It’s reinvigorating to see how good folks are… I’d made some fast-n-flippant comment some time back on the iBob list about a search for all things Zeus, and how nice it would be if a set of actual Zeus branded brake levers could be found. It wasn’t the thrust of the post at all - just kind of a tangential thought stitched into the reply, but within a day or so, another list member emailed me and offered up what he had for a more than reasonable price. Wouldn’t take payment up front, either. Wanted me to make sure that they would work before any checks got sent. So, they arrived in the mail last evening, in all their Zeusy-ness:
Stamped and drilled, and so another Zeus-emblazoned bit gets to be added to the 650B Project… Can’t wait to get them put in place. So, anyone need a set of Mafac levers?
Meanwhile:
The buds on the big orchids are hanging like ripe fruit out back. One of the cymbidiums opened several weeks ago, and although it has suffered a bit in the shifting weather of the past weeks, it has held on to greet some of the new flowers which began opening up. So far, it’s just been the basic white and yellow flowers, but the tiger striped ones are looking pretty ready as well. If we get another few warm days, they should burst out pretty nicely. In the meantime, here are a couple of the newest ones (if you’re interested, click on them to see larger versions):
I’ll probably push a few more photos over to my “Orchids” set in Flickr.
March 21st, 2007 at 11:30 am huh, apparently flower day for the bike blogs.
March 29th, 2007 at 7:34 am I do have a complete set of Mafac racer calipers, if that’s what you are looking for? Cheers Andrew in Toronto
March 29th, 2007 at 7:43 am Hey there Andrew - Thanks for the offer! The original idea was to put together an entirely Zeus-part-using Zeus. Of course, since it morphed into a 650B project, that’s not entirely possible. I had been using a set of Mafac levers which I’ll be taking off. Photos here.