Greetings, all.

I still have a deflated lung from my crash on the the 29th of March.
This morning I went to the clinic and got an X-Ray to check on my healing progress.
My lung doctor didn't like what he saw and so he has sent me over to the BIG HOSPITAL to get my lung suctioned, in the hopes they can get it to pop back into shape.

As I write, I have a tube going through my chest wall, about right in the middle of my pectoral muscle, and it goes all the way through to the pleural sack, the lining around the lung.
I have a big bubble of air between the sack and the lung.
If I tried to fly right now, as I went up in altitude the outside pressure would decrease and the pressure in the bubble would stay the same, and so the bubble would get bigger and would further compress my lung.
So, they've hooked up a fancy suction machine to the tube in the hopes they can suck out the air in the bubble.
It looks like about a two hour process, so I asked them to hook me up to the internet so I could visit with folks.

Kinda interesting, to have my physical body plugged into the hospital by tubes and to have my personality plugged into this forum by the internet.

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I plan to put together a Steamroller as my winter ice bike, but, I might as well ride it this summer, too.
Every bike has a learning curve, and it would make sense to do the learning for this bike on dry pavement.

I have all my components selected.
A Miche Primato drive train appeals to me because I think it offers the same ability to fine tune the chainline as does a Phil Wood BB, but at much lower cost.
I remain open to new ideas.
Nonetheless, I want a perfect chainline.

The only thing still undecided has to do with summer tires.
I've got my winter tires picked out, but for summer tires I can't decide between the Nimbus Armadillos and the Panaracer T-Servs.
In 35mm, the Armadillos weigh half again as much as the Panaracers, but they do so because of the sidewall protection.
I ride with 23mm Armadillos on my Pista, and they go fast and handle OK.

I have 35mm Panaracer T-Serv's on another bike, and they have served me well and handle beautifully.
They offer good flat protection on the tread but not on the sidewalls, and that makes them lighter.
The Panaracer's handle beautifully, but a lot of that could come from the larger size.

So, does anyone have any experience with the 35mm Nimbus Armadillos?

Later.

first you go and drop the tao of bikido, then you post ...all wired up.....damn bro....

i tip my hat to you kind sir....

Dude, you should be posting pictures of this! Do you have any streaming video?

Ken - solid. I like the idea of you being attched to many pieces of technology - sounds sort of Anime-ish, if imagined it. Kind of you to drop by.

About the bike - the Miche set should serve well at a decent cost and will be nice since it's a groupo.

As for tires - since you're already running T-servs and skinny armadillos, why not go with something different and go with the Nimbus armadillos and see how they feel?

ken, i've been there with the chest tube thing (had two, actually). in there for about two weeks, hooked up to the vacuum thingy. not "comfortable," to say the least. hope everything works out for you and your lungs "even out" soon.

glad you're thinking about bikes in this situation, though.

Get well soon senseï. My father actually got a pair to put on a such and such geared bike, I'll try and ask him about them.

Too much carnage around here these days!!! Get well Ken and everyone else who's hurting!

I hope they get all the air out of there! My best friend had that "garden hose into the pleural sac" ... usually no fun going in. I'm sure you'll feel better when you regain structural integrity!

Hope you heal fully and soon.

get well, ken.

one warning on the miche drivetrain --the bolt spacing is 135. since miche is the only manufacturer that i know of that makes chainrings with that spaing, you're going to be pretty much stuck with miche. on the other hand, i love my miche cranks. here is a link for a site with chaep miche stuff:
https://stores.ebay.com/ITAL-TECNO-CO...eNameZl2QQtZkm

get well ,i know the hospital feeling. I was there today!

S/F,
CEYA!

I really hope that I'm not the only one picturing some hospital room with equipment that looks like the computer in Serial Experiments Lain, with wires going everywhere, big tubes of green cooling fluid, etc.

According to my young and unexperienced memory, as well as to sheldon brown, a bcd of 135 is (was) standard to campagnolo with 8 and 9 speeds.
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/gloss_bo-z.html

A quick search on ebay found these. Might be usefull
https://search.ebay.ca/135-bcd_W0QQfkrZ1QQfromZR8

Damn.

Suddenly I have an overwhelming urge to track down my copy of Neuromancer.

Always a worthy read.

That makes me think of the re-animator...

I always liked that genre. I like steamroller but no fender or rack mounts, right? I have this problem with water going up my back when it rains, and it rains a lot here in ks.

hope everything goes alright with your lungs. thats gotta be weird sitting there with all those tubes in your chest. you'll love the steamroller, for something so moderately priced it rides great. the miche components are good as well. although my miche wheelset has now been passed on to another biker, i still have the cranks and all, the set up was awesome while i had it. get well.