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.
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