Thanks for the link. I buy a LOT of stuff from Niagara (I've got 3 different orders I made at 3 different times in the last week through them still in the mail at this very moment -I need to consolidate more and save shipping but I'm impatient and order stuff at the spur of the moment when I need it) but I always buy it through the amazon site rather than directly. They don't seem to offer the cheap chains through amazon. I should start shopping Niagara directly from their own website. The cheapest 1/8" chains I can find through Amazon are nearing the $10 mark + shipping. This is great. I'm always learning something new.

As for wrenching. I think I enjoy wrenching on bikes as much, if not more, than riding them. Bicycles or Motorcycles. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a great read and fits with my philosophy. One thing about wrenching, if it isn't more fun than riding it is only because the wrenching has actually made the act of riding MORE fun as i appreciate my bikes, and what goes into them and how they work, so much more after having had every piece apart in my hands and lovingly put together by my own skills and craftiness. I really don't like to let anyone work on my vehicles. I prefer to have done it myself. I don't trust professional mechanics the way I trust myself. And the knowledge that I can trust myself and my work makes the enjoyment of using the fruits of my own labor that much more sweet.