Brompton climbs in the hills around Barcelona and Girona
Bromptons from the airport in Barcelona
In other “single purpose things I made” news. This black bit sets bearing preload on QR White Industries hubs. Slide tool onto QR skewer, loosen hub set screws, close QR lever, tighten set screws, preload adjustment done
Building a flight case for frame coupled bikes and folders. Made from super burly 1050D nylon it folds into a duffle or backpack. It’ll also mount between the seat and rack on a Brompton. 95% done in these shots. I still need to bind the interior seams and scrub the off the chalk marks.
Sunshine and clear roads at the start, snowing by the end. Got away with it this morning.
Wheel building stuff. Turning the blue bike into a double-double. I don’t know why I weighed it
And it seems so nice out.
I built this frame several years ago in a class. I wasn’t happy with how it turned out, so in my garage it sat. I recently gathered the enthusiasm to fix what I didn’t like, spray it, give it a fitting name and build it up. It’s a bike now.
So we’re that sort of household now.
Rocky Mountain National Park. Closed to cars until the end of the season. Currently no snow!