Green Up

Spring is continuing its early push here in MN with green lawns and budding trees... should be just a matter of days until we have leaves on most of the trees.  The local dirt trails have dried up and are open for riding.  I haven't gotten out on any singletrack yet, but hopefully later this week.  I was able to get down to the MN River Valley for a short ride the other day though...

It was good to be on the fat front Fargo again... although it really hadn't been that long.  I typically don't ride this bike in the winter, but this winter was far from typical.

The first ride of the year on the FFF was also the first ride using the Revelate Designs Feed Bag.  I have to admit it was a bit of an impulse buy...  I was talking to the guys at Hiawatha Cyclery about the Feed Bag on one of their personal bikes, and they mentioned they had one in stock.  So I bought it.  With the Jandd frame bag completely full with tools and tubes, the Feed Bag provides a nice place to keep a few snacks, keys, cellphone, wallet, etc.  It is simple to install/remove, easily accessible, and allows me to keep my pockets empty.  I also like the small mesh pockets on the side... a great place to put trash so I don't have to clean out a bunch of sticky wrappers and crumbs from the main compartment.

It looks like our fair weather is going to stick around for a while longer, so I'm hoping to get out for a longer ride along the MN River Valley later in the week, along with some singletrack.  One of these days I'm going to take pics of all the grafitti on the bridges along the MN River - there is some good stuff down there.  Here's a newer one that I particularly like...

I'm also planning to finish up my jig stand later this week.  The brazing process has been taking longer than expected with all the prep work and clean up.  All three legs have been joined to the main tube; next up are the supports for the actual jig, which should go a bit faster.