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\"\"<\/a>A nice relaxing weekend. Mostly hanging out in bed watching Battlestar Season Two. I got some bicycle maintainence done tonight though. The first coat of non-primer paint went on the bike frame. It was too heavy, but turned out alright. I’m still struggling to get a wide, yet light, spray out of the gun. I got the front wheel on the fixed-gear trued up enough you don’t notice it on the on the brakes. I hadn’t touched it since the accident two weeks ago. I also got the squeak\/creak out of it; loose left crank. I didn’t put the knew tire on the front I bought for it. Instead I took apart on the other 58cm Schwinn frame, because I want to use it’s fork for the rebuild, as I had cranked up the other fork pretty hard before I figured out how to get the rusted threaded headset out. I put the rubber on the front for the new bike to adjust the fork spacing. I’ve got to sand the fork down and start painting it soon.<\/p>\n

I did buy a pair of clipless shoes and pedals online last night too. While at REI I tried on a 48 and it fit alright, so I ordered up some online that looked alright. I hate SIDI’s because they’re pure bicycle shoe, and I hate anything that’s pure and lacks that utility value. Those will go on the new bike. I’ll re-use the cranks I’m sure, but I’m still debating what to do with the rest of the drivetrain. I probably should put new chainrings and a free wheel on it. That’s not much cost, but replacing the derailluers and the shifters sounds like it might start to get pricey.<\/p>\n

Got a new cast on Thursday: fiberglass short arm with spica. I hate the position of the spica, my wrist hurts more in this cast than the last. The cast people are Harborview seemed a bit concieted, spending a lot of time talking down about residents; their cast making skills and generally being wet behind the ears. I also got some crappy attitude all around about how I shouldn’t use my hand while it is in a cast. I didn’t even tell them about camping with the cast, just that it sometimes hurt if I picked up something with that hand. I was there for a long time, hours, my resident called for a CT scan after the xrays and then dissappeared. After napping for 45-60 minutes the cast technicians found a hand doctor for me, so I also got to cancel the next days appointment.<\/p>\n

Life goes on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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