A Geek and Her Bike

I'm taking a break from learning about various fungal lung diseases to talk about a few things I learned from the Peugeot this past week. Although 'lung fungus' is a term I will not soon erase from my memory...... ew.

So - a few lessons from L'Ecole de Peugeot ("The School of Peugeot" for you weenies who don't know your French):
1. As cool as it looks shiny and clean in my dining room it looks even cooler with fenders and covered with slush, locked up outside the grocery store.
2. I suck at taping bars. Not even close to doing a good job of it - notice how there are no pictures to prove this. Just believe me.
3. Don't coast. Don't coast. Don't coast. Don't coast.
4. "PING!" is not something you want to hear while riding up one of the biggest hills in GR. On my way home from school on Monday, I was almost to the top of the Michigan Street hill when I heard this noise. Luckily, it was just the lockring popping off the bottom bracket cup and not the chain breaking in half. The Peug is sidelined for awhile so I can figure out a remedy for this.
5. Having a project bike is somewhat of a detriment to students. Like right now, I should be concentrating on my lung fungi instead of writing about my bike.

Anyhoo - that's it. I am excited for this weekend since it means the Yankee Springs Time Trial. No, I'm not racing. I've been on the planning committee for the race since last October or so and it will be really good to be on the other side of the race. The weather report is stellar and I hope we have a HUGE turnout since this will be the major money-maker for our MMBA chapter this year. It will be a busy weekend of lots of work so let's hope it will be worth it....