Nice! That’s my go to number for ratio, although I’m at I think 67 something right now on my ‘nice’ bike and I’m having a lot of fun with it. I love going fast but since my motorcycle accident last year I’m finding myself a lot more cautious towards anything excessively fast. Plus spinning faster seems like better cardio... idk if that’s just in my head. Probly.

Yesterday I posted that I stopped by my friends shop to pick up tubes for my flat rear. Well, I had mentioned that my kilo had been stolen. That flat rear tire was a blessing in disguise! Well...sort of. He called me about 2 hours after I had gotten to my shop and said, “hey man, I think I found the kilo”. I knew he probly had it, as it’s not at all stock looking. So I locked up the shop, set the alarm, and hauled ass to his. Sure enough got there and there it was behind the counter! I think I was so happy that I didn’t notice the bad at first. I went back and then it hit me like a ton of bricks. The wheels had been taken off and replaced with some in branded mud covered, warped, and almost non rolling hubs. That really bummed me out because that wheelset was the first I ever built and trued myself. ****, I thought to myself. Then I inspected further. Realized they had either taken or cut off my hood fast straps. Then the worst came. I went to the NDS of the bike and saw that the bottom of the downtube and seat tube where they meet at the BB shell had been CRUSHED. So bad that it had cracked on parts of the downtube weld. I can’t even imagine how that was done! There are plenty of other minor dings and scratches all over the bike and it amazes me how much damage was done in just one week by some piece of SCUM!

Im very thankful that I at least got something back as apposed to nothing but damn! Also thankful to my friend for sticking up for me and what’s right and telling the person who brought it in that it was stolen and that he wasn’t gonna leave with the bicycle. My homie gave me the name and number to the guy who had it but his phone was off all day which is highly suspect. He said he got it off of someone else and that he has their info... but that could all be BS. I’ll give it a couple days before I call again and if I don’t get a response I’ll turn it over to the police. I’m not a fan of this and would rather settle it personally but if that’s not an option I’ll do it.

So! My situation hasn’t changed much... I could probably grind and re weld the cracks, but the tubing would still be crushed and always unsettling as to the safety of riding it. That being said I’m just going to continue with my plans of building up the Schwinn but hopefully save a few bucks in the components I recovered. What a day...