Hot
It’s just been disgustingly hot and humid here. 90F and raining. Today was particularly appalling. I watched Luke trampolining before I made coffee this morning and after just two minutes ended up sweating through my shirt into a truly sopping mess. I dried out under high power airconditioning in the car. But I had a meeting at 10am at a local coffee shop. I made the mistake of sitting outside. I don’t know what happened to me, but I just soaked through to an unheard of extent. The only thing that didn’t get wet was the outer layer of my cuffs. So, so gross. Thank God I had an extra shirt in the office.
Dahon Bicycle
Dug out my Dahon Mu XL today, to check it out for riding to work tomorrow. I had to adjust the toe-in of the front brakes. They were squealing like harpies. Did a rough job, but they’re fine now. For some reason I cannot find V-Brakes in my Barnett manual. (Unless they are called something else or I didn’t look close enough.) I also suspect that the brake pivots are a bit gummy or need some adjustment too.
Not sure about the headset. Either the headset or the extended handlebars have a slight wobble to them. I think I tightened the headset some, but I can still feel the wobble, so I suspect it’s a mix of headset and handlebars.
While I was screwing with the brake pads I noticed that the front wheel doesn’t coast very well. It definitely doesn’t coast for long w/ the dynamo on. But even off it’s not much better (spins free for < 5 seconds). I don’t know if I just never noticed how much friction there was before, or if the hub needs some maintenance and lube to loosen it up.
I found an old handmade messenger bag in my crate. I chose my smaller one since I don’t have too much stuff to bring tomorrow. I already depot’d several changes of clothes and toiletries in a suitcase at work.
Food
A friend passed me a recipe for rosemary syrup, lemon, and vodka today. Came at a perfect time, as we have extremely sappy, pungent rosemary growing in our front yard and Ling’ mom returned from Moscow at 6am this morning, with two bottles of vodka for me.
Next week he’s bringing over some buffalo steaks from Canada as well as more kielbasa and some dry aged (!!) ribeye.
Luke’s Birthday Party on Sunday
23 kids coming. 10am. Wow. At least it’s at a kids’ gym, not our house.
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