WE FINALLY GOT TO RIDE BIKES FOR BIKE CLASS!

[rebeccmeister]

It was sunny and 64 degrees (F) out.

I am SO GLAD our first bike day involved hot laps around campus. A perfect moment to make people try out different kinds of bikes, adjust saddles left and right, lubricate chains, and whatnot. One student just got a bike recently where the front fork was backwards, so we got that fixed up, too. The two girls in the class got in a good 4 miles and were totally pleased with themselves.

One student has a downhill bike but I think the disc brake rotors are bent - is that a thing that happens? I took his bike for a quick test spin and quickly redlined on it.

Time to go home.

We were DUE for a riding day.

*ka-whumph*

Comments

[graydon]

It is totally possible to bend disc brake rotors and nigh-impossible to re-flatten them again. (With hand tools, anyway; someone with an annealing oven, a hydraulic press, and some suitable source of heat could probably manage.)

[rebeccmeister]

Hahahaha, yeah! S was slightly more optimistic about the ability to re-flatten, but in the end, that particular issue is more the student's problem to sort out and he knows it. :^)

[ivy]

Unrelated to everything, Theo is having a broken bar sale today, online only, and they currently have your favorite flavor. So if you want to stock up, now is the time!

[rebeccmeister]

Thanks for the tip!