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Rode to Flight 93 for a flag ceremony. They installed a new pole at the learning Center and hoisted our nation's proud flag on Flag Day!

Rode to work as well... fixing to get damp on the ride home. Which means I'll be taking the long, safer way home.

Rode it up Mt Washington.




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Washed and waxed. Ill dirty it up tomorrow on a long ride.

Got it a little more prepared for Thursday's departure for Dubuque

Fixed the wiring for my lower right LED light which is mounted near the axle. With the ES upside down forks I had attached the wires to the brake area with a zip tie and next secured the wires with a zip tie on the un-moving upper fork stanchion. Every time the wheel moved up and down the wire flexed. Ultimately the stranded wire work-hardened then broke inside the insulation so the break was not visible. Fixed the broken wire only to find out the other wire to the LED was broken too. It took ~2 years before the wires broke. If you have wires attached to your ES like this you may want to take a look at changing the tie points.

On my way back to the garage to adjust the handlebars now.

ionbeam wrote: ↑Sun Jun 16, 2019 12:01 pmFixed the wiring for my lower right LED light which is mounted near the axle. With the ES upside down forks I had attached the wires to the brake area with a zip tie and next secured the wires with a zip tie on the un-moving upper fork stanchion. Every time the wheel moved up and down the wire flexed. Ultimately the stranded wire work-hardened then broke inside the insulation so the break was not visible. Fixed the broken wire only to find out the other wire to the LED was broken too. It took ~2 years before the wires broke. If you have wires attached to your ES like this you may want to take a look at changing the tie points.

Ionbeam,

A suggestion: you can find this idea using any weight of wire that does the job, just zip-tie the straight parts of the wire to the non-moving and moving parts of the bike. You should have a slight extension of the wire coil with the forks compressed, and more coil extension available than needed, with the forks extended. You can (gently) bungee-cord the coiled wire in the middle, to the fork tube. This avoids having the wire flexing around, when riding. I have used this idea on bikes in the past. Never had any problem. HTH.

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Red wrote: ↑Sun Jun 16, 2019 12:56 pm ...A suggestion:...just zip-tie the straight parts of the wire to the non-moving and moving parts...You can (gently) bungee-cord the coiled wire in the middle, to the fork tube. This avoids having the wire flexing around, when riding...https://www.carshopinc.com/images/MOR/MOR74115.jpg

Thanks for the suggestion. I think I got the wire attached in a way that won't concentrate flexing in any one spot and will let the whole wire gently move in the bridge across the moving area.

Rode to N Myrtle Beach,SC. Had a giant club sammich, ate myself into misery and visited with friends for a few. Glad I got the small. Rode home.

'Gave it a once over look-see and packed a few items into one pannier in prep for a little three day jaunt... Will pack the rest later tonight.
Heading out in the AM.

Still flat on my back, alternating between ibuprofen and naproxen for pain. My wife came home this morning and suggested that I go for a ride to B.C when my back is better to make up for not being able to go to CFR2019...

CollingsBob wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2019 12:40 pm Still flat on my back, alternating between ibuprofen and naproxen for pain. My wife came home this morning and suggested that I go for a ride to B.C when my back is better to make up for not being able to go to CFR2019...

Yer obviously all paid up on life insurance.

Just kidding of course, your wife sounds like a good one.

I had a great visit today with RossKean (FJRoss) who came and visited with me while he’s in Winnipeg to visit his daughter and her family.

Rode from Marten River Ontario to home via Manitoulin Island...
'Last day of a three day jaunt.

specs95t wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2019 6:31 pm Rode it up Mt Washington.




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We are gonn try and do this tomorrow!

I rode the 730 miles from Atlanta to Flatlands (Chicago) yesterday and landed at 0face's house just in time for dinner. He's still an asshole but he has a lovely wife.. And Tyler is here!

Heading to CFO today!

^^^ I'd enjoy weighting a seat at that dinner table, JSNS.....

I would like to ride somewhere besides back and forth to work.

Redfish wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2019 8:47 am I would like to ride somewhere besides back and forth to work.

Man, now that spring finally arrived, I'm loving riding to work every day! I'm saving about $50/week in gas alone. Rode again today. But I'm with ya, I need to get my ride on.

bungie4 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2019 11:01 am

Redfish wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2019 8:47 am I would like to ride somewhere besides back and forth to work.

Man, now that spring finally arrived, I'm loving riding to work every day! I'm saving about $50/week in gas alone. Rode again today. But I'm with ya, I need to get my ride on.

Haha, spring has arrived. I woke up to an Accuweather alert for Heat Advisory today. Do you know how bad it has to be in Texas for them to issue a heat advisory?

Actually not that bad, I think they were just warning us that our unseasonably cool June is over and it'll be 96F with higher humidity than normal (still not comparable to LA or FL though) so summer has almost arrived, triple digit temperatures are right around the corner.