Back on two wheels

Lots of stuff has been going on lately. I've started riding to work again, on a Norco CCX cyclocross bike. I ended up getting that one over the Trek or the Devinci because it has a short top tube. I felt really stretched out on the Devinci. The Norco was also cheaper. I'm pretty happy with it so far. It has developed a squeak somewhere in the bottom bracket area, so I've got to try to figure that out, otherwise it's been good.

The ride to work is pretty good, but I have make sure I don't go too fast, because we don't yet have showers at work. I should probably be having bird baths anyway, since it's pretty easy to get sweaty, even on a 4.2 Km ride. Especially when I try to stay ahead of the buses so I don't have to play leap frog with them. When I'm feeling lazy I just hang behind them and breath diesel fumes. Yum.

At the same time I got my new bike, I got parts to replace the things I broke on my fixie. Kona Bulge cranks and bottom bracket (on sale!) from Bowcycle, and a 44 tooth chain ring non ramped chain ring from MEC. Since the Norco came with different pedals (egg beaters), and the fixie has SPD's, I either have to swap pedals or swap cleats, and thus far I've been to lazy to do either, so I haven't really tested the new set up yet. That and I started sanding the frame where the chain ring took a bite out of it, and then started sanding surface rust, so now I should probably paint it or something before I ride it too much....

It feels great to be back on the road!