Cycling To Work

It's been about a month since the Atala was put back together. The shoes and pedals are working out fine. I have been riding 2 days a week to work. Getting the legs loosened up again. 6.5 miles in 20 to 21 minutes. I'll feel like I accomplished something once I get 1000 miles in the saddle. Temps have been anywhere from 50 in the morning to 90+ degrees in the afternoon. I have become an ace at finding shade at stoplights, which is not that hard since I ride North in the morning and South in the evening, so I am shaded by street side trees a lot of the way.
One problem with this whole deal is that I am way more hungry now. Gotta start getting in more miles to offset the food intake.

I'll see if I can get my butt in gear and put some photos online.

Radiator Recycle

We saved a radiator from the landfill. The Nissan had been running hot and we figured we could wait till spring to do the needed repairs. Well, it has been running hot while driving around town, so, to save the engine from having a premature meltdown we decided we had to get it fixed. For a number of years we have been taking our vehicles to A&A Auto on 3rd Street in San Jose. Dave is an awesome mechanic and will figure out what really needs to be done, and then do only the work necessary to fix a problem.
He took out the radiator, sent it to a radiator shop - can you believe there is still one operating - they tested, cleaned and restored the radiator. Dave reinstalled it and the whole shebang was half the cost of what the dealer wanted to do.
Repair, reuse, recycle...