Good news! The package arrived in the late afternoon mail today!
The bad news...it had been soaked to the point where the printed bar codes had run, making it impossible to track. Online tracking shows it still in New York. Fortunately, enough of the address was present for it to make the trip, albeit without having to sign for it.
Other bad news: I ordered two items but only received one. The package was pretty squished and looked as if it had been opened by Customs (but no note from them), so perhaps it fell out? Or was not included? The seller is a really nice person, so I'll contact them next. Probably just an oversight.
In other news, I'm converting the tandem from self-energizing cantilevers to v-brakes. I took a fall on wet leaves while riding it back from the coast. My hand was caught between pavement and brake lever on impact (ouch). I'd hoped this might have cushioned the brake lever; it did, but the lever body still fractured. An old Dia-Compe Aero Gran Compe AGC250, there's no replacements available, hence the changeover. Hoping this setup will require a bit less hand pressure on long descents where the Arai drum brake is already doing its best to help. 100kmh+ is fine fun until I need to haul things down quickly for a 40kmh corner.
Probably enough craic for now.
Best,
Dan.
