Bike fitting party with Wahine and Knot

[Xrayted]

Thanks for the pics!

Thank you Knot for being a gracious hostess while we tramped mud into your carpet. Thank you Wahine for showing Kit how to unlock the knot in my shoulder using a pressure point. I still feel great on that side. Thank you BIAK for all of the hard work you did on so many bikes yesterday. It was nice talking to you after the ride and meeting your wonderful children. I hope your little girl is feeling better today.
It was wonderful seeing some familiar faces and just as nice meeting some new ones. I hope we all get to hang out again real soon.
A special thank you to Mary for her funny and caring encouragement as we almost dropped some lungs getting up those hills.

We got home at about 11:30 last night. We stopped by the Seattle Flagship REI on out way home to pick up the bike rack that they put aside for me. When I called them yesterday morning, the guy assured me he had it in hand and it was the correct one. (they're the only one who has it in stock anywhere near us and I wanted to see it in person before buying) It turned into one long 90 minute error. We didn't end up taking it home because as it turns out, they didn't actually have it afterall. They could only find the one with a 2" connector instead of a 1 1/4". I was rather perturbed for having waited that whole time with the anxiety of needing to get back here for my on call at the hospital. We barely made it back in time. Thankfully, I never got called in last night and slept very soundly until 9am this morning.

Okay, off to our favorite little diner to get b-fast and go look at some bikes from craigs list. (motorcycles this time.)

See y'all next time!

[sgtiger]

Thanks for the pics!
A special thank you to Mary for her funny and caring encouragement as we almost dropped some lungs getting up those hills.

+1

Glad you and Kit made it home safely. I'm sorry you weren't able to get your bike rack. That bites. At least now you've seen it and can perhaps get the correct one ordered for you?

[KnottedYet]

I had leftover party food for breakfast! MMMMMMM!!!!!!!

And someone left gluten-free beer here, that's for lunch!

(right now I'm gonna have another piece of flourless chocolate torte, thanks L+M!)

[sgtiger]

That tort is divine! Knot, do you need help polishing it off? Dunno, maybe I need to switch sides and try to steal L away from MM_QFC. It's a good thing I like MM_QFC too much to do that; and ,ya know, there is BIAK to consider.

Thanks everyone for the yummy fair.

[MM_QFC!]

Hey again,
Great pics, all - thanks! I'll add a few here too, plus one of us at our 1/2point in our short, sunny ride yesterday. There was the cutest little toddler who touched each of our wheels while we were stopped, then squealed with delight. He stopped and stayed at sgtiger's beautiful green Rodriguez, as he was holding his own green cup...
The clouds were hiding the Olympic mountains, but we did enjoy the goings-on at the beach park, sea kayakers and ferry crossings, plus a makeshift teeter-totter with REALLY big driftwood; that sight prompted Wahine to share an anecdote about a teachable moment - ya know, muscles and joints and bones i.e. levers/fulcrums. We were a rapt audience for yoda!
Sorry that your stop at REI was more frustrating than productive, X and Kit; but, at least it sounds like you found it without a tour of the city!
Glad you are continuing to enjoy Linda's torte, Knot and sgtiger - you're too funny - thanks for posting the Pike Brewing's Kilt Lifter Ale info for Bruno et al...yummy stuff...ALL of the food was yummy and thanks too, to RaleighDon for his gorgeous creation...mmmm!
Sorry, I didn't caption the pics, so I will do so here:
1) Dex and Boy with an apron NOT a kilt today
2) boy w/o a kilt works on wheel while beer and food flow
3) Wahine and Eden
4) TrickyTiger, Wahine, Xrayted, Kitsune, MM_QFC!, Eden, SGTiger at the beach park

[kelownagirl]

Sp did you all go for a ride after as well?

[MM_QFC!]

Sp did you all go for a ride after as well?

KG - yep, just posted the pic and so you'll see that we enjoyed a beautiful ride together yesterday too.

[Kano]

Sorry, I didn't caption the pics, so I will do so here:
1) Dex and Boy with an apron NOT a kilt today
2) boy w/o a kilt works on wheel while beer and food flow
3) Wahine and Eden
4) TrickyTiger, Wahine, Xrayted, Kitsune, MM_QFC!, Eden, SGTiger at the beach park

First, it looks like a great party! Seattle would have been a great place to be this weekend!

Got a question about the first picture in this bunch of pictures, please?

That wheel, Boy in Apron. Truing it, yes? You have something in your hand --what is it, please? Is it something that would be helpful for DH? He gets to work on his wheel fairly frequently, since he breaks spokes every now and again. (one day, he annoyed himself greatly: kicked the wheel inadvertently unclipping, took out several!) He's getting pretty good at truing, but maybe there are some tools that he doesn't have yet that would make it easier?

Kano -- (always looking for gift ideas, since he's really hard to buy for!)