As fast as i can fix 'em ...

As fast as I can fix 'em... they flat them, of course.
But that's a dad's job — saves
a lot of money in bike shop charges.

There's nothing like catching up with a bit of bike repair on a schmoopy Saturday. Very therapuetic, wrestling with reluctant tyre beads on and off the rim; aligning the wheels so the disk brakes don't impede the spin, and so on.

Gordo has started riding Robby's bike, so I switched the lights from the trek to the Kona. Interestingly both the Kona handlebars and seatpost were narrower than the Trek's ... No way? Really?

Did I mind? no, not really -- I'd had these rubber shims I'd been saving (for some obscure future purpose I knew not what) in the pocket of one of my old Camelbacks, so I was glad to finally find a use for them. Better still I knew exactly where to
find them after what must have been 6 or so years.

I'd never make it as a bike mech. I think
 it took me two hours to fix two flats and
 move the lights from Gordo's bike to Robby's bike.

Then, just at sunset as I'm settling down, Lenny the Squid calls ... something about Blue Point Oktoberfest and chicken wings. Well I hadn't seen the Squid in at least few weeks, but this sounded like a very necessary trip.

Since Squidly lives on Jefferson, I figured I'd get some exercise and ride over there, rather than take the van. Thus no drinking and driving, either. So, I borrowed, and tested the newly be-lighted Kona blast. Gotta say I love the blinky mode on the Planet Bike Superflash front light. The blinky is almost as good as the "solid" mode at illuminating the road, but providing a better signature in traffic.

Great way to get around ... now if I could only crack that 26 mile commute on a bike.

OEM tube, losimg so much air so fast it could not
keep enough pressure to do the water tub test to locate
the hole(s). Bike Junkie in Bethpage is recycling tubes,
so a good excuse to pay a visit.

Don't throw away those free rubber shims. Black rubber 
strip by the Park Tool MTB tool. They come in handy on different size
handle bars and seat posts.