Returned to the Rawland Nordavinden, which was in need of tinkering to render it roadworthy. Did the necessary tube swapping, rim strip adjusting, and lubricant anointing, and took it out on the Minuteman for a shakedown cruise.
I'm pleased to report that the tinkering seems to have worked. Sometime during the ride I had the thought that I generally do have on coming back to a bike after a period away, "God! I love this bike!" In this case, the light tubeset, low trail geometry, and 32mm Grand Bois Cypres Extra Leger tires worked their customary magic, and I kept a good pace.
The Minuteman was rife with signs of Spring: robins hopping, peepers peeping in Peepers Pond, and the beautiful early foliage of the willow trees newly splendid. Things you just don't see or hear if you stay indoors on an April afternoon.
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