Effective Use of TIme

I got some wine for Thanksgiving supper Sunday, pork chops for supper tonight, needles for my sewing machines and goat's milk yogurt at the only place in town that sells it. All in 45 minutes. I'd of been hard pressed to do that with a car since there was no parking at the last three places.

Yes, I'm smug.

Going to a New Home

We no loner use the cargo bike and the bike trailer so The Geek put them on the curb with a big "free" sign.

About an hour late, we heard a knock at the door and a find fellow asking about their providence.

After some chatting, the trailer was swiftly attached to the gentleman's bicycle and he was on his way. And since he lives less than 0.5 kilometer away, he was going to walk back for the cargo bike. He thinks they will be very handy for one of his friends to use at the Folk Fest.

 

And in the the quirky manner of Winnipeg relationships (where seven degrees of separation is unheard of -you are lucky if there are two), I was not surprised to discover this fellow's sister went to university with my sister.

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Surprising Bike Store

Maple Creek Saskatchewan. Cow Town.

And home to a cute little bike shop whose owner, formerly from the west coast, is, not surprisingly, crazy about cycling. He has a good selection of quality bicycles, and a second store in Swift Current. 

It is good to see prairie town adopting the wire donkey.

Park and Ride

Bike lockers outside the new Osborne Station. 

Maybe one day you'll be able to take them with you on the bus. 

Reduced Capacity

Hopefully no bikes were attached to this rack when it was almost pulverized. 

Moulded Seat Covers

**Note: I've been trying to get blogger to let me rearrange the photos in order for months and it just won't let me. Grrrrrr. So I am just going to number them so I can finally publish this post.

The only real drawback to leather bicycle seats is their intolerance to prelonged exposure to water. I've been using the ultra-classy plastic bag cover, and the Geek frequently forgets to cover hers at all.

In October we decided to change that by going to AssentWorks and using the VacuuFormer (I think that it was called) to make moulded seat covers. The Geek has a membership at AW and has made all sorts of clever things, but this was the first time I've spent any length of time there.

The covers are made of styrene which heats and moulds well.

1. Measure

2.

3. Frame.

4. place seat in vacuu-former

7. removed from frame.

6. Seat after plastic has been heated

8. Styrene roughly trimmed.

10. marking the trimming line.

12. sanding the rough edges.

9. using the heatgun for a tighter fit.

11. trimming off the excess.

14. finished covers

13. the fit.

more fit

Frame with Styrene

Frame

Frame with styrene.

5. Seat inside the vacuuformer