A day off in this nice college town. Yesterday was another short day, stopping before noon at this bike shop. Needed to deal with a worn out cleat that was making clacking noises. While intermittent, annoying. Walked in the door pushing my bike and the owner says "you must be Jim." My friend Brian (who I rode to NC to visit last fall) had emailed Tom Oswald to expect me. Brian bought a frame from Tom when he was just starting out as a custom frame builder. We chatted about my trip and my general state of fatigue and frustration with the hot weather. Solution was to just stop and stay the night, crashing on floor space offered by mechanic Jim Frank, who lives in apartment above shop. Great brewpub few doors down, nice lunch and breakfast place across street, libraries (university and town) to spend time in while waiting for stormy weather to arrive. So nice, I decided to take a full rest day. Ah, the simple pleasures of retirement!
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