Looks like it should be a nice weekend. I am hoping that Steiner’s Sport or maybe Mad Dawg will have a Shimano Altus Derailuer and a Quick Link tool avaliable for sale, and I can get the bike back on the road today.

Going to be a nice weekend, ☀️ now that the clouds push off, not outrageously hot. I didn’t realize until yesterday afternoon that the Power Authority Car Show was this week – if I had I known I might have planned to go out to Schoharie. Next weekend, if there aren’t too many thunderstorm ⛈️ or rain, I might do Schoharie or I could go back up to the Potholers if it looks hot. Probably take off next Friday, make a three-day weekend.

It’s tough not having a bike, ⚙️ but I am hoping the either Steiner’s or MadDawg has a Shimano Altus or compatible derailuer and I can get it installed this afternoon. Also I am tired of messing with needle nose pliers or those awful China Quick Link tool I bought and then returned 🔧 so I want to invest in a good quality tool. I am so stressed and feeling sick over the derailuer – it’s stupid – it’s a $20-40 part, maybe slightly more with the bike store mark up. I have the old derailuer off except for the part still suck on the chain, and it shouldn’t be a hard fix when I get the part. I guess worse comes to worse, I’ll order online but you never know what you’ll get online.  I didn’t want to order line because the internet is flooded with junk knock-off bike parts that never work right.

Been working on the listing for Big Red, going to offer the cap and truck seperately or together … 🛻 Hoping to get it ready to go on sale next week. Once it’s ready to sell and I’ve finished doing my research I’ll be posting more about that. I think I will offer the truck at $4,500 with the cap, and also list the cap seperately if people just want that.

Next weekend I want to get out Schoharie County for the weekend. 🏕️ No auto show next week, but I can still float in the Schoharie Creek on the tube by Towpath Mountain, get sweet corn 🌽 and veggies at Shauls. Look forward to enjoying lots of fresh produce. Enjoy riding trail 🚲 and road, a summing the bike is working good. I could go House Pond and Piseco-Powley again next weekend, but I was just up there for the start of the Independence Day Weekend holiday, so I’ll probably wait until August after I get back from summer vacation for that trip. Though that seems so far off, I really haven’t planned the Finger Lakes Trip much but what do I have to do for that besides take the time off from work, drive out to Finger Lakes, I can always buy food and any neccessary supplies at Wally World or Tractor Supply while I’m out there.