I've been busy, but it's hard to say doing what...some painting here, some cleaning, some bike maintenance, some (lots of?) riding, some trail work. We had a trail work day at Shindagin recently. That was fun, check it out here.
Yesterday Steve did some filming while I did some riding. He's putting together a video highlighting some of the local riding spots and folks, and my little dirt jump spot is one of them.
The 5" fork I ran on my Bitch (the bike i ride 95% of the time) has a crack in the steerer tube, at the base by the crown. See below. This is an area of high stress, it's an old fork, and I beat on it pretty hard. I'm sad to see it go, and replacing it will probably cost me >=$300. So it goes. I'd like a new rockshox..maybe a domain or a lyrik, but that can be serious $$...and I am wary of buying used on the internet where I can't inspect the fork...
Busted fork aside, bikes are working okay. I'd like a fork for my Castellano (xc bike). I'm running it rigid right now and I'm watching a ton of stuff on ebay, but it also needs a derailleur... Road bike needs general inspection and maintenance. My big rig is working great, but I need to make some sort of chain guide, or figure out how to run a front derailleur with the tensioner I have on there now.
So I gotta get to it, get this stuff done. Today I'll finish my painting job, get payed for some stuff, work on bikes, go to bike shop, maybe make it to a local Ithaca jam. I also would like to make it down to Elmira again before my mom leaves. We will see...
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