six months in blogger limbo

I'm back onto writing posts. Fuck me if people don't actually read this thing.

Where to start?
Soo's got a smoking Rodriguez. Mostly Veloce, wheels built by yours truly. It's green, really goddamn green. And it fits properly. Seeing her on her terry was a sight to behold and not in a good way. It's like this. Terry makes their top tubes short because typical women have shorter torsos than typical men of the same height. To get around toe overlap problems on their smallest bikes, they use a 24" wheel.

The 24" wheel was an abomination. Soo doesn't have a short upper body. I'm 5'9" she's 5'1". Standing she comes up to my chin. Sitting she comes to my eyebrow. Mind you, I have a short torso for a man.

The guys at rodriguez built her up a sweet bike. She likes it and looks much more comfortable. Plus she's actually riding the fucking thing.

Tomorrow, she's seeing how far she can ride on her own. She rarely has the chance to ride without me or the spawn.

I've stripped my bike down a bit. No fenders (of course it rained the first day I rode without fenders) and no racks. 700x28c tires. It's still not a light, nimble racing machine but it feels pretty good.

I've finally got the fit right again. For some reason I'll get things dialed in, then I'll start fucking with things. At some point in the past, I decided to loosen the tensioning nut on my leather saddle. I almost replaced the saddle it hurt my gooch so badly. But I got things back to where they should be. Bike fit happiness.

I also put a new stem on. I think it's a Specialized Team Flip Flop. It claims four positions but I can only find two. Regardless. It's the right size and has the right amount of rise. I shoulda done that years ago.

Soo and I are riding the STP together. This is going to be interesting.