darkemeralds: Old French poster of bicycle with naked flame-haired woman. (Bike)
darkemeralds ([personal profile] darkemeralds) wrote2009-11-29 12:27 am

Back together again

It took me less than an hour to reassemble Clyde today. While I was at it, I cleaned him up a little, then degreased and re-lubed the chain (I now have pink dishwashing gloves on board for this sort of thing--my sister thinks that's lame, but the black-fingernail look is not Cycle Chic!), then rode a few blocks.

A tentative thumbs up: the rear tube seems to be holding.

Now I'm obsessed with making my own panniers. I found an Instructable on the subject (I love Instructables!), and now I'm on eBay bidding on old beat up leather messenger bags that might be converted.

On a completely unrelated note, Ciao Bella's Malted Milk Ball Gelato is worth a trip to the store. It's malted-flavor gelato with chocolate malt balls in it! I'm sort of hooked.

(Anonymous) 2009-12-05 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
I would love to see the results of this pannier project!

-Dottie