That's pretty cool, FaF.
Congrats to SportWagon for being promoted to a new age category. It's better than the alternative, right? I have seen your frequent West Montrose Classic! rides on Strava. I once joked about a ride that was a little short to be a West Montrose Classic! and you informed me that a covered bridge is a requirement, along with the distance (and the exclamation point), and I'm still hoping to do that just for grins. I like having a reason to ride rather than just getting on the bike with no idea where to go or why (other than fun and exercise). There's a covered bridge in a nearby town that's probably about right for the halfway point of a 40 km (24.8 mile) ride and one of these days I'll post a picture from there.
Anyone else up for the challenge? I don't know how common covered bridges are these days. I remember seeing them as a kid in Vermont, but I only know of one around here and can't remember any in other places I've lived.
I've been on three rides so far with my new wheels and tubeless tires (700 x 42). So far, so good, except the when I look down at the rear tire while riding, it looks like it's about half flat. I've even stopped a couple times to pinch the rear tire, but I guess I'll get used to it. I've always inflated my tires to the maximum pressure listed on the sidewalls because I'm over 200 lbs, but the LBS explained that tubeless tires are different and they'll blow off the rims with too much air pressure. I guess time will tell how these work out.
They trued the original AlexRims wheels for me and I intend to put some smaller road tires (with tubes) on those so I can swap for all-pavement rides that are long enough for tires to make a difference, but I'll have to get another 9-speed cassette first. It didn't occur to me that they'd pull the cassette off my old wheel to put on the new and leave me with no cassette on my old wheels. It makes sense now that I think about it, but I didn't consider that. It also didn't occur to me that my new wheels would be entirely black. Black rims, black hubs, and even black spokes! Weird. I assumed they'd be silver, like all our other bikes. Oh well; it's just cosmetics, but I'd have preferred silver. Yeah, I know - first-world problems.
And I'm back on craigslist looking at bikes again. Our kids keep growing and my son, who rides often with his friends, has pretty much outgrown his 15" frame. Despite the worldwide bicycle and parts shortage that I read about on bicycle forums (and experienced with my bike being in the shop for three months), I have been pleasantly surprised to see that used bike prices on CL haven't skyrocketed, for the most part.
Problem solved!Originally Posted by Freude am Fahren
Specialized Cruiser - Medium - ProTuned/Refurbed - $100