My goal for 2025 is to ride Fredo all the way around "the Monument", as we used to call what is now Saguaro National Park East's Cactus Loop Drive, without walking any of it. I've done that on my brother's Clem Smith, Jr., but the problem with both toe clips and clipless for me is starting on a hill - I don't feel safe wobbling while trying to clip in. Plan A is to try simply cinching up the toe-straps enough so that I can ride with the pedals upside down without any scraping (I don't wear cleats with the toe-clips - can't reach the straps safely anymore). Plan B is to change to flat pedals, for both Fredo and Blue Bella.

Prior to meeting my brother in Tucson, I also want to have Fredo's head badge affixed:


Early April, here we come!

God willing.