Thanks! Surgery was a success. He's still under some heavy anesthesia, but coming out of it slowly and all looks good. He gave us a scare, for sure.

Glad to hear your BB problems are resolved.

It counts as today, as it was past midnight - I removed the fixed-cup from the '71 Gitane, which required using the Sheldon Brown method involving a big bolt, the appropriate nut, and a buncha washers. Being French-threaded, I got to drive the whole thing out using a socket wrench with an extension through the BB shell driving the bolt head from the inside. I had my doubts for a while there, and I kept expecting the bolt head to break off, or something equally dire. But no, suddenly the cup began moving after much epic wrenching, and then it was all off.

The spindle has some serious pits in it now, and the adjustable cup has some odd-looking places with no chrome. I haven't pulled the remover from the fixed cup yet, but I suspect it will have problems, too. It was really weird - the grease the bearings ride in was rusty red-brown, while the grease further in was nice and clean and green. I remember now, though, that I got caught in a torrential downpour on a ride in early August, then wiped the bike down and hung it up and didn't ride it again until Monday - almost like somehow water infiltrated and found some unprotected metal to corrode. Strange, and I never encountered that before.

I have a gently used Phil Wood BB en route to me, which I will fit into the French-threaded Phil rings I bought several years go for another bike project and never used. I should be able to dial in the chainline perfectly for the ancient Stronglight 93 cranks I've fitted to five other fixed-gears since 1998, and then, hopefully, finally, I will have this bike dialed in.

Just got back from a quick 10ish mile ride down the Legacy Parkway Trail. Rode from the Jordan River OHV to Bountiful pond and back. Its a nice ride. Forgot my phone for pics though...

Great news!

Glad to hear your father's doing better!

Today I ate wall (a lot) on my first run with rollers.

today i made this for dinner:

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totwaffles, sharp cheddar, bacon, jalapeños cooked in bacon, avocado

if i die tonight i die happy.

^ nice

You had me at totwaffles. Today I gathered all the ingredients for homemade deodorant. I also gathered pulled pork and mac n' cheese.

I guess you already make your own borax & fels naptha laundry detergent too?

I received the Suntour cranks from Japan, I placed the order on Sat/Sun and it got here already. Dude ships faster than most U.S vendors!!!

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EMS is no joke. Esp when it's japan or coming from Western Europe or the oil nations. It all comes down to USPS dragging their feet anyhow...

Straight up DHL (none of that USPS middleman BS) on the other hand is scary fast. We've had work related stuff overnighted from halfway around the world and we find it on our desks the next morning.

Switched around the bars on my bikes and put new tape on caad. Specialized Roubaix tape feels amazing

No, but I may look into that.

Today I took the wabi out for 20 miles, I can't believe I was doing regular centuries on it

Did my bike coop orientation, signed up for shifts too. Hopefully it's cool.

Today was the first day of my welding sculpture class. My teacher is super cool and she is willing to teach me how to TIG weld steel because I can already weld with a torch. This is great because the chair I'm going g to make for my buddy will now have clean tig beads instead of ugly stick beads.

Nice! You learn a lot by teaching other people and the work can be very satisfying.

haha nice. that does look bomb.

its so bad how easy it is to make too, its like a 10 min meal that requires merely the knowledge of cooking bacon and gutting an avocado

otherwise youre just smashing **** into a waffle iron, im making everything in there from now on. its like a george foreman grill but way more awesome

oooh how I ever forgot I still have my ex's waffle iron.

Oh dang, wasn't aware of any of that.

I went downtown on a Saturday night for the first time in a long time. I forgot that people dress up to go out.

Put the Leader up on CL. Mixed feelings still

made grilled cheese in the waffle iron last night. its like a stuffed crust bonanza.

bye health.

today i got stung on the forehead by a bee an hour into my ride. man that sucked.