And, Another One Bites the Dust

Another bicycle has left the house, and we are getting down to the core of what we'll keep in the new home (again, if the new house acquisition actually transpires). Today, Sam's Globe Haul was sold to a lovely woman who is working on her master's degree at Regis in Denver.

Globe Haul stock image

She seemed to like the bike and we both hope it will be a good ride for her to get around. She actually lives in the neighborhood we'll be moving to soon, so I told her not to be surprised if I see her rolling down the street and yell out, "Hey, I know that bike!"

The bicycles are dwindling quickly (and thankfully). I think in some sense it's a relief to not have the excess sitting around with us left wondering when we'll ride them all. We think one more will need to go (from Sam's end of the garage) to get it to a point that is even semi-realistic for us. Since Sam has two mountain bikes, both of which he built up, but that are completely different, he will likely shed one of these in the near future. At that point, we'll be down to five bikes total in the house (which still seems like a lot to me): Sam's Surly Long Haul Trucker, one of Sam's mountain bikes (either the Diamondback or the Surly), Sam's recently acquired folding bike, the Hillborne, and of course the Pashley Poppy. I think that these are more than enough to sustain us comfortably.

Happy weekend to all! I'm off to donate the bags of clothes I gathered up last weekend.

The Return From Vacation

The trip to the midwest was great fun, and now we're back and attempting to function while sleeping on the fold out couch for the next week or so. We took a ton of pictures on the trip, so I'll definitely need to share some of those, but I was so excited to get back and have my "real" bicycle available to use. We decided to do a short ride to get lemonade and coffee and I was just so excited to have the Pashley back, I thought I'd share a picture of the pretty Pashley with the handsome Globe.

Yesterday, we had to take her in for her first "check up" or tune up as most would call it. She was shifting a bit strangely, which was apparently due to some cable loosening, and she seems to be up to par again now. We actually rode to the store last night, and I have to say, I didn't enjoy that one as much because of the semi-severe wind that seemed to be working against us in both directions. Now, I seem to have injured the inside of my right ankle (Sam thinks this is due to wearing sandals while riding; I think it is due to the wind and the amount of pressure I was putting on my body to fight through the weather issues).

It is good to be home though, as I definitely missed the dogs (though they did enjoy having "grandma" stay with them), but I miss being in Wisconsin. I'm sure I've entirely idealised Madison and Milwaukee, but I fell in love with what I saw of the state and I feel as though I live in an arid desert now. Perhaps another visit will happen at some point in the future, but I'm definitely glad to have had the opportunity to see a different part of the country. As I said though, I'll definitely share some photos at a later point.

For now, it's back to things here in Colorado, and I suppose that means I have to actual finish painting the inside of the house in the very near future.

The Return From Vacation

The trip to the midwest was great fun, and now we're back and attempting to function while sleeping on the fold out couch for the next week or so. We took a ton of pictures on the trip, so I'll definitely need to share some of those, but I was so excited to get back and have my "real" bicycle available to use. We decided to do a short ride to get lemonade and coffee and I was just so excited to have the Pashley back, I thought I'd share a picture of the pretty Pashley with the handsome Globe.

Yesterday, we had to take her in for her first "check up" or tune up as most would call it. She was shifting a bit strangely, which was apparently due to some cable loosening, and she seems to be up to par again now. We actually rode to the store last night, and I have to say, I didn't enjoy that one as much because of the semi-severe wind that seemed to be working against us in both directions. Now, I seem to have injured the inside of my right ankle (Sam thinks this is due to wearing sandals while riding; I think it is due to the wind and the amount of pressure I was putting on my body to fight through the weather issues).

It is good to be home though, as I definitely missed the dogs (though they did enjoy having "grandma" stay with them), but I miss being in Wisconsin. I'm sure I've entirely idealised Madison and Milwaukee, but I fell in love with what I saw of the state and I feel as though I live in an arid desert now. Perhaps another visit will happen at some point in the future, but I'm definitely glad to have had the opportunity to see a different part of the country. As I said though, I'll definitely share some photos at a later point.

For now, it's back to things here in Colorado, and I suppose that means I have to actual finish painting the inside of the house in the very near future.