Re: First Ride in 50+ years, Riding the Cold out
Youthgeye, the hash browns were delicious!
The "brownie" comment was intended to be a play on words :lol:
Thanks for the info and comp Roscoe. I love the shape of those shoe boxes
You nailed it Nick! :lol: Glad you like the Fairlane, thanks for the ID :wink:
Kingfish, not sure he has figured it all out but think he likes to make people laugh
Hey Gary, glad you like the thread!
Nice bike you got there!
Thanks much Skippy!
IIFIFM, I drove the Veloster turbo version that they just got in
It's interesting to drive my Prism with ~100 hp (2500lbs) and my GTO with 350hp (3600 lbs)
then drive the 200 hp turbo (2900 lbs). The power comes on differently but smooth
I like it! I decided to wait (up to 2 months :roll: ) for the orange one they are getting in
One word of caution (and worry) is that the 2012 Velosters are now having a NHTSA investigation
into the panorama sunroof exploding :shock:
Guess the Audi Q5 had their panoramic sunroof explode too, it was a cold weather thing
Still only have a refundable deposit on it so I'll have to talk with how Hyundai is handling it :roll:
On with this week's ride...
Decided to do some things for FIL's bike to make it easier to ride and a bit more safe with wet leaves
Friday night I worked on it some and then finished it up late Saturday
I wanted him to have some slightly knobby tires in case he got into some leaves or light snow
So put on one of my favorite tires Bontrager Connection 26 x 1.5 and they fit perfect under the fenders
Ended up doing a laundry list of things:
Aluminum rims to lighten it up, swapped out the rattly front fender, changed the rear gear from 18 to 19teeth
Rebuilt the new shimano hub because it wasn't right :roll: ,
Put a more comfortably sprung seat (look at his face going over the RR tracks at the fall ride) :shock:
Revised the bar pad with more foam, shortened it and put some nice stretchy material my wife bought
The crank was a bit loose and found I hadn't gone through the BB yet so I put in new cups and bearing
Put on a new sram PC1 nickel plated chain and Polished up the chrome (whew!)
Took it out for a short late shakedown and got this shot that I kinda like a lot (cheated with my clip on tail light)
So I wanted to shake it down a bit more on Sunday morning, I like it (lost 4 lbs! now 35)
It's the first time I (kinda) built up a sophisticated clunker (or anything with fenders)
Okay, so I went to pick up FIL and my wife dressed up FIL really warm this time
(~50F but a winter-like 20mph wind)
He had a bit of a cold earlier in the week
but we both feel it would be good for him to get some fresh air (and DQ :lol: )
Showed him all the things I did and he seemed under impressed and said "Can we go?" :roll:
He didn't really talk much at all, except to say it wasn't as fun as a motorcycle. Yes we all know
Didn't expect for him to realize a difference but it seemed like he could catch up quicker, so great!
Enjoyed our DQs and found out they would be open until mid Nov, weather permitting
Asked if he wanted to go for a ride and he said I suppose
We went down along the river again and he was lagging a bit but seemed okay
Still had some nice colors going
We stopped for some traffic and he said he needed to blow his nose
Oh Man did he ever! :shock: I realized he may be getting a little too much fresh air
Said he could ask me to stop any time he needed to do that and it would be okay
Figured out his was still under the weather, couldn't hear very well, and was a bit crabby (who wouldn't be)
When I asked him a question, he kept saying "Yah,Yah" , no matter what the question
I'll have to keep a better eye on him next time, he seemed fine later that day so no harm done
And I think he was really wanted that DQ, cold or no cold :lol:
He was feeling good enough to try and finagle a ice cream sandwich (twice) when we got back
So he must not have been too bad off :lol:
His hearing and attention seems to be getting somewhat worse
I remember this well with my Dad and Grandma, it seems to shut them out even more added to the dementia
Getting a hearing aid didn't work at all for my Dad hated it and ended up losing it
My Stepson is trying out one with FIL but it's going to be tough going
Anyway, FIL is doing well this week and I picked up his cold :roll: Nothing a DQ could fix :wink:
Thanks for looking
Steve
