It feels like I've hit a wall. After making so much progress in a short amount of time I have literally done nothing for at least a few weeks. No, I didn't abandon, I just ran into a long line of progress slowers. All is well though, once I get my headset installed and buy a stem, I will have an almostly perfectly functioning bike. I went through the list of all the things I need to do and its surprisingly short and simple. I wanted to order the cranks this past week but I lost my debit card so had to wait for the nice bank to send me a new one and because my paypal is connected to my debit card, I needed to wait until I get my new card to update the information otherwise I would get nothing. I have found some decent cranksets though and I should expect to get soon. Actually I might order it after I finish this post--but no promises.
I have a confession to make. I through the bike together as best I could and took pictures to show off. I kinda wanted to wait until I had as many parts as possible before I did that, just to surprise myself, but I couldn't resist and I wanted to make sure it was going along as I planned. It is :) I imagine this is what it's like to watch a child grow up but without all that pesky parenting.
In case you forgot (like I did) I'll recap what I have purchased: saddle, frameset, wheelset, bar tape, handle bars, pedals, Super Advanced Pedal Retention System, and chain. Is that it? Well it's all I see on my kitchen table so it must be. My total expenditures still rest at under $300 which is perfect since all of the other things I've priced total much less than $200. Maybe once the masterpiece is complete I'll be able to buy a hundred dollar messenger bag to complete the "hipster" facade. Actually the purchase of a $200 messenger bag would be far more appropriate, but then I wont have enough for a $50 lock and cycling cap.
That's it for now, next update should hopefully be after the completion of my frameset. At least I hope so. Until then may you not be run over by a French TV News Car.
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