I had surgery to remove a bone growth from my ankle about six weeks ago. I've been out of the immobilizer boot (a cast you can take off when you want) and walking like a normal person for a couple weeks. I've been taking small bike rides during which I've found riding to be more comfortable than walking. I'm going to start building up the ride distance a little every day.
During the down time, I've continued a couple bike projects. I bought a CETMA 7-Rail rack from a Craig's List seller for $75. It's new. The rack didn't fit her bike so it sat unused. I'm the winner on that one. I have to decide which bike it should go on. I just set the rack on top of this little Bianchi folder (why the hell did I buy that?) and it would fit nicely. I also tried it on my 29er off-road bike and it appears the rack would fit it also. I think the CETMA is very adaptive.
I also have been "normalizing" some of my bikes so I can sell them. For example, I removed the dirt-drop style bars from my Novara Buzz and installed straight bars. It's getting a triple crankset and smooth tires. I hope this makes it attractive to more people. Are you working on any projects right now?
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If you consider stalled projects to be projects I'm working on, then I'm never not working on a project! No bicycle projects right now though. The Indi Hawk busted both seat stays which, I think, explains why you don't see those bikes any more.
I need to fit a hydraulic disk rear brake to my MTB but that's waaay down the list at the moment. I'm just enjoying riding bikes for a while, instead of working on them.
Got a heap of ongoing stuff happening in the garden with an eventual view to hopefully growing lots of food. That's been keeping me very busy.
I have a friend that's interested in a Novara Buzz. If you put that on the market, I might be able to steer a person your way. He's pretty tall, though - about 6 feet or so, so he'd need a pretty big bike.
I have a junker Trek Mountain bike that I am getting to "rideable" for polo duty. One of my goals this year is to give bike polo a go...
Glad to hear that you are recovering well.
I just bought a bike from Goodwill that was festooned with strong baskets and I'm making a hunter-gatherer bike with those.
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