Holy Man

Still Good Country

Amazing

The view from Lookout Mountain is amazing.


The descent is amazing too.


The Chatfield Loop is certainly amazing. It amazed me.


Even without color the Chatfield Loop amazes.

This is Glenwood Canyon and it is amazing. It was here that stupid fuck caused me to crash and break my elbow.

Another amazing image from Glenwood Canyon.

Amazing video from Deer Creek Canyon

Amazing video from Lookout Mountain

The Last Good Country

It was a 40 mile ride through Wild Rose, Saxeville, and Spring Lake. It ended with a puncture, as Saint Maximin predicted, just 1 mile outside Wild Rose. It is good country, all of it, and do not say that we have none yet left. It is just as good as Northern France, the old growth forests the same, the way the road gently rises and falls, and riding along the Pine River was as the ride along that river at the Belgian frontier. I remember that man we met at the border with the heavy artillery from the World War and he is gone now. They put him away and took away his guns. We read of that in the papers years later. They do not have such men in central Wisconsin. But this country is good country of rolling hills and good pavement, and the corn and the soybeans and sorghum are rich from the rain, the farms operated by the same families that have always had them, and the cows and horses are happiest in the sun.

Completed '72 Paramount

Derailleurs: Campagnolo NR
Crankset: 52/42 Campagnolo NR
Freewheel: Sachs-Maillard 13-26 (7 speed)
Brake levers and calipers: Campagnolo SR
Downtube shifter: Simplex Retrofriction
Handlebars and stem: Cinelli
Rims: Mavic
Hubs: Campagnolo Record
Pedals: Campagnolo NR
Saddle: Brooks Professional
Bottlecage: TA

Work In Progress: Schwinn Paramount

9/16 x 20 is not the same as 9/16 x 20 F.

"F", importantly, stands for "filetto", which in Italian means "thread". This, of course, refers to the slightly different thread pitch between Italian 9/16 x 20 and British 9/16 x 20. Though the two sizes are roughly compatible, I still need a pair of pedals.

Immortal

One very, very good reason to never die.

Work In Progress: Schwinn Paramount

Took a 4ft cheater bar to break the BB out. Rust. But the frame and threads were not compromised. The gods have provided us with oxalic acid to take care of rust.

Work In Progress: 1972 Schwinn Paramount

She gonna be a tiger, man.

Everything But The Girl

P A R A M O U N T

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