Zen and Frangelica

23 and 24 March – Up early in order to make ricotta and raspberry pancakes (prepared the night before of course) and also to await the arrival of a new set of wheels – whilst the ones I’d ordered are still going to take a while Mr Lynn Miller of CTA, Sydney’s wheelwright (and all round wheel obsessive), awaits the hubs on order from America, he did bring around a set of loaner wheels – which I hastily put together and onto Chevette – very obnoxious stickers on them but perfectly balanced and a dream to ride on. Something must have been in the air because it turned out to be one of the best work days I’ve had in weeks – a hugely overcharged return job from North Sydney to Surry Hills and back that was filled up with a bunch of bastards and a relatively good afternoon as well. Evening was spent drinking beer, playing football and not eating and then making the probably good decision of heading back to some emotional woes at McMahons Point – it’s not all pancakes and roses in a relationship but it all balances out well in the end. Especially when you’re a happy person who never gets sad or depressed (???). Saturday morning was when the second stage of the usage of the new wheels with Chevette’s slightly damaged but perfectly useable wheel set was transferred to the pre-op and I had a crash course in the conversion of an old racing bike to a sleek street machine with a single speed freewheel that can flip to a fixie. A few extra costs that weren’t initially taken into consideration and the usual mechanical woes that come from any bit of engineering (the brakes are a bit crappe) but all in all a powerful new machine has been added to the collection in the form of Frangelica (the name is meant with nothing but respect and admiration from her beautiful namesake). Very disappointed with the results of a much needed pedicure – and think I will be ready for the addition of another angry letter campaign that will have no positive results but it must be done.