Monday

Three days off! I took Lawrence out for testing today since a monsoon is upon us. Everything worked more or less as expected. The five-speed cluster works well tho I am not used to the ratios. Handlebar is awful! I need to flip it over to get a little drop or better yet replace them with a flat bar. That and the saddle (tractor seat!) is way too close to the bar. Six or seven miles went by without too much difficulty but my knees hurt! Not having clips or cleats is just about no fun at all. The steel one piece crank has 1/2 inch threads which pretty much rules it out.

Mount: Lawrence the merciless
Test ride: 6

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