I rode 12 miles today and tomorrow I hope to finish the restoration of an Austrian-made 1966 JC Higgins and start work on a fixing up a Trek 715 touring bike. On Sunday I want to figure out how to fabricate a headrest for an M5 carbon low racer. Please add me to your ping list.
Yesterday I moved my bike from one bicycle shop a few miles to another shop. I happen to live on-top of a bicycle shop. I brought my new trekking bicycle in for some customization. Which was fine except they didn't have a handlebar swept back enough. The guy was like: You don't really want a cruiser handlebar on this bike. He was busy so we didn't have time to discuss it much. Even though I was willing to pay all the costs, even just for testing it out.
I got a new seat (which was properly adjusted), mirror and bell. Then I rode it a few miles to where I bought the bike. To see what they had to say. A guy there explained a bunch of stuff including handling and control and then sold me the same handlebar the other shop was offering. Which is slightly curved back but not as much as I was willing to test.
Later this morning I am going to pick it from the shop but today is my MIL 93rd Birthday so we will be celebrating that with her. Maybe some tool adjustments and then I should be all set.
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