Website, 29′er, More

So as you can see, the new website is up and running, more or less. Some content clearly needs to be added, and I need to do some clean-up on the stylesheet to fix the typography. But all in all, I’m pretty happy with the way things have turned out. Do you have any thoughts on it? Let me know in the comments.

The 29′er approaches completion. Pretty much all that’s left is putting the seatstay and chainstay bridges in place and the water bottle bolts into the DT and ST, and a few other tiny details. A big thanks goes out to Erik Noren at Peacock Groove for the loan of his Anvil disc brake fixtures this weekend, as they were instrumental in getting this sucker done. So hopefully by Sunday, this thing will be done and ready to go to paint.

The commuter is temporarily stalled, which isn’t a big deal. I’m just focusing my energies on the ‘niner right now. Once that’s done, I’ll be turning my attention to it and completing it, hopefully only a couple of weeks later. I’d like to have them both ready for Minnecycle 2. The parts kits are basically taken care of — just waiting on a back-order from Chris King, and then I should have everything in-hand.

Two Things

1. Made some excellent progress on the new website template last night. Really happy with the way things are coming along. Expect to see that new design appear in a matter of weeks, rather than the months I had been thinking it was going to take.

2. I briefly, this morning, thought about building a penny farthing. I dismissed the idea as a bit daft. But I keep coming back to it.

No Session This Weekend

No session this weekend, as Paul’s come down with some sort of illness acquired while at NAHBS. Going to take the opportunity to work on the website’s visual layer and see if I can’t get that done.

Also, I’ve provided some feedback to the artist that’s handling the artwork for my head tube badge. Hoping to hear back on that by Monday or Tuesday.

And since temps are going to be pushing 45°F today, I think I’m going to get out for a few hours on the road bike in the morning, before I go to the gym this evening (weights, followed by an S1 workout on the trainer for 60 minutes). It’ll be good to test out the new contacts out on the road.^*

If you’re local (Minneapolis) and aren’t out on your bike sometime today, please smack yourself in the face.

* I’ve never owned contact lenses before. Seriously.