https://medium.com/@gudolbandit/reverse-gear-the-hidden-luxury-of-moving-backward-59077393fe4b
Installed a new handlebar on the touring bike (wider, shorter reach, flared) and I'm in love with the way it feels to ride
Os amaricanos tb sabem fazer minis decentes
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Today I got my touring bike back with a larger frame
In October I started wondering what to do with my touring bike – my 52cm Salsa Marrakesh was something that I had to “settle” on when trying to buy a bike during the height of COVID-indoors-insanity and supply chain buffoonery. This fall I finally started to sit down and solve this, and ended up moving all the components to a 54cm frame at Paul’s Bicycle Way of Life in Eugene. I picked it up today, and it’s too cold and icey for me to ride it until I get back from holiday travels, but I am quite excited by it. They said it would take a week and I picked it up in two days, very communicative and helpful all along. I had a number of shops in town ghost me or tell me I was SoL, I was about to start calling up in Portland before I walked in here on a whim.
Going from the “midnight blue” frame to a black frame like this was a bit worrying, but the pop of color from the new BTP woven bar tape makes it really stand out nicely, and I’m not above slapping some MASH SF stickers on it 🚴
The previous day's side mission to Mar Lodge and the Linn Of Dee was equally rewarding.
Not just for the views; a Peregrine Falcon, a Golden Eagle and a well earned Haggis Super.
Roll on springtime. Can't wait to get back out there.
Thankfully, Scotland provided us with enough to distract from the mild pains of the climbs. It really is god's country up there in the Cairngorms.