Friday, January 25, 2008

Another Bicycle, A new flag.

Another old bike found me this week. A 1988(?) Bianchi Axis. Nice Tange steel frame with cantilever brakes, 700c wheels; Mavic hoops, Specialized hubs, Wheelsmith spokes. Suntour dérailleurs, 7 speed freewheel, shifters are bar top mounted. She's cleaning up nicely and with the bottom bracket overhauled (thanks randy!) and a new chain and some cables we'll be rollin' some cross terrain!
After a year of conspicuous absence, a brand new flag has been hoisted to the top of the USA gas station flag pole on E. Cypress. The absence of the flag has impacted me not in a patriotic way so much as in an orientational sense. You see I depend on it as my personal wind guage. And a fine, brightly colored one she is!

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