My daughter and I took two rides last week, a two hour trip and a three hour trip. We stopped at a play ground, got some ice cream (she had a taste of mine) and just had a great time in the sun. I'm hoping for 2-3 rides this week depending on how busy we are. These past few rides have been really, really wonderful.

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This guy keeps following me around
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Now that you mention it, he follows me too. :)

You daughter is precious, keep taking her for those trailer rides. I founf it is also a good way to put them to sleep.

I've got the trailer all hooked up for today... just waiting on her to wake up from a nap and we are off. Hopefully that trailer will help me shed some of that baby weight too. I'm hoping for something like 2-3 rides a week. We'll see, time will tell. After 8 months of low activity (aside from caring for a newborn), being outside and active feels great.

New build I am working on today, hope to be riding tonight. 1978 TREK TX300 with 1st gen. Dura Ace, 1st gen. Suntour Cyclone, Dia Compe 500G brakes, NOS Suzue hubs...you know, the good stuff.
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p.s. lots of stuff in bloom right now in FL
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really interesting cactus bloom, not sure of the variety
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taro root bloom
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my pup Jasper taking in the scents
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I figure it's about time I posted a few pics in this thread, from a 9+ mile ride around town tonight.

Pics are of Lake Michigan, a section of the Ozaukee Interurban Trail, and the company that makes a few Presidential shoes.

Enjoy.

Progress...
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And ready to ride...got in about 10 miles tonight.
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Dang, nice looking Trek. So, how did your ride go?

Thanks! The ride went flawlessly I'm glad to report. :-)
The overall feel is sporty. The shifting is smooth & tight (I have to admit its much better than Campagnolo of this era) I really built this bike up as a 'copy' of my first real bike; a 1981 Trek, and its doing a great job of taking meto back to my early cycling days.
Heading out this morning to get the fit dialed in and then coming home to wrap the bars in classic black cloth.

Beautiful Boracay, Philippines
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And here we are under that lovely blue water
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My neighbor brought me a bag of croissants on Sunday. I debated eating them all, but ended up sharing them with my family. I regret it.

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Monday we had some friends visit and, as usual, did lots of cooking and drinking.

Hanger steak, flounder, creamed kale with mushrooms, cornbread and farro. A tomato is seen off to the side. Cherry clafouti and frozen Greek yogurt for dessert.

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I flushed a couple bunnies out of the liriope last night while trimming the grass.

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Took my son to work with me today. We rode the trolley to within a few blocks from work then rode the rest of the way

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Nice gloves, dude!

The international market had some interesting critters in the seafood department yesterday, live yellow eels and Vietnamese mud crabs:

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Two days ago, riding home from work.

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Yesterday, on a ride. Gonna do the same one again today before work.

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Beautiful scenery, I'm jealous!!

Our bunny rabbits.
Caramel and Howard.


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The daughter was helping put the bar tape on.

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She put that there herself, btw...

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My first personalised build, completed today.

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The view of Lake Washington from our apartment.

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New recycled tooth brush.

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Mt. Si

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Picked up some vintage 1930's or 40's gear today - from the estate of my moms 2nd cousin:

Made by Hutch in Cincinnati:

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Tag says J. C. Higgins:

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My 13yo baseball player thought these were really cool:

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More vintage WWII stuff:

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^cool! Very interesting items

Finally got some wrap on the bars, just not in this pic from my shakedown ride the other morning.
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Some sidewalk art i 'ran across'. zing!
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One final one - stamp on the sheath says U.S. M6 Sel Co, 1943

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That cactus looks like pitaya, or dragon fruit. If it is, it is an exquisite fruit. Keep an eye on it.
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Returning the favor to a very helpful C&Ver, I finally finished duplicating the drillium on a pair of first-generation Shimano Dura-Ace chainrings.

I'm not perfect, however, and the drill bit wandered on me twice (anodizing, particularly black, is hard stuff to get the pilot hole going on). Can you find where I touched up the oopses with black Sharpie?

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For the black, I had to find a silver Sharpie to do my layout - regular black wasn't going to cut it :)

After I got my reference points, I began with a small bit to do the pilot holes. I then wiped off any trace of silver Sharpie so I could determine if I had any adjustments to make with the larger bits. I made slight adjustments to some areas as I went along, and I'm happy with the result.

Oh, and this marked a first: today was the first time I drilliumed something other than Campagnolo :)

DD

This is up Maple Springs Truck Trail right before it becomes dirt. All the go fast boys on their carbon bikes stop at the gate at the top of Silverado Canyon Road. Maple Springs is a bit of a climb, but it's gorgeous up here, and it's very quiet. I saw two motorcycles and three boy scouts the whole time I was up here.

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