2 Wheel news
All righty, time to update with a little bit of one of my favorite topics: bikes.
"Manana". My beach cruiser/rat rod. She was made from a few spare parts, but is mainly a 1980's Murray Monterey. I painted it flat black, rode it for a while, then decided to paint on some black rubberized coating. Big mistake, the coating was horrific. Over the last 2 weeks I have been working on it again, and got it back to flat black primer, and I have all the parts cleaned up and ready to assemble. Only major flaw this time around is the fact that the paint has some kind of silver flake to it. Rather annoying since I took the time to strip, paint, and wet sand to get it looking nice, only to have a bad can add a little bit of sparkle. After sleeping on the matter I decided it is not that bad to look at, and I want it finished, don't want to wet sand and spray another few days. On Friday the 27th, the rat will be back.
Bike sales have been going up due to rising gas prices. If you commute to work, good on ya. I keep wanting to, but the ride home is uphill and the weather is hot enough to cook you medium rare. If you bike to work, or school, or just for the fun of it, I strongly recommend using two locks. Get yourself a U-Lock, and then get yourself some security wire and a good padlock from the hardware store, don't trust cheap cable locks. Use both anytime you plan on walking at least two steps away from your bike, they are becoming a hot commodity.
Best wishes to my workplace's Director of Operations, he decided to strap back into the saddle at the local BMX track, and ended up eating the dirt pretty hard. Broken collar bone, broke 4 ribs, and had a concussion. Get well soon Rick.
The Step Out to fight diabetes Walk-A-Thon that happens in my hometown is going to be happening in October, and this year my team is going to bike the entire route. We think it will make it a little more fun, and plus it got me thinking up a great team name: "Crank it". I will post a link to the fund raising website once it is up and running.
"Manana". My beach cruiser/rat rod. She was made from a few spare parts, but is mainly a 1980's Murray Monterey. I painted it flat black, rode it for a while, then decided to paint on some black rubberized coating. Big mistake, the coating was horrific. Over the last 2 weeks I have been working on it again, and got it back to flat black primer, and I have all the parts cleaned up and ready to assemble. Only major flaw this time around is the fact that the paint has some kind of silver flake to it. Rather annoying since I took the time to strip, paint, and wet sand to get it looking nice, only to have a bad can add a little bit of sparkle. After sleeping on the matter I decided it is not that bad to look at, and I want it finished, don't want to wet sand and spray another few days. On Friday the 27th, the rat will be back.
Bike sales have been going up due to rising gas prices. If you commute to work, good on ya. I keep wanting to, but the ride home is uphill and the weather is hot enough to cook you medium rare. If you bike to work, or school, or just for the fun of it, I strongly recommend using two locks. Get yourself a U-Lock, and then get yourself some security wire and a good padlock from the hardware store, don't trust cheap cable locks. Use both anytime you plan on walking at least two steps away from your bike, they are becoming a hot commodity.
Best wishes to my workplace's Director of Operations, he decided to strap back into the saddle at the local BMX track, and ended up eating the dirt pretty hard. Broken collar bone, broke 4 ribs, and had a concussion. Get well soon Rick.
The Step Out to fight diabetes Walk-A-Thon that happens in my hometown is going to be happening in October, and this year my team is going to bike the entire route. We think it will make it a little more fun, and plus it got me thinking up a great team name: "Crank it". I will post a link to the fund raising website once it is up and running.
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