Spring Cleaning

I had a plan to do a little spring maintenance on the road bike Saturday morning and then head out for a Foothills Parkway to 129, over the Dragon to Deals Gap and back ride. By 10:30 (when I should have been peddling) I had the whole bike stripped down to the frame. That bike has been through 3 seasons with little to no maintenance and it was overdue. Lots of parts where corroded together and all the components (9sp Dura-ace) are on their last leg. I cleaned, Polished and re-stickered the frame, broke down every part and cleaned it including brake calipers and hubs. Put her all back together with fresh lube everywhere, new cables/housings, new tires, new bar tape and a snazzy new geek mirror. It should be enough to get her through the year withminimal further effeort. Next year will probably require some major drivtrain and shifter upgrades which I kind of dread because I don’t want to go 10 speed!!


Since I was in cleaning mode I went ahead and did a light job on the Fixy. It got a wipe down, chain lube and some hand-me-down tires.
Mmmmm Lugs....


My favorit type of drivetrain....


I did get out and ride about four hours at the ridge on Saturday. I road with Jeff and Levi most of the day but ran into the Parkers when I was putting Levi back in the car and road with them a while. I went out on a brief fixy ride Sunday for about a half an hour around the neighborhood.

Tara is doing well but shows no signs of going into labor. She had a few contractions over the weekend but none were very strong and no pattern has ever developed. She had shower at the neighbors house today. She met some new people, ate cake and talked a lot about babies. I got some cake, red velvet to boot!