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pray dear reader do you ever get the faint impression that you may be competent? well that is nearly the case this evening. i have embarked on a multi-phase journey toward a better chainline, after last night's debacle, and so far success is nigh. picking through the spindle bins at the local bike shop yielded nothing usable (but oh! so many italian jobs) so i ordered a 107 mm spindle online. then i redished rather severely (a full turn and a half of each spoke) and that really did the trick - right now, without the shorter spindle, things look pretty much okay, which means that when i get the shorter spindle in there i'll be far enough ahead to take off a spacer and make room for the lockring. so we shall see. as it stands, however, i think it may be rideable. i'll put the tire back on tomorrow.

driving home from the office this afternoon i went through a magnificent thunderstorm. heading north i approached this tremendous darkness, all a-crackle with brilliant white bolt from cloud to ground. beneath the clouds were the grey sheets of rain, which i am learning means it's really pouring like all hell under those clouds, because once i got into it (about at state and packard) it was a total deluge, with some hail even. but that was over as quickly as it began, leaving torrents along the gutters even as the sun came out. there is no place quite as stunning as earth, i do believe.