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Midschoolfool:
OK so I should really break my silence.
My mum passed away about a week ago.
She had been poorly for 15 years. Mostly bone problems and etc. Around two years ago she started to become short of breath easy. At the end half of her heart was not working. We knew that. What she did not tell us was that she also had emphysema, COPD, lung scarring and god knows what else. But that was just how she was.
So yeah. I went over about 3 weeks ago and was due to come back after about 4 days. Problem is she was so ill she could not even cook for herself or much else. So I stayed on longer, but on the Tuesday she was so bad I called an ambulance. She passed about a week later very peacefully.
The Ti bike is now complete. Ended up having to ditch the SRAM gear as I just could not get it working, and use the Shimano rear mech with the grip shifter and 7 speed sprocket. Thankfully I found spacers so it did not move around.
Bit of a godsend when you desperately need something to escape reality with.
So, here she is.
Oh yeah the Gatorskins. I found a set of really nice Continental 28c tyres. I couldn't believe my luck, or remember why I did not use them. Turns out they hit the brakes on the yellow bike I had, and the brakes on this. So I got Gators. Why? because they are fully kevlar jacket and almost impossible to puncture. They're also transparent and really sexy so that is a nice bonus.
Mikku:
Mate, am really sorry to hear about your mum. Puts everything into perspective, I know, but am glad you’ve still got projects to work on and give your mind something else to think about. :)
Taipan:
So sorry to here of your loss fella.
Midschoolfool:
Thanks lads.
I’m just so glad I sold the bikes because that would have been a complete nightmare.
Talking of bikes…
I’m going to paint and fit my Ti bars to the road bike. I’ll post a pic soon. Basically the grip shifter is damaging the carbon due to the way it mounts.
I’ve also bought a Ti coloured stem to match the cranks, some bar extenders as they’re quite short and some knock off Paul levers from Ali express.
I do need to paint the bars as they are gold, but I have some “fire” flip paint and 2k clear left over from other projects.
Mikku:
I watched a good vid a few weeks back on Ti BMX frames / parts - Brant Moore’s interview with Roscoe Siebers of WLDLFE Bikes. V. interesting and it seems like Ti is getting cheaper and therefore more and more popular in BMX. :daumenhoch:
In other news, I’ve just bought a 2.35” Rant Squad tyre for my Sunday, which means that the Vee Mk3 tyres from that are now both on my Quamen in readiness for racing that on Sunday!! Confusing, eh! ;D
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