With my new Dawg Deluxe (shown to the right) on it's way, it's time to evaluate my fleet of bikes. You see, here in Boulder it's quite normal for everyone to have between 2-3 bikes per person: a road bike, a mountain bike and an around-town bike. People also often have cruiser bikes, cyclo-cross bikes, single-speed mountain bikes, hardtails (mtn bikes with no rear suspension), tandem bikes, recumbant bikes and even the occassional unicycle. We're a bike crazy town. The condition of my personal fleet however, is in sad shape. My current Jamis Dakar XLT is the rolling wounded: it needs a new rear dereilleur and chain, new cable housing and a good cleaning. My around-town GT needs a new stem, a new shifter/brake and possibly a paint job. My humble Giant road bike needs an all-around tune up and some brake work. Of the three, it's the only one in functioning condition.
I like bike repair work, don't get me wrong, but bikes are very delicate instruments. I consider myself a decent car mechanic but the finer parts of bike maintenance can drive me crazy. Nevertheless, the fleet aims to be repaired and back on the road/dirt soon enough!
Other than that it's Friday (woot!) This is my first relaxing weekend since oh, February so I hope to sleep in a little, hang with Mystic and maybe even play outdoors.
