Originally Posted by
Prowler
The morning cup of coffee is just right today. Sunday's are a different routine here: wind the grandfather's clock, fill my vitamin cups for the week and brew coffee with our old stove top percolater. That percolater reminds me, each week, of my father (gone under the ground these many years now). We would both get up early and he would brew his Navy coffee on the stove (WWII submariner). I would watch and smell it floating across the kitchen. He was my hero.
I drink the coffee, read BF as I cannot stomach the news anymore, and think about where to take my Trek 850 drop bar conversion today. Or maybe install the newly refurbished wheel set on my outdated Nishiki International, then test ride it for a few hours. Hmmmmmmm.
Well, it seems I'm not the only one. Coffee seems to bring us to "life" every morning. I use the french press, because of its stronger taste. What year is that Trek 850 you have? I remember that I bought a Trek 930 in November '93, and a month later a Trek 820 for my son, he was 7 years old then. 4 months later, we were both competing in MTB races...tough. We also trained in roads around the city. The Trek 930 had True Temper tubes, very sweet and strong. I lost it, unfortunately...got stolen.