Finally got my cross bike all together just in time for Wednesday's practice. I did not have time to get a chain retention system figured out, and subsequently dropped the chain several times, until midway through practice, it blew it up. Ripped it right in half, and had to sit out the rest of practice. Anyhoo, here's a photo of it the next day, still without a chain:
From the front:
Aside from cross, I've pretty much only been riding to and from work. All very humdrum, of course. I have seen this on the path for over a week now (Oct. 11):
A downed, small light post that was laying more in the way earlier in the week. Obviously got hit by a car, and shattered everywhere. Zero effort to clean it up by the city or anyone else. At least someone gave it a nudge so it wasn't 3 feet into the path. Pretty weak, Ankeny.
On a more fun side, I've been going out quite a bit recently, and that almost always means new beers.
Monk's Cafe, Flemish Sour. Officially a personal top 10. Amazing stuff. Reportedly made by the same people who brew Piraat and Gulden Draak, for a bar in Pennsylvania or something. Too lazy too look it up right now. If you see this beer, buy it. I paid $19 or it at the Red Monk, 100% worth it.
Cornucopia from Iowa based PeaceTree Brewing. Pretty great farm ale made with some corn. It was pretty good, pretty affordable, and a slightly different flavor on the traditional farm house style.
Some friends went to Oktoberfest in La Crosse, Wisconsin and returned with several New Glarus beers to share. So far I've tried the Staghorn Octoberfest and the Stone Soup Abbey ale. Both are pretty good, but Stone Soup being a very nice Abbey ale and the Staghorn being okay, but not tremendously memorable. If you're in Wisconsin, buy some of this stuff, it is worth your time.
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