Small World

Went out this morning for a 25 mile ride to Alum Rock Park. While I was resting at the peak of the climb another cyclist comes up and we get to chatting. Turns out he mountain bikes with a bunch of my roadie friends from Siclista.

It was nice to meet you Jessie. Hope to see you on some of our Sunday rides.

1990 Bridgestone RB-1

This bike was my sister's 1st road bike. When mountain biking started to pick up in popularity the bike was not being used much at all. I offered to take it off her hands in exchange for a personal computer. Back then I was riding my Tommasini SLX, then my Eddy Merckx Ti. This bike just hung in my garage for the longest time or was lent out to friends wanting to try out road biking.

I decided it was time to dust it off, upgrade it and bring back into action. The Ultegra STI components lying around in the garage that were previously on the Eddy Merckx found their way on to the RB-1. Initially I was going to put on some downtube shifters on but decided to go STI.

Now the RB-1 has a new purpose in life...to be ridden.

A New Bike for My Honey

It was time to look for a bike for the wife. The old bike she had was having problems with the 1st generation STI shifters not wanting to change gears. It was either buy new parts to upgrade or look for a good deal on a bike. I chose the latter. Results? A brand new 2008 Fuji Finest 1.0 found on eBay. So much lighter than her old bike.

Never Hurts To Call

A while back, my Topeak Micro Rocket CB handle separated. It looks like the sleeve became unglued from its base. I probably could have fixed it by super glueing it back on, but I decided to contact Topeak's customer service. After explaining what had happened to the pump, they offered to send me a replacement part. They even went further to tell me if that didn't fix the problem, they would send me a whole new one!

I recieved the replacement part and it worked like a charm! The pump is back in service. Thanks Topeak for great customer service!