After being cooped up inside for the past couple of weeks feeling crook it was nice to escape and get out and enjoy the sunshine. The calendar says that winter started on Saturday, and the sun was out. I’m outta here.! Today there was no real plan. Just a ride in the sunshine. Okay the…
With the handling of the little SV now transformed with sparkling new Wilbers suspension, it’s time to look at the next thing to fix / upgrade.
Emma has always complained about the lack lustre light on her SV. Early on we upgraded the globe to a +100 H4 globe. However, even with the better globe – it’s still pretty ordinary.
Walking out the door at 3:15 last Saturday morning I briefly thought about grabbing my electric vest but as it was going to be a minimum of 2 degrees C it shouldn’t be too bad.
For the next hour and a half the temp hovered between 0 and 3 degrees. Maybe I should have grabbed that vest.
A month ago I got a call from Emma on the way home from work … “dad my bike made a funny noise and now it doesn’t feel right and there is a banging noise”. Upon inspection it was pretty clear what had happened – the bottom mount of the rear shock had sheared off! This left the bike to just bounce along on the spring. Certainly not ideal.!
If there was one word that best describes my daughter Megan’s wedding it would be joyous.
The day was perfect for an outside wedding. Goldcreek Station was the perfect location – so close to Canberra but felt a million miles from the city.
When Deb initially mentioned the weekend to me she suggested we take the bike. Okay, she had me at bike…. so we decided to make it into a long long weekend by taking Friday and Monday off and do a bit of exploring.
Do bikes get jealous? Do they get offended if you leave them at home and take another one.?
