Its HOT

Summer has arrived in DC and we're going through a mini heatwave. If you're not sweating off 10 lbs you're getting caught in thunderstorms.

I've passed the 1,500 mile mark commute wise.

The brakes (that I've never been all that happy with) are getting down to the wear line. I did a little searching on the various forums and the Kool-Stop brand got some love. So I ordered a pair of these. So far I've replaced the fronts (didn't want to replace both in case I screwed something up) and they're working quite well.

More tire issues and an update

So, I've traveled just over 1,200 miles since buying the bike and for the most part its been fairly painless. I recently had another issue with tires; this time the front got a flat about 2 miles from work on Friday. I pushed the bike to Galaxy Cycles, who repaired. Unfortunately, just like the back tire the repair didn't hold for whatever reason and it was flat again about a mile into the ride home. Galaxy were their normal cool selves and fixed it again for no charge.

My gut is, probably like most things, EasyHyrbrid skimped (for lack of a better word) on certain items in order to keep the bike within a certain price point range. Its not that the tires are cheap, just not the absolute best you can get. And that's fine. I guess I really can't complain about getting an average of 1,000 miles out of them.