Bike Happy Hour has moved, and I couldn't be happier

Due to financial pressures at the Ankeny Pub, Bike Happy Hour has been forced to move to a new location, at least for a while.

The move does not sadden me.

Located basically across town from me, the ride to and from the Ankeny Rainbow was getting harder as the hours of daylight became fewer and the weather turned cold and wet. While the eye surgeries I had a few years ago definitely helped sharpen my vision, they did not improve my night vision much, and riding after dark has become nearly impossible for me, especially when it rains.

The move to Migration Brewing (a former sponsor of my old racing club, Team Slow -- see team meeting table setting at left) comes as a welcome change. I will no longer have to ride nearly as far to attend, and the ride home will be accompanied by more ambient street lighting so I can stay a little longer. Plus, the indoor space is large enough to accommodate more people, so it may even see an increase in participation over the winter months.

And if I can't ride on a given Wednesday afternoon, there's nothing stopping me from taking public transit there and back.

It's not quite as centrally located for all of Portland, but these days I admit to feeling some healthy selfishness about my bicycle riding, and anything that's closer to home works better for me.

Tomorrow, Coffee Outside PDX is meeting up at Alberta Park. It's supposed to be nearly ten degrees colder tomorrow than today, so I'm playing it by ear. But if I can manage it, I might go.

*******

In other news, I am closer to making the changes to the Peugeot that will allow me to get the Rivvy ready to sell in the early spring.
I need to figure out the saddle height so I can swap over my older Brooks Flyer -- more broken-in and more comfortable -- to approximate the position of the current saddle, which I can swap over to the Rivvy or sell separately.

I also need to decide how much I care about the parts on the Peugeot. They work fine, and I'm comfortable on the bike. I suspect that any other parts-swapping will be sparked by vanity rather than practicality, and the more I think about it, the more I think I may just swap saddles and call it good. After all, I honestly don't know how much longer I'll be able to ride my bike at all and would rather not be stuck with an expensive albatross. Or how blingy I want that bike to be with all the homeless encampment bicycle chop shops on the east side.

I paid a hundred bucks for the Peugeot and if I take a loss it won't sting so much.

Do I sell the Rivvy as a whole bike, or as a frameset? I'll check the webs and see what a few of my bikey friends think. It will probably go on the market by no later than mid-February.