I guess the bike is back on the road sort of 🚲
Still having issues with derailuer being out of alignment but it looks like the frame is bent. Maybe I need to see what I can do with a pair of vice grips. A bigger issue is it looks like the chain got a kink in it, but I tried to straighten that with vice grips on the chain.
What I probably need is professional help, 🧑🔧 but I am not sure I want to drop hundreds of dollars on a 3 year old, fairly basic bike with lots of issues and half repairs I’ve done over the years. Hoping I can get the bike running though good enough for commuting around town, I did ride about 2 or 3 miles yesterday, and might go for a test ride out to Arboretum this morning. 🌲🪿 I have a feeling that the chain issue will straighten itself out now it’s lubricated and somewhat straightened just by putting some miles on it. That said, Tuesday and Wednesday look awful hot so I might just bus it in to avoid the heat.
Yesterday I’m sure the local bike store had their used bike sale, 🚲 and maybe I should have looked a t that. Or look at getting a second bike at the end of the season. I think I want to keep riding the bike to work. The local bus and transferring to the shuttle 🚀 kind of sucks, especially the time I have to wait in the evening for the next bus home. 🚍 I have thought about potentially getting a 25-year old Honda Civic or otherwise getting rid of SuperDuty but I like my big truck but not for commuting. I could also move closer to the office to avoid the transfer, but I like the bike. ⚙️ Getting that good quality but not cheap Quick Link tool made swapping the chain super easy. I guess just not having the bike running well and not being able to get around means I feel so immobile, which sucks with such beautiful weather. I realize part of my problem is I buy shit tools or lack the right tools, and I need to also get quality parts. Like from the bike store, not the China Crap you get on Amazon. I realize getting rid of the old bike shouldn’t be hard, if I left it on the road with a free sign, chances are a scrapper would get it in a few days. Or I could take it to the scrap yard with some of the other metal crap I’ve accumulated over the years. ♻️ Shit builds up when you don’t have trash service but mostly burn and do a can run to transfer station once a year.
Maybe I’m just pissed I missed the car show 🛺 at the Power Authority, or otherwise spent my weekend out at the Mine Kill Pool. 🏊♂️ Next weekend looks stormy ⛈️ though anything could change over the next five days. Assuming I get mostly caught up on work over the next few days, and the weekend is decent, I may well take off Friday to head out Schoharie and also Shauls. 🧅 🍆 🌽 Maybe do Bromley Mountain Firetower in Delaware County, that’s been on my bucket 🪣 list for some time now.
Went to the Henry Hudson Park 🛶 and paddled back to the falls on the Vlomans Kill and around on the Hudson River for a couple of hours then sat down by the river as the sun set. 🌇 Pretty nice evening, listened to more of the Audio Book, the Crazies by Amy Gunerman about the politics around a wind farm development on ranch land in Montana. 🌵 Flipped through a few E-books then drove back home, stopping at Walmart as I wanted to get more cottage cheese. I missed having cottage cheese and Greek yogurt all winter, 🥣 but now that my rig is working, I don’t worry about the excess plastic trash. Honestly, when I seperate it out, it’s kind of fun to watch those containers melt and burn, but regardless compacted and burnt, they still make some nice bright flames. 🔥 Lot of salt in cottage cheese, though that’s why I like to have it moderation.
