My little bike project(s)

[onimity]

Thanks, ladies. It feels really great to turn them into happy bikes again. My sis and I took a little ride on them this evening and they are working great, they really fly!

The stand at my LBS is great because it would be a big investment in tools and having the LBS undo all of my 'work' to do this sort of thing otherwise. A little bit of beer goes along way in getting help from the LBS guys.

It feels amazingly good to know that I put so much of the bikes together and yes the mechanic skills are going to help on my trip. That's part of why I wanted to do this now was to get prepared. I am so unbelievably excited.

Sandra, I am going touring (solo & self-supported!) in Patagonia, from San Martin (Argentina) down the Carretera Austral to Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world. I leave in 25 days.

Anne