The latest feature on this web site is: This Week’s Featured Product! I plan to post these on Sundays; so publishing a product yesterday was jumping the gun. I just wanted to get started; and this one will be up for a few extra days.

The latest feature on my month-old hybrid is a set of fenders. Or it will be soon. After work today, I rode to the bike shop; but I had to leave the bicycle there. Estimated installation time is at least one hour; and the shop was due to close in less than an hour.

So I won’t be riding to the salvage store tomorrow. Maybe I can sleep late for once! Then I can go out on the road bike; and later I’m meeting some friends for lunch. 

I’m very lucky we’ve had so little rain lately. In wet weather, no fenders means a wet stripe up the back with every ride; and of course that stripe carries dirt and grit with it. In addition to a wet and dirty back, I get grit in my back hair!

We might get some rain as soon as Sunday night; so those fenders aren’t coming a bit too early. Fenders don’t only keep the rider cleaner and a bit drier; they keep panniers and trunks a bit cleaner as well. That’s good news for me, because I’m lazy and hate cleaning.