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I just got another pair of handlebars and added them and tried to install a V brake on the front. It never would get adjusted just right, always rubbed or was too slack so it went back in the box. The rear drum is excellent so I really don't need a front brake. Raining steadily again, but I'll head out if there's a break. I also added new green vinyl to the bike box to match the workbench.

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I finally took the bike out for as good ride. But by 9am it was already about 100 with the humidity so I walked it back up the mountain.
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This shows what streets are unsafe to drive on when dry. All of them are risky when wet.
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The bike did great on the uneven pavement with the new fork. The 3 speed cluster works well and it shifts fine even with the worn out cogs on the old suntour derailleur. The drum brake is good but I need to add a front brake.
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I rode thru the subdivision near mine that is all flat and is kept clean. I tell the gate guard I'm looking to buy a house and lot and they let me in. They don't ask why I'm not driving a car if I can buy a house, must be a good looking bike! :rofl: I might buy a place later.


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On the way back I stopped to catch my breath while going up the hill. My subdivision built a row of buildings for commerce, so folks wouldn't be making sari-sari stores out of thier carports. Sari-sari stores are like mini 7-11's, and most neighborhoods have someone selling out of thier house, usually within a minute walk from your doorstep. Of 7 new shops, 5 are sari-sari, all selling the same things right next to each other. No one is making any money. The Ford's were the first to open a store. He was a mountain bike enthusiast when he moved here from New York, but after one trip up the mountain, no more. The sign says "Dirty Ice Cream". Here, that's a favorite and is called dirty because it's made in someone's kitchen and doesn't have to measure up to standards. You take your chances, but not me. I say I can't have sugar and avoid the dirty ice cream.

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I really enjoy hearing how life is for you over there, Wildcat. Thanks for the details. As a Canadian who drives on roads covered in snow and black ice, I can't fathom how slippery those roads must be to have to shut them down regularly like that.
 
Wildcat said:
I finally took the bike out for as good ride. But by 9am it was already about 100 with the humidity so I walked it back up the mountain.
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This shows what streets are unsafe to drive on when dry. All of them are risky when wet.
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The bike did great on the uneven pavement with the new fork. The 3 speed cluster works well and it shifts fine even with the worn out cogs on the old suntour derailleur. The drum brake is good but I need to add a front brake.
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I rode thru the subdivision near mine that is all flat and is kept clean. I tell the gate guard I'm looking to buy a house and lot and they let me in. They don't ask why I'm not driving a car if I can buy a house, must be a good looking bike! :rofl: I might buy a place later.


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On the way back I stopped to catch my breath while going up the hill. My subdivision built a row of buildings for commerce, so folks wouldn't be making sari-sari stores out of thier carports. Sari-sari stores are like mini 7-11's, and most neighborhoods have someone selling out of thier house, usually within a minute walk from your doorstep. Of 7 new shops, 5 are sari-sari, all selling the same things right next to each other. No one is making any money. The Ford's were the first to open a store. He was a mountain bike enthusiast when he moved here from New York, but after one trip up the mountain, no more. The sign says "Dirty Ice Cream". Here, that's a favorite and is called dirty because it's made in someone's kitchen and doesn't have to measure up to standards. You take your chances, but not me. I say I can't have sugar and avoid the dirty ice cream.

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Lots of make shift garage businesses in Florida. They even caught an " undocumented person" doing dental work out of their garage in Naples, Fl.
 
Florida Man doing dental work outside the restrictions and regulations sounds like a fantastic idea...
For a Halloween costume! That's a nightmare and a half
 
MattiThundrrr said:
Florida Man doing dental work outside the restrictions and regulations sounds like a fantastic idea...
For a Halloween costume! That's a nightmare and a half
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Wouldn't you stop and ask why is the Dentist's office is in a garage?
MattiThundrrr said:
I really enjoy hearing how life is for you over there, Wildcat. Thanks for the details. As a Canadian who drives on roads covered in snow and black ice, I can't fathom how slippery those roads must be to have to shut them down regularly like that.
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Nope they stay open year round. The police will come if there's a crash, but usually they just slide straight down and miss houses. I have big concrete barriers at the front of the house. They can stop a truck.
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Wildcat said:
Wouldn't you stop and ask why is the Dentist's office is in a garage?

Nope they stay open year round. The police will come if there's a crash, but usually they just slide straight down and miss houses. I have big concrete barriers at the front of the house. They can stop a truck.
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It's under the table procedures done by undocumented people on undocumented people. I'll try to find the story. They had a dentist chair and everything. We have a big underground economy in this state. People go to garages for cosmetic surgery too.
Here is one example: https://www.mysuncoast.com/2019/02/...d-running-dental-practice-out-their-garage-2/
 
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My shop is probably more sanitary than those places. That's where I went back to work on the v brake. I was doing all the adjustments right, it was the brake shoes that were the problem. They had too much curve for the rim. I used a good used set of shoes that matched the curve of the rim and now I've got excellent brakes.

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