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My Latest Project and Today’s Transport

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My brother-in-law, J, gave me this Yokota Enterprise road bike from 80s or 90s … he was going throw it out. I stripped it down, de-badged it, de-greased it, replaced tubes, tires, brake cables & pads, handle-bar tape, seat and so on … pretty much rebuilt the bike. It’s awesome and rides like a dream!

It’s about 100-degrees here in DFW today and that’s okay … right now I’ve biked about 1/2 across Grapevine running errands on the bicycle and am having an iced-coffee and checking in on work via Starbuck’s free wi-fi. I wish I could work like this every day!

It’s my favorite season of the year and here in North Texas autumn is a welcomed change from the blazing summertime.

We’ve been getting more rain than we normally do during this time of the year. But that isn’t all bad; the rain has brought us several days and nights that have been cooler than normal for this time of year here. With this change in the weather the urges to ride motorcycles, play outside and camp have been strong!  (more…)

I went to Bear Creek Park and played disk golf this afternoon in Grapevine. What fun! I’ve been a frisbee player since Jr. High School but, until now, have never made it out for a round of disc golf. Why the hell have I waited so very very long???

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