Welcome to #Checkin for Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Why howdy there #Checkin people, it’s me, Rod again. My last day here. I think @cass_m@friendica.myportal.social is next.
On this date in 1493 Christopher Columbus returned to La Navidad colony, finding it destroyed by the 1st native American uprising against Spanish rule. YAY!
Taíno cacique Caonabo led his people to attack the settlement after the brutal treatment they received from soldiers of the garrison. Makes me proud of my Taino ancestry. We were the first colonial resisters, yo.
(Unless you count the “skraelings” that attacked the Viking settlements in Greenland around 400 years earlier.)
Beater Bike Update:
Replaced the broken cable housing, then decided to replace all the cable housing. Picked up some fresh KoolStop brake pads and reset the cantilevers for a skosh more mechanical advantage and better modulation. Using the odd serial number stamped under the bottom bracket I’ve discovered that it’s NOT the 1994 that I thought, but a 1997 one. Also, that it wasn't made in Waterloo, Wisconsin, but in Taiwan. I recall seeing a Taiwanese '97 on eBay going for $500 + $150 shipping. I guess I basically stole this bike.
I picked up that vintage Wald 535 Twin Rear Carrier for $40. I've seen them on Amazon for like $110. Score! It’s in great shape and the chrome is still nice and shiny, almost too good for the beater it's going on. Maybe I could try to make it look old and gnarly by rubbing it with some reddish brown paint or something. Of course, the mismatch in appearances might take the bike less desirable.
The bike is pretty darned crusty. I mean, just look at it. That quill stem may need an update, maybe with a threadless adapter, but the look itself might just be the perfect anti-theft device.
Speaking of anti-theft devices, I've misplaced the key to my U-lock. (sigh)
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