The day started cool and foggy but it cleared into a crisp fall day so I took advantage of it with a Coffeenuering ride.
I wanted to use one of the bikes that needed some help (brakes) to get road worthy so the Allez went into the stand.
And a front brake got the cable and housing run. Since I was doing a fairly short flat ride I only ran the one brake, a bit sketchy I know but I dialed it in snug and took a back street route.
The Allez got to rest at a very arty bike rack once we arrived.
I had not heard of this place until a West Seattle friend mentioned it to me, its close and means I won't have to work as hard to fill out the lineup this year.
Sound and Fog has a light, bright spartan Scandinavian aesthetic and the coffee was excellent. I had a latte and a chocolate chip cookie.
Having gone back to the original cockpit I kind of expected it to be compressed, I still hated the saddle although I got the angle adjusted better but the fit was actually pretty good and I wondered why. When I got home I measured the stem, it works out to about 100 mm reach.
The compares to about 80 mm for the Nishiki cockpit I was using on the Allez this summer and it might be a bit more of a delta as the Nishiki stem is longer so the bars end up being closer to me than with the shorter stock stem. Hmm, maybe after I get the Allez rebuilt I might have to ride it a bit more before listing it.
Whoops almost forgot
The data:
- Where: Sound & Fog, 4735 40th Ave SW, West Seattle.
- Date: October 20th at 3:15 pm.
- Consumed: Latte and Chocolate chip cookie
- Details: Gorgeous fall day, Very arty rack right out front
- Mileage: 2.26 miles
- Bike Used: 1992 Specialized Allez Sport
Ride (carefully). Caffeinate. Smile.Repeat
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