One more day. One more day.

Always, always, always take a test ride before breaking a bike out for a commute after a long winter. You could have done the most elaborate tuning up imaginable but it's all worthless if you just head out one morning for a commute w/o testing it first. Exhibit A: leaving this morning without a test ride last night, and not having tightened the bolts on the rear wheel enough. With the rear axle even slightly loose, the drive side gets pulled forward, and the wheel ends up diagonal in the drops. Oops. Pull everything forward to get things straight again, and the wheel is too close to the front cog and the chain falls right off. Oops. Let's just say next spring I'll take a test ride.

Even so, pretty enough day out, and tomorrow's hopefully more of the same. Yah spring!

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