Summer weather is finally starting here in western New England. The second half of May was unseasonably cool and very rainy. This week's temperatures have been much warmer and the rain has stayed away (so far).
I've been putting the recently rebuilt 1960 Schwinn Traveler through its paces, and really putting the miles on it. I've tightened a couple screws that loosened a bit, and am still fooling with the tire pressures to make them more comfortable. I had to replace a faulty set of AAA batteries in one of the lights as well. These old bikes always take at least a few rides to nail everything down.
But the signs point to this being a nice, solid, comfortable bike once everything is dialed-in.
May in New England is pretty similar to here in the West-of-Cascades Northwest: It can be great, summer prelude weather, or it can be damp and cool as winter is getting in its last gasp. (And it often alternates between the two.) I was actually in New Haven over Memorial Day, so I got to experience that damp, cool weather. There were many Connecticut Memorial Day weekends in my youth when we'd be having barbecues huddled under picnic shelters because "It's the beginning of summer, dammit."
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Shawn,
DeleteIt was a tough few days when we had two Nor'Easter storms in the second half of May - temperatures around 50F and lots of wind. It finally started to clear out a bit on the Sunday and Monday of Memorial Day weekend. Too bad you came here just in time for the rain and cold. Here's to hoping June is better.
Mike