Christian Pipe Smokers

Maltese Falcon. It makes me wish I was in John's Grill in SF with a Webley Fosbury in my trench coat pocket. https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fd1t295ks1d26ah.cloudfront.net%2Fmedia%2Fpictures%2Ffiles%2F000%2F010%2F680%2Fxlarge_desktop%2Fa2.jpg%3F1438428496&f=1&nofb=1

Before my mountain climbing son left for the Rockies, Wasatch and Tetons, he built a Crack Machine to train on (how do I explain this? Like a climbing wall but at an acute angle so you climb upside down) It took up a good 1/3 of our patio. The lad doesn't need it now so I took it apart. There is a l...

The scrap I used last night was 80 grit Flint. A wee bit aggressive but since I was trying to smooth out a gnarly piece of steel, it did OK.
I could have /should have used a Dremel but I'm a slob.

One of the most appreciated bits of stuff I have is a roughly torn 1/4 sheet or less of used sand paper. This can be used to thin out cake in a bowl, or clean the contacts on a spark plug or car battery. I employed just such a scrap of sand paper yesterday evening to smooth off a gnarly bolt head pr...

I'm watching the news on the TV this morning.
A story comes on about the California Air Resources Board(composed of non elected political appointees) banning sales of new internal combustion vehicles in CA.
We immediately experience a power outage, so we've got to reset all the clocks.

Casual=khakis and a polo shirt, right?

Biff wrote: ↑22 Aug 2022, 21:08

Hovannes wrote: ↑22 Aug 2022, 17:08 I spent the morning sucking up mouse poop with a Shop Vac.
Apparently the critters set up housekeeping in a seldom visited corner of my garage.

Crunchy with yellow mustard?

Just crunchy.

GaryInVA wrote: ↑22 Aug 2022, 18:55 What size frame is that? Are those 27" wheels or 700?

Like the cottered crank.

Its a 21" frame, which fits me.
Most all men's Raleigh Sports I've seen have been 27" frames.
The wheels take 26" tires, IIRC.

I spent the morning sucking up mouse poop with a Shop Vac.
Apparently the critters set up housekeeping in a seldom visited corner of my garage.

Next on my list is tubes and tires, the "correct" kick stand, appropriate handlebar grips and a decent saddle.
I do miss the Brooks on my faithful old Peugeot P08.