Upgrades!
October 23rd, 2007 by JoshMore often than not these days it seems that my spare time and money is taken up by bikes. Ever since my lovely lovely lady friend crashed my little Honda Civic, forcing me back to regular riding for the first time since I was about 13, I’ve been bitten by the bug. First I went with a used green Schwinn Collegiate that got me around quite well, despite its epic weight. For my birthday this year, I treated myself to a new bike, a wonderful IRO Mark V, and except for a few exceptions I think I’ve ridden nearly every day since. That’s a minimum of 6 miles a day for the weekday commute with occasional detours thrown in to lengthen the ride as well as some longer weekend jaunts. I know it’s not much compared to many riders but I’m feeling more fit (and flexible!) than I have in a very long time.
Like most cyclists, I’m finding it far too easy to drop money on upgrades though. I’m working on building up a beater winter bike that is in need of cranks, a bottom bracket, and a chain so I figured why not splurge and upgrade the main ride, moving the old parts over to the beater? Hence, a fantastic ebay find of a set of new (never ridden, but pulled off a bike) Sugino 75 cranks. These things are sweet and I got them so cheap! Since I also needed a new saddle after a spill the other week, I went for broke and also got a new Brooks Narrow B-17 saddle. Not looking forward to breaking it in, but it’s gonna be slick once I get the new stuff on.
While there really aren’t any regular readers of this blog anymore, for the few of you who do check in, you may have noticed the blogroll is woefully out of date. It’s actually still pulling from my old Bloglines subscription list instead of Google Reader. Maybe I’ll update it. In the meantime, some good cycling blogs:
Finally, for you political podcast junkies, look for some DoubleSpeak news coming soon.
