I hope the environment appreciates how much a pain building this bike was...

[Crankin]

Catriona, I know exactly what you mean when you say your Surly feels like a tank. I feel the same way about my Jamis errand bike. But, I love her anyway! I will never go fast on this bike, but I am always smiling when I ride her.
When I am on my Kuota, I feel the need to prove that I can go fast enough to justify me owning such a light bike. Not that it works...

[tulip]

Those are some nice boats! I live fairly close to the Chesapeake Bay and there are several boat building outfits that offer summer boat building camp (for adults). I'm awfully tempted, but I know I have to pay down this kitchen first...so NEXT year will be Tulip's Year of the Kayak.

Gorgeous!

[Cataboo]

Oooh.... Soma eurotrip fenders are pretty - pretty.
http://www.somafab.com/eurotripfenders.html

Red fenders might be too much though. (let's see how many days I can resist ordering these)

[7rider]

I thought you were thinking more along the lines of these.
I know you could find something to set off the red nicely here.

BTW...Great wooden boat. Reminds me a bit of my friend's wherry - which for her, is a seatless work-in-progress.

[Zen]

(let's see how many days I can resist ordering these)

Oh my.
I wonder what those pink ones would look like on the FX....I don't see prices though.

I can't afford a dollar meal hamburger right now. I was in the shop yesterday when the PI rep was there and saw an irresistible wool jacket

[Cataboo]

I am, however, the red's fast & easy and just requires me typing in a credit card number. I could have instant gratification. The wood requires effort and will probably take a while before I halt my busy forum posting schedule to figure out what I'm going to do and do it.

The wherry looks great - how long is it? my boat's been chopped down a bit because I complained the deck was going to be too high, and while it's got great 2ndary stability and you can basically lean it to an inch of the top - I haven't wanted to take it out unfinished because of water splashing in. I typically paddle the blue boat in the pictures - which is maybe 15.5 feet long, and isn't the greatest boat for going fast & straight in, however it turns at the drop of a hat... (It is an excellent boat for going out in waves though)... The wood boat's 17 foot long and should have a lot more carrying space and be faster.

Having the 2 plastic boats means that the wood boat isn't progressing as fast as it would if I didn't have an alternative...

[Cataboo]

Oh my.
I wonder what those pink ones would look like on the FX....I don't see prices though.

I can't afford a dollar meal hamburger right now. I was in the shop yesterday when the PI rep was there and saw an irresistible wool jacket

They seem to be about $43

http://www.harborcountrybike.com/New...0_off_s/85.htm

has the hybrid sized ones for that, with free shipping & a 10% off coupon. But they don't have the road bike size.

[7rider]

[QUOTE=Catriona;403760]I
The wherry looks great - how long is it? QUOTE]

It's about 14-15'. It was a high school shop class project that we picked up for her at the end of the school year. They talk about adding a deck (and seat ) and other things...but so far, it's pretty bare bones. I haven't paddled it, but she finds it surprisingly light and nimble and enjoys it. It sees only flat water (like Jug Bay, where that picture was taken....a trip TE DC will need to make again this year!).

[solobiker]

Those are all nice looking boats. We want to make a smaller canoe, I think DH said about 7' long and fairly light. He would like to hike in with it to remote lakes. We will see, we have been busy with lots of other projects. His canoe that he built is very steady and tracks striaght, but can be a challenge in windy conditions.

[Cataboo]

I forced myself to do my taxes, which convinced me that I shouldn't buy fenders or new handlebars yet. There's nothing like reality & fiscal responsibility to ruin my fun.

The replacement 700x28 tire came today... I'd originally ordered 2 700x28, he sent me a 700x28 & a 700x25... They didn't have another 700x28, so had to order the new model of 700x28 which has protech sidewalls or whatever.

So I've just put that tire on... and it's smaller than the old model 700x28. Sizably. The old model 700x25 might have been bigger than it.

*grump*

I guess it's not a huge deal having 2 different sized tires, but I'm irked.

[madscot13]

I know for a while I had a smaller tire on the back of my bike. It drove me crazy. eventually I switched it out. Maybe you can put the smaller tire on the front and pretend you are racing?

Umm how hard is it to build a canoe? sounds interesting.

[Cataboo]

I'm guessing that was a spammer, but since I got a reminder for this thread, this is what the bike's at now... I just put simple grips on & the different sized front tire on it. I'll deal with fenders & different handlebars later. I'm debating between the hammered honjo fenders on velo orange or the soma ones... Or making wood ones eventually. I could get the VO milan or tourist bars to share shipping if I got the honjos, or the soma whatevers to share shipping if I get the soma fenders.

But I'll just ride the bike for now

[sgtiger]

Very cool! It looks great.

[madscot13]

where was that boat building class? was it on the potomac? I'm inept but interested

[tulip]

where was that boat building class? was it on the potomac? I'm inept but interested

Every summer there's a weeklong boat building "camp" in Deltaville, Virginia, which is on the end of the Middle Peninsula on the Chesapeake Bay (western shore). I've been tempted to sign up or two years now, but my attentions have been drawn elsewhere. Maybe next year...