Sunday, November 30, 2008

Buy Local Week 2008

Buy Local in Bellingham!




Dec 1-7 is Buy Local Week. I am going to get a passport, go to local businesses, have them stamp my passport, and then turn it in for the chance to win prizes. Yay! I love prizes.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Team Dejong

Yesterday, three packages showed up on our front door. After two hours of figuring things out, we had a brand new bike! This bike is super cool. We bought it used, but it was custom built for people of similar proportions to Morgan and myself. This is something we were unable to find in an off-the-shelf tandem. It comes apart via six couplers, allowing us to package the bike up into two airline sized cases and take them anywhere!



It has a lot of time saving features, like mini-couplers for the cables that allow for dismantling the bike without disonnecting brakes and derailluers all the way. My favorite part is that we were able to assemble the entire bike with 3 allen wrenches, a spanner, and a pair of pliers. The pliers may not even be necessary in the future.


It may be because of the steeply sloped top tube, but I look like a giant next to this bike. You can easily see why it was tough for Morgan and I to find a bike that fit us! After our first test-ride with the new bike, the smoothness really stood out to us. Cruising through the Lettered Streets on one of my bikes I usually am getting rattled all over the place. This frame absorbs and dampens road vibrations incredibly well. I was also shocked at how light the frame is. It can't be more than 30 pounds.

Morgan's favorite part about the bike (other than things I've already mentioned) is the awesome stars on the paint job.

We're officially accepting name suggestions for our new baby!