Silver Case

Ling and Luke finally reached an agreement. The 4-year-old negotiator wanted five stickers in exchange for a haircut. They eventually settled on three.

On his way home from school

In the meantime I’ve been tensioning a pair of 406mm wheels for Le Chacal. I’m using the truing stand I built from another’s plan. I have many grievances with the design. Cheap, light plywood is a big contributor. I’ll have to modify this thing later, but in the meantime I need to get Le Chacal ready for Italy, and this means lighter wheels and a transmission with higher gearing.

Oh, and I have to repair the Dahon by building a new headset clamp. I’m going to turn an aluminum plug on the lathe, thread it with a helicoil plug, dress it with some grooves to hold epoxy, and then I’ll pin it through the steerer tube.

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