First, the bike:
My history shows I logged 375 on the road and climbed over 24,000 feet. I did get to ride with Team Athens several times on their Weds. Worlds ride. They dropped me each time, but I am averaging 60 miles a week, a typical daily ride for those kids.
I was noticing trouble with shifting and drive-train noise on the Masi. Katsu did his best to adjust the shifting, but it was still there. I also began to notice a snapping/creaking from the crankset. Found the Jagwire in-line adjuster for the rear was broken. Athens Cycle Path replaced them with metal ones and the shifting is like new. Katsu could not find the noise in the crank so I pulled the crankset, cleaned it, and re-installed it per the manual. Noise is gone. Of course, I had replaced my 18 year old pedals thinking that was the source of the noise first. Feel like I have a brand new bike again.
The family:
I have taken a sabbatical from playing guitar at church. This allowed me to visit some close friends when their daughter was baptized, in the Ohio River. We took over the boat ramp in Belpre on a very nice Sunday afternoon.
Ethan's birthday really sneaked up on me. We didn't want to just buy him more "stuff" so I took the day off from work and we went to Magic Mountain in Columbus to ride Go-Karts. He had a blast (even Shelly enjoyed it). Finished it off with some ribs from City BBQ. Followed the next day with a mountain bike ride on the Athens Trails to Stroud's Run, a picnic lunch of Miller's chicken and fried perch, then a kayak paddle on the lake with his mom.
Of course Brock requires much less for a good time, a pile of rocks would be fine...
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