Minor progress on Draft

Today while waiting for my wife and daughter to get home from Cheerleading and while my 3 year old son plays Lego Starwars on the Wii I decided to make some minor mods on the new toy.

As a first tweak I added toe straps to the pedals that I had kicking around the house. Then I flipped over the headset to drop the bars a bit. Also removed the rear brake and flipped front break to right hand side and re-centered the brake as it was off. Also with the grips off I made plans for the cut down. Probably pickup a pipe cutter tomorrow for that job.

Gotta head out and pickup my 14T track cog. Put the grips back on shortened bars and be ready for a weather change for her maiden ride.

Take a look at the length of those bars...

Likely there will be further changes down the line. Such as a new Crank, SPD pedals, a new bar drop or riser still undecided. Potentially drop the front brake at some point... Who knows...

That's it for now. What a great hockey game today eh!!!! I'm out...

A new toy!!

Well, took a trip to Detroit for my daughters Cheerleading competition this weekend and had a great old time. On the way home, well sorta... I stopped off at Ypsilanti Cycle and had a look at their toys. Ended up bringing home a fun commuter toy on the cheap. With some minor tweaks I will be enjoying this for my commute to work this year and maybe more. Will post updated pix as they come...

Finaly a ride...

Well it has been some time since I clipped into the pedals now. I know that winter is no excuse to stop riding. I have been doing some monotonous cross training. The 10 story tower at work has been my stair climber. It keeps the blood pumping and is bearable with an mp3 player.

Yesterday I just was not into the idea so I hit up a few colleagues for a run in the great outdoors. No-one was biting. I looked across my desk at my fixie and it did not seem to have an objection. So out we went on 15K of the best riding in a while.

Wow it is amazing to feel the difference between riding and training for riding. I need to get me a trainer or just get outside more often. Exhilarating!!!

Just a little road slime to scrape off tho...


Well just thought I should share as this place seems to have moth balls in the corners..... I'm out...