Paid a visit to Paramount Bicycle Repair, Ball Square, Somerville, to talk with Tyler and take a first ride on this year's project bike, a
Rawland Nordavinden. I got that first-ride giddiness, and am very happy with how this is coming together. The Nordavinden is a 700C bike with a light steel tubeset, a sports-touring geometry, and enough fork rake to give it low-trail steering. We've built it up with a mix of old and new parts, and I think it's going to be a whole lot of fun. Thanks, Tyler!
After that excitement, I went home and took last year's project bike, the Surly Trucker DeLuxe, out for a 10 mile spin on the Minuteman in the hot, muggy evening, which cooled just a bit. Some of the best features of that bike have been duplicated in the new build, with enough differences to be interesting.
Lots of skaters out tonight.
rod