Coffee

As a 4 year old Uncle Pete would feed me strong tea from the thermos, which kept getting stronger throughout the day, and sweetened with copious amounts of sugar, and I've been addicted to caffiene ever since. Dave claims the best coffee this side of Melbourne, and I understand their are some fair judges in his family. Should we finish a weekend ride at his place, or should we adopt a coffee shop, or do we have enough time invested already? When I ride in Dunsborough, the various shops are competing for the custom of the cycling groups with free coffees here and there.

Sometimes you need to stop and sharpen the chainsaw

At least, that is the story I use when 'just do it' means that the chainsaw is blunt, or in this case, the bike chain was stretched, the chain rings looked like shuriken (throwing stars), and the back tyre had so many nicks and was so worn that I was expecting it to blow at any moment.

So I did not go for that ride, and changed the tyre, changed both chain rings, fitted a new chain and checked the bottom bracket (fine - sealed bearings in those things are fantastic), and 'oiled' the cleats. And then made the best coffee this side of Melbourne (who's to argue?).

I really should grease the headsets on all three bikes,, but that will have to wait for another weekend.

Well, how about the ones that did the ride getting on here and telling us about it?