Bike Friday Crusoe

Late last year, I picked up a Bike Friday Silk from Craigslist up near Toledo. I was really impressed with the fold, but not so much with the ride. I didn't care for the complexity of the internally geared hub or the disc brakes. I offered it up for sale or trade on my various bike email lists, and ended up making a deal with Dan from Chicago. Over Christmas break, we met one Saturday in Indianapolis, about half way between us. The boys and I turned it into a road trip to visit Indy, though we ended up mostly just walking around downtown when we found out the 16 bit arcade is 21 and over only in Indiana. Dang. This is us at the downtown library:

Anyway, it was still an excuse to listen to our Trojan War podcast and go out for a steak dinner. And to get my new bike, a Bike Friday Crusoe from the same generation as my Silk:

Tandem Update

I've been tracking my mileage for a work challenge this winter. Since December, I've put on around three hundred miles on my various bikes. That's pretty good mileage, for me. What's interesting is my most ridden bike is the Trek tandem, with almost half those miles. This is because whenever I want to go for a ride, Sam is right there with me, and he always wants to take the tandem:

I've made some key changes that really helped turn this tandem from a painfully slow bike to one that's almost enjoyable to ride (considering it as a bike only, not commenting on my riding company!)