That bike would make an excellent clothes rack at my house....

 

~snip~

fixed it for ya...

I told ya riding a bike that far could be rough on ya!






Looks like my old touring bike is going to swap more parts with the specialized - I equipped it with a trick seat post that I need now because of a seat position hassle.
-funny how one or two degrees off can drive you nuts with one of those

 

Yep, when they turn black and blue, it's time to change them out!

 

Well good bike ride tonight and feeling great! Tomorrow I hope will be a quick day to start the long weekend.

 

Right now I'm only doing a round trip of about 2 miles - but that's mainly due to what I'm convinced now is gout in one of my knees. Cycling is low impact unless one of the rapid-fires hangs and jolts into gear at a bad time (anyone remember the scene from Driven where Burt Reynolds makes the driver give up his crutch and hop on his bad foot? It resembles that...) it's still pretty cool though.

T-county is building a whale of a small park just halfway from my place to:
A) The local bait and convenience store
B) Glenn Springs Lake

It's going to have a large ball field, frisbee golf course, stage/amphitheater (I doubt they will have many rock concerts - it shares the parking lot with the local Sherriffs Department Drug Enforcement Sub-station), lots of pavillions, restrooms, no doubt drinking fountains, I can't really see yet how far back into the woods the place goes.

It's an "EXPLORE" going on, and it looks like an excellent way-point for rides.

If I can get my seat the way I want it, that is...

I wonder if all the goodies on my old tourer will fit on an old classic "CHICAGO MADE" Schwinn Varsity frameset I have at my disposal?
The only hitch is converting the crankset to three-piece, I need a parts kit for that.

I always did like twisty blends of the old and new!

 

I have been fighting gout in my right foot for two weeks now.
If you try to kill a small puppy for getting to close to your knee or you have a little pee run out when you try to stand, its GOUT.

 

It's when I try to stand and my eyes bug out that I can tell what it is...

But if I baby it I might as well welcome it home to stay.

I was going to say that these are knees that once cranked over 1100 pounds on a leg sled every third or fifth day, but that just leads to:

"Yeah, and I bet you have "Rheumatoid Osteo-forget-this-crap-itis" now because of it as well..."

* Not to mention Carpal Brooklyn/Manhatten Transfer Syndrome. I base that on load/miles carried
(He sezzz crassly...)

 

I try to walk it out for about a week before it gets real bad. When it does, in the chair for a week. It has to be the most painfull thing I ever had. You can tell who has it, when you tell them you got it, they almost tear up.

 

Got me wondering if Black Cherry will grow at my place - it's one of the sure fire remedies, and if I had a - what? A Black Cherry Tree? Or is it a bush? I could pick all I wanted and maybe sell some at a fruit stand or something.

Drink lots of water~ like the summer heat isn't enuff reason...