Right after this Saturday’s 300k, Jane and I dropped Matt off on the hill and got to bed at around 4:30am. Somehow we managed to sleep in on Sunday until 5pm. I’m not sure that I’ve ever slept that late in my life. It wasn’t a comforting sleep either. It was a really deep, impossible to wake up from, sleep. When I was finally able to pry my crusty eyes open, I realized that the cold that I’d been fighting in the previous week had returned.

It returned for Jane as well, except it was even harder on her. We took her in to the doctor on Wednesday and it turns out that she has pneumonia. I guess standing out in the cold all day to slap biker ass wasn’t a great idea after all. She has been mostly asleep since then.

This has given me a lot of time to think about my next bike. Well, the bike that I imagine will some day be my next bike.. if time and money weren’t a factor. I’ve been scouring the internet like some depraved pervert.

I’d like to build up a commuter bike. It is going to have mustache style handlebars, full fenders (of course), and a dyno hub up front. I’m not sure I can go without the dyno anymore. I love love love it.

I’m swaying between either a single speed or an internal hub in the rear, like a Nexus 8 speed. Either way, it will have racks and/or baskets. It must be able to carry groceries. I want to be able to get home from the market without feeling like stuff is going to fall out.

ANT bikes builds some beautiful examples of what I’d love to have. Here is a 3 speed custom with an amazing wooden front rack. This was on display at NAHBS this year and was quite a looker. He builds a kit for a bit under 2,000 called the Boston Roadster. It is really well built up including a Shimano dyno hub on the front and a Nexus on the rear. It isn’t exactly what I want, but pretty darn close.

A boy can dream, can’t he?

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