Yesterday and this morning, Rowan worked hard to get Machak operational again. He'll still need a few tweaks because a few of the fixes are temporary until we acquire a few more parts.

Some odd things were changed or missing ... like the shifter covers, and one rear brake bolt was exchanged for a regular bolt, and a spring in the front brakes was missing. So there are a few bits and pieces that will need to be fixed up.

He needs new cables, which he probably would have needed after 3 years anyway.

And someone rode him (or rolled him) without a rear tire so the rear wheel isn't in great shape. Fortunately we had another wheel, but it had issues too, from some time ago ... so that will have to be sorted.


But nevertheless, Machak was ready to ride this afternoon, and I had one of the most wonderful and amazing rides I've had in years!! Machak rides beautifully, just like he always did. He was so comfortable and it felt so right to ride him again.