A less encumbered photo! Some random details... gearing is 38x16. I've probably had the chainglider on five years, maybe a bit more. I put on the Surly chainring to work with the chainglider. I think I've flipped it once. I haven't been very disciplined about replacing chains... my plan is to put on a new chain when I do the oil maintenance, and then maybe the sprockets will last longer. I have the threaded sprocket... I think I'm on my second and haven't flipped it yet. I think I have one more stashed away, & then will have to get the converter thing. Maybe I should stock up while the stocking is good, I don't know.
Tires are Marathon Plus Tour. Ha, today was a first, I spotted what I thought was the plant where goathead thorns come from, I squatted down and explored, yup, goathead thorns! These tires do very well here. I do get flats occasionally, but not very often. I'm on my second set of blue Swiss brake pads for the CSS Andra 30 rims. Probably the wet weather braking is really rotten by now but it barely rains here in the desert!
You might be able to see, with the wire from the headlight to the tail light, I have it wrapped loosely around the fork through those double plates. I found that the tail light wire would tug and pull itself out of the headlight. Hasn't done that since my loose wrap solution was installed!
That's an ABUS Bordo lock on the back of the seat tube at the bottom. I don't leave the bike for long and it's not a high theft area, plus almost nobody has a clue what this bike is all about. The practicality of storing the lock like that, easy on and off, is hard to beat.
That's a Carradice SQR block on the seatpost. Gotta say that support system weighs a ton! But it works! I like the springs on the Brooks Flyer, they save my sit bones when I hit a pot hole or whatever. Mostly I try to get up off the saddle if I see it coming, but sometimes with traffic etc., I have other things on my mind.
They're Thorn comfort bars. I'm on my second set of grips. The first were the Ergon #1 which don't have bar ends. These are the #5 I think - I like the bar ends a lot.
Yeah MKS Lambda pedals. I started off transferring clipless pedals from my previous bike. It was cold weather that got me switching to platforms. I have warm boots, why not wear them?! I am perfectly happy with the platform pedals. I had some different platforms on at first... I think I switched to these for the better grip. I mostly wear 5.10 shoes unless it gets plenty cold.
Thanks for the good wishes, John... between politics and pandemic, what a mess! Utah hit a new record today for new cases. We're up 4x since early September. Hospitals are pretty much full. A mild state of panic seems to be setting in - they broadcast an alert to pretty much all the cell phones in the state! But of course people don't see why they should be inconvenienced... I'm glad to have a bike, to wheel my worries away!
