I think at one point I commemorated post number 100 or something on this blog.

But given that both anniversaries and the odometric rollovers of our base-10 number system are a bit arbitrary, today we are commemorating post 553.

I’m just glad for a little sun, some good days to ride, slowly returning fitness, and all the other various blessings of a comfy middle-class life.

The comical tandem now has far more sensible gearing. Ratios other than the lowest one may now be usable.

A cyclocross frame, procured at a staggeringly low cost, is trundling towards me through the miracle of ground shipment. It’s black, and it has nice-looking dropouts. Hey John: this frame needs some red paint. What do you suggest?

Now if I could just get my laptop back into one piece and off my kitchen table.