Well we had new snow less than a week ago but today it was 90*. Spring in Montana means you can have most any kind of weather. I look forward to it cooling off a few degrees in a hour or so and then getting out for a spin.
I started a new bike today – a classic all rounder with long point lugs. I really like taking the Pacenti lugs and cutting them way back and just making long simple points with them. I’ve cut Pacentis a good number of times, in a good number of ways over the years but nothing pleases me like a set of long, lean, and elegant points. I have the tubes for this bike all mitered and ready so tomorrow morning I’ll cut the lugs and then braze the front triangle together.
I work alone as most of you know and this makes having good music to listen to paramount. I’m a huge Tom Waits fan and not too long ago stumbled on a live recording he made recently. It’s from the “Glitter and Doom” tour and I have to say this is a must have for the Tom Waits fans out there. You can find it on the NPR music site. It’s about 2 hours of live recording and the quality is very good. I for one love it. I listened to it today while building a fork and I was in gravel voiced heaven. Check it out here –
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92916923
Over and out.
Dave
