I honestly thought I’d get Hornsby ready to ride today, and I would have if I hadn’t shot myself in the foot first thing. Rewind Yesterday afternoon, following a congratulatory lunch with José at our favorite sushi restaurant, I got a head start on adding the accessories, all carried over from Dionysus (with one exception).…

José paid a visit today and work continued on Hornsby. I’d marked the steerer length previously, so the first order of business today was to take the fork to the office and use the workshop there to cut the steerer to length. Back home again, we hammered the retaining nut into the steerer and got…

Before continuing work on Hornsby today, I paid another visit to the bike store. I’ve found brake calipers I want in purple, and wanted to ask if the store could get them for me, and if I could exchange the brakes I’d bought there. I showed the salesperson the brakes I want and he said…

It’s a rainy day. I’d intended to do the housework, clean up some of the parts we’ll be reusing for Hornsby, and get to the bike store. But it was a bit too rainy and windy in the Workshop in the Sky, so I’ve just lazed about all day. (I got the housework done and…

Once again, in my hurry to build up Hornsby’s rear wheel, I neglected to weigh anything. When I weighed the previous wheel after removing the tire, that came to 1,595g — including the cogs. I haven’t mounted the cogs on the new wheel yet, so some math is in order. With 196g for the inner…

I resumed work today on the rear wheel for Hornsby that I’d started after a big sushi celebration on Monday. Before getting started, though, I took a moment to trial fit the completed front wheel into the fork. It fit with plenty of room to spare. After that, I thought I could get right to…

After wasting a whole day Following a delicious sushi lunch celebrating the birthdays of José and Nana’s mother, I attacked the build for Hornsby’s rear wheel. I thought that it’s just me, experienced wheel building guy, and so all will go smoothly. In truth I dropped two nipples inside the rim (which I’m glad to…

When José and I compared weekend plans, it turned out he’d be available today, and he’d prefer helping with the Hornsby build over having a ride together. (Hence my choice to ride yesterday.) The next step is to build up the wheels with 650B rims, and so that was the goal for today. Following the…

Hornsby will have 650B rims with disc brakes, vs. the 26-inch, rim brake wheels used on Dionysus. The hubs on the bike were intended for discs, so I’ll reuse those, but everything else has to go. I’d already removed the tires, tubes and rim strips, so it was just a matter of taking a spoke…