Wrong Way, New Old Project

I forgot to mention that yesterday, somewhere along the line I broke a spoke.

Actually I could feel the rear brakes pulsating but I just thought the rim was bit out of whack.

Well, I had started down the Road to Perdition (RTP) when I swear it felt like my rear tire went flat.

Okay, not really.

It wasn't flat, it was just me, but that's when I found the failed spoke.

Today was repair day:

There's my wonky camera locking focus on the wrong place.

Again.

So anyways, if you've been following along at home you, the reader,  know that I've been breaking spokes ever since I got this bicycle.

Which isn't too unusual since everything is still original on this circa early nineties Rockhopper.

Luckily I bought some extras the last time this happened.

Spokes I mean:

Replacing the spoke was no problem.

While the bicycle was upside down I discovered something else:  my front tire was put on the wrong way!

You know, the tread pattern is directional and for some odd reason I never noticed the front tire was actually going backwards!

No wonder I'm so slow!

All this time I've been riding around the tires have been fighting themselves!

It's a wonder I got the bicycle to move at all!

Must be the reason why riding into the wind felt like I was going backwards.

Well I fixed the tire so now I'll be setting some personal records.

While rummaging the ole Man Chest I found this:

My stash of presta valve stem caps.

Including the awesome black ones with the Swarovski crystals.

Oh yeah.

I may need some Unobtainable Lightness of Roundness worthy of wearing them.

Anyways, I was thinking about all the places I've been and things I've done on the bicycle.

I've documented most of that on this here blog, and I got a GAGILLION pictures on Picasa but none on hand.

They aren't even on my hard drive.

So, if you remember I started this photo project a while back:

Basically I'm pasting my images on a 20"x30" foam core board, later I'll put the boards together to make a mural thingy.

Well I decided to go back into The Flat Tire Archives (TFTA) and make a mural with all my old blog pictures!

I think it will be cool to have all those old pictures showing my old bicycles and places I went and stuff hanging on the wall.

One board holds 30 images and I'm pretty sure I can put at least 3 or 4 of them together.

We'll see how this goes.

Stay tuned.