MLK week threw me way off. Monday being Tuesday and now it feels like Thursday is Friday. Yesterday felt like Thursday.
The ride in as cool as it was, brilliant. A slight cross wind, maybe a touch of a headwind in some places made it a challenge. But the path is clear of ice and snow. I still would prefer the snow and ice to the damn sea rats shell debris. Sumbitches were in active bombardment mode when I went through this morning. Crunch crunch crunch. As fredly as those old tire scrapers are, I am thinking they are a damn freaking good idea for the war zone. Can't find em searching though. Found this cool product! I've dug around a bit found an old picture of a mafac one, but the one i'm thinking about is brass colored and was a more recent 80s-90s stocked item for tourists.
Maybe Il B's got one laying around or knows where they are hiding online.
AH HAH.
What United Bicycle Institute graduate is worth their salt if they forget about Loose Screws.com???? Third Hand catalogs were what I hungrily poured over looking at all the various tools for this or that. The Loose screws folks saved my bacon and a few others I sent their way over the years.
And there, right where it should be. Even Sheldon Brown (including Harris and QBP), the curmudgeon king has no mention of this gizmo. Peter White? Certainly the uber commuter supplier and Ron Paul supporter would have something as practical as a Kingsbridge Tire Saver.
As annoying as the little scraping sound it makes, man, it sure beats the heck out of a flat or reaching down every few yards to brush the front and back tires. Cheaper than a new set of winter gloves too.
Now, feel good stories are all good right? The whole story behind Loose Screws is worth taking a few minutes some time and reading.
It is here.
Give it a read. Browse the catalog a bit, see what they have to offer. It is a great and noble enterprise they have there. It is a sad sad world when "neutral" support shakes their head and says "No 10 speed? Not much help."
I had a realization. I'm going to have to repeat the batch of cupcakes I made recently for the littlest's birthday, just for e-RICHIE©™®. Ahh, e-RICHIE©™® the icon, the heart and soul of New England cross.
Heddwch
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I am surprised Wallingford doesn't have tire savers any more.
The insessant buzzing used to make me crazy back when half the pack used them.
Those spirit level thingies are big withteh gumbies.
Do those dohickies fit under fenders? If not, they are useless to me. For the dry months, I just use my gloved hand when I go over some unsavory materials.
actually someone has mentioned you can mount them under the fenders, i'm not sure how much it takes to modify the fenders. I run the SKS race blades (no bikes with fender eyelets or clearance for full coverage)
for my commute the vast bulk of the flats i get are from these damn shells the seagulls drop so it would probably be a seasonal annoyance.
Although part of the way home i was thinking of an 'on/off' way to set one up...
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