Things are looking up after 2 straight days of humidity and rain. The skies are clear and the grease is greasy. By that I mean I started building a bike today! Three blocks from here, in a busted up warehouse, they have a radical lending library called The Iron Rail (which I didn't get a chance to go in today) and the local community bike project: Plan B.
Everyone that was there was super nice. Some cute volunteer named Amy helped me out since I didn't know what the hell I was doing and I got all kinds of tips from other friendly people who were there fixing up their bikes. I even got to give a pointer or two of my own. Since it's only ever open from 2 to 6 I didn't get to work on it long but here is my bad ass mountain bike, the ROADMASTER, before I started working on it:
The thing about New Orleans is that it's completely flat but because the streets are so fucked up trendy little road bikes don't fair too well around town. I'm estimating another 2 visits before I can finish her up. That's my goal at least.
I'm worn out now and may take a nap. But my housemate Andy is bar tending at the Dragon's Den tonight, which means free drinks! What a good day this is turning out to be :D
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