! Got out the old bike helmet and did a short hop around the block.
Starting off down hill, I remembered how much fun this used to be. Then I checked the brakes...the front brakes are okay if noisy but had I loosened the back brakes to get the rear wheel back on - the back brakes didn't work at all! The derailer still worked but the cables have stretched so it's hard to properly shift gears. Top that off with my balance being rather iffy nowadays I only dumped myself twice! Fortunately, it was when I had slowed down to almost a stop.
My sister in law will not be using this bike.
I'm sure with new cables, brake pads, fresh grease and a proper adjustment of the cables it'll be fine. Maybe in the spring I'll take it to a shop and let a professional do that. Could use some new reflectors too. However, I think my bike riding days are over.
Didn't do anything for dinner but we've got some canned sweet potato, a jar of turkey gravy and stove top stuffing. We might pick up a chicken tomorrow, depending on how mad the grocery stores are, and have a Thanksgiving supper a day late.
-m
My sister in law is visiting my mother and law (and taking care of the dear woman) and mentioned missing her bicycle.
We have a bicycle.
It's forty years old, but not a lot of miles on it. However, I never got around to putting it back together after buying new tires for it *mumblety mumble* years ago.
So I finally got around to pumping up the tires and ... how does this thing go back together? I had in issue with the derailer and the back brakes - but I got it figured out. Yah 3 in 1 oil! Got out the old bike helmet and did a short hop around the block.
Starting off down hill, I remembered how much fun this used to be. Then I checked the brakes...the front brakes are okay if noisy but had I loosened the back brakes to get the rear wheel back on - the back brakes didn't work at all! The derailer still worked but the cables have stretched so it's hard to properly shift gears. Top that off with my balance being rather iffy nowadays I only dumped myself twice! Fortunately, it was when I had slowed down to almost a stop.
My sister in law will not be using this bike.
I'm sure with new cables, brake pads, fresh grease and a proper adjustment of the cables it'll be fine. Maybe in the spring I'll take it to a shop and let a professional do that. Could use some new reflectors too. However, I think my bike riding days are over.
Didn't do anything for dinner but we've got some canned sweet potato, a jar of turkey gravy and stove top stuffing. We might pick up a chicken tomorrow, depending on how mad the grocery stores are, and have a Thanksgiving supper a day late.
-m
