Trike!

[kareina]

I finally have a working trike again! The replacement wheel arrived while I was in Vienna, and I made time this afternoon to take off the old one and attach the new. Then I went out for a test-ride. Might have ridden further, but it started raining, and while I was debating going on or turning back it started hailing. I took the point, turned back, found a nice balcony to wait under till the hail passed (took very little time for that) and then pedaled home in the rain. I store the trike in my office, which is huge and has plenty of room for it. However, in order to get it here I have to drag it up some stairs. This is not a pleasant process. I need to work out a better way of navigating stairs with this thing so that I actually make use of it on a regular basis.

Today's progress report: got the initial polish of my latest experiment done, and added the second coat of epoxy to soak into the contents of the capsule and hold it all together when I do the final polish tomorrow. Made some further progress on the paper summarizing my thesis. Haven't yet done all that many hours of work today, but I'm cold sitting here in wet clothes after the ride, so will head home for a hot shower and dry clothes, and perhaps I'll come back this evening and accomplish more.