Rattlecan

Congratulations, and happy anniversary!

As they say, whichever direction your marriage is headed, a tandem will get you there faster.

Mine originally had a 5 speed derailleur drive train with a drum brake on the rear and caliper on the front. I converted it to a Shimano Nexus 8 speed with roller brakes front and rear. I replaced the original 571mm rims with 559s so the caliper brake was not going to work. The bike actually works very well, and has a reasonably good ratio range as long as you don't head for the big hills.

Yup. 65 pounds of Chicago electroforged goodness. The tubing is so thick, I didn't even need rivnuts to install the bottle cages. I was able to just drill and tap.

I own a tandem that was given to me by the original owner who purchased it new in the mid 60s. It is a Schwinn Twinn Deluxe, date of manufacture according to the Schwinn serial data base is Oct 22nd 1964. I did a complete resto mod on it including a paint job, new wheels and drive train hoping my wife would get into it, but it only took her a couple of tries to determine that she hated it. I got some use out of it when my grandkids were small, but in recent years, it has been stored in my mother's garage and her neighbour kids use it from time to time. Photo is with my son and grand daughter who is now 15, so it was a while ago.

Yup that’s pretty much it. Butter tarts and poutine should factor in too

Fort Meyers is just for passing thru on the way to Sanibel.

Canada day!

Yes, it originally had a Fatty Headshok. It caused nothing but grief, so once I was no longer interested in riding in the rock gardens, I swapped it out for a suspension corrected rigid fork. A 1 1/2 to 1 1/8" reducer made it possible.

Well, that's not a colour I would chose for myself but I do kinda like it.

Yeah, bikes generally, and cars too for that matter have become very drab. That's why a nice colour really stands out now.

One of the bikes I sold a couple of years ago has come back into my possession. I sold it to a school teacher that wanted it to commute to work, but has been transferred to another school that is too far from home, so no longer has need of it. He needs new wheels for his other bike, so we struck a deal for a new set of wheels and some cash. I am going to make some changes to it. I never really did get used to those butterfly bars. I just wanted to give them a try, but I am going to swap them out for something else. I'm thinking maybe an Albatross bar or something like that with a bit of a back sweep. Here is a link to the thread I posted when I sold it. https://squarewheelscycling.com/index.php?/topic/90196-n-1/&tab=comments#comment-826396 It will take some cleaning to get it to look like this again.

You know the difference between a Yankee and a damn Yankee? The Yankee knows when it’s time to go home.

Now, up here we say Molson Coors (mostly without the Coors). Not that I ever drink the stuff unless I'm the guest and that's what's offered.

Better get some of that weight to the front of the trailer, or it's going to be really unstable.

What, it's snowing where you are?

Haven't updated this for a while, but we are getting the trailer ready for a camping adventure next week. Not much left to do on the build, but I did install a window in the door last week. I shot some video while I was doing it, so when I get some time, I will process that and upload it. I actually have more videos to do on the completion of the kitchen, etc, so maybe I will get that done while we are camping. The next project will be to add two more solar panels so we can be a bit more self sufficient. I'm going to order those when we return home and hopefully they will arrive in time so I can get them installed in time for our next outing in mid July. Oh yeah, meanwhile, I also got an external transmission cooler installed on the car. I outsourced that job, although I could have handled it myself, but I didn't really feel like pulling the whole front of the car apart in the driveway, and I was also way too busy with bike wheels and stuff. Let the fun begin.

I was thinkin more cat dancing on the keyboard.

Happy birthday!

Happy --th birthday!

Those files may be classified.

Dreudgery.

Happy birthday, oh fearless leader! Have an awesome day!

Some of the mountain bike trails I rode around Colorado Springs were said to be as much as 8,000 ft. Sure noticed the thinness of the air up there. Somewhere on one of those trails, I must have picked up some dust with NOR (naturally occurring radiation) because my bike set off the sensors at airport security. The guys that unpacked my bike and checked it over said it happens all the time.

I rode around in the Garden of the gods quite a bit when I was there for a couple of weeks while attending Barnett's a bunch of years ago. The motel I was staying at was right at the entrance, so all I had to do was go out the door, mount up, and I was in the Garden. Very cool spot.