Archive for March, 2009
Carrier Pigeon Diary 27
The diary entries have slowed as we simply haven’t spent much time on the box bikes recently. A combination of illness, foul weather and a spring break road trip (in grandpa’s plush SUV with the DVD player) have kept the tomato twins perched quietly in the garage. While I have continued my daily commute on [...]
Garden Diary 3
It’s been a month since I planted my veggie seeds for this year’s initial garden starts. After garnering good quality seedling growth, I fell a bit behind in transplanting my seed starts to larger pots. Whatever the case, I started the transfer process a couple of days ago. I’ve moved several seedlings from their trays [...]
Carrier Pigeon Diary 26
After the successful conversion of Goliath to an externally geared transmission with high-performance FSA crankset, it took little time to choose the same path for Big Beef. Fortunately the folks at Joe Bike were ready to go and had the slick new Sturmey-Archer freehub in stock. Before I knew it, the new wheel was built [...]
Home Heating Fuel Update
As posted on January 21, 2009, we’ve been using bear bricks as our preferred wood fuel since that same day. Since that date we’ve consumed 61 trays of bricks (12 two-pound bricks per tray). In 49 days we have used 732 total bricks, or approximately 1.24 trays (apx. 15 bricks) per day. As stated in [...]
Carrier Pigeon Diary 25
The recent conversion to an externally geared drivetrain continues to impress me with every ride. I haven’t ridden my wife’s bike much since the conversion, but each time that I do, I’m completely pleased. Today I shuttled my daughters to Fred Meyer, and the trip was just fantastic. With the 32T front chainring on the [...]
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