Bang!

QB 2.0, a photo by Gino on Flickr.

Gino's done bike. HAWT.

First official Gourgoutis®™ rack done

First official Gourgoutis®™ rack done, a photo by Gino on Flickr.

Powedercoated rack on Gino's bike!

Temporary Commuter

Temporary Commuter, a photo by jimgskoop on Flickr.

Borrowing my wife's Bianchi while I get another bike together. Dug out my old TImbuk+saddlebag hack to haul stuff. Yesterday I zip-tied a crate on the rear rack and dumped the bag in it, but that sucked -- too much tail-wagging-the-dog for me. This is quite a bit better.

I do like front-loading better, even on a high-trail bike, me thinks.

Mini Velo

Would love to ride one of these some day!

Well, that was short-lived.

Dammit., a photo by jimgskoop on Flickr.

Figures this would have to happen on my first day back to bike-commuting. Damnit!

I think this happened due to 1) old frame 2) 130mm rear hub in 126mm frame and 3) the locknuts on the Paul hub are very large/wide so they probably torqued the dropouts in a weird way, in conjunction with (2).

I probably should've respaced the frame when I mounted the new rear wheel. Sigh.

Riding!

Riding! a photo by jimgskoop on Flickr.

After 2 months to heal, I'm back on the bike...maybe.

Machine Screw Sizes

I never can remember this stuff...so here it is:

Size	Diameter (inch)	Usage
0	.0600	uncommon
1	.0730	uncomon
2	.0860	uncommon
3	.0990	uncommon
4	.1120
5	.1250	uncommon
6	.1380	commonly used small
8	.1640	very common
10	.1900	very common
12	.2160	common but large
1/4	.2500
5/16	.3125
3/8	.3750

From http://www.mechanicsupport.com/articleScrewSize.html