Tuesday, June 14, 2011

In the Loop

Update Tuesday. Three items on today's big board.


Update Item Number One: Please don't forget that despite Sunday being Father's Day, we will be riding the return leg of the two-day, out and back double century. We leave from the BAC Saturday after class around ten and ride the 95 to Elma. Dinner and barley hops in E and then Sunday morning is Bob Green's deluxe low-key multi-sport offerings at Vance Creek. Then we ride back and treat Dad to dinner. The route map was posted on this very site last week if you are in need of cartographical stimulus.


Update Item Number Two: The wood-fired Italian Pizza Oven is coming along nicely. Poured the initial batch of vermiculite-Portland cement yesterday with another layer and cinder block cell fill this afternoon. We visited the New Rose Cafe yesterday to inspect their beautiful oven and I came away with yet another ornamental addition idea: The water element. Stay tuned.


Update Item Number Three: The Phoenix has risen! As the photo attests the Airfoil KM40 can fly. Tom and Gabe at BI Cycle did a masterful job of swapping out components from the Softride (RIP Panuzzi), leading to today's test ride at Mach II. If that hairline crack on the chain stay holds up on today's stress test, she will see her first race action in Elma on Sunday.


There, we have come full circle. Consider yourself updated and in the loop. Ciao.

2 comments:

FW said...

How stiff is that bottom bracket? Without a seat tube, just wondering what kind of flex you might experience.

KML5 said...

Gotta pour a yard of mud before the road test. Felt pretty good last night when I was adjusting saddle height and gears, so we'll see. I am (only) $300 into it, so for that price I will settle for a little slop.