First long ride of the season, Arivaca 400k out of Tucson.
Wheel building stuff. Velocity Dyad 26s laced to shiny hubs from White Industries and SON. The dial gauge is unnecessary, but fun, and useful when reusing rims as it makes it easier to isolate minor rim flaws that don’t affect the overall true of the wheel.
Early morning ride back to the airport.
Brompton climbs in the hills around Barcelona and Girona
Bromptons from the airport in Barcelona
In other “single purpose things I made” news. This black bit sets bearing preload on QR White Industries hubs. Slide tool onto QR skewer, loosen hub set screws, close QR lever, tighten set screws, preload adjustment done
Building a flight case for frame coupled bikes and folders. Made from super burly 1050D nylon it folds into a duffle or backpack. It’ll also mount between the seat and rack on a Brompton. 95% done in these shots. I still need to bind the interior seams and scrub the off the chalk marks.
Sunshine and clear roads at the start, snowing by the end. Got away with it this morning.
Wheel building stuff. Turning the blue bike into a double-double. I don’t know why I weighed it
And it seems so nice out.
