Subject: Eventful couple of weeks....It all started about two weeks ago. During an April 28 SNOWSTORM!!! my wife gave birth to our second little chillun', Quinton Pierre (not bad for half-Cajun, huh, Bear?). Momma and the kids are all home right now resting and playing and loving life. I forgot, from our first one, how tiring it is having a new baby around. Aside from that, my biking has taken an odd turn, but not me as much as my bike. Last week, I had a rear-wheel spoke break. Didn't realize it until I got home that my brake was rubbing the whole time I was riding. I mean I heard the 'POP,' but thought it was just a rock kicking out form under my tire. Then Monday night, I flatted. Not a big deal...until Tuesday night when I was madly powering up a hill (5 mph uphill is mad power, right? ), when I heard 'POP'...and I was stopped where I was. Three rear-wheel spokes broke all at once!!! What the he!!???? So two weeks, 4 new spokes, and one new tube later, I'm going to tempt the bicycling gods tonight, and hope they have better fortune to offer me. Better luck to y'all!! Kupe |