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Event-ful… Or Not

Circuit of the Americas

It’s been an eventful month since my last update. There are a lot of topics to cover, which means I’ll be only saying a couple sentences about each one. Rapid-fire, go!

After two years of use, at the end of April I brought Pæthos into the shop for a quick tune-up. What a terrible experience! They kept my bike for 15 days… that’s longer than it took me to recover from heart surgery! They never sent the promised estimate, so the $765 fee was a shock; plus they included an extra bicycle chain that I didn’t request. And the tech installed my Di2 rear derailleur cable incorrectly, so the cassette yanked the cable out of the frame. Fortunately I noticed it when I got home and fixed it myself before it caused any serious damage or injury.

The larger problem for me was that I was completely o »more

2025-06-02

Bicycle House Ride Circuit of the Americas Bloody Knee Friday Truancy Ride
Austin currently:

Mostly Clear 33°C wind S 13 km/h
Air Quality Moderate (60)



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