It snowed some more today. Shit. I guess I wont be riding my mountain bike with its new parts on Monday. I started putting it together today, but the rear derailler pulleys were in pretty rough shape so I ran to MEC to pick up some new ones, among other things. They only had pulleys for 7 speed chains and I'm putting together a 9 speed drivetrain. [9 speed chains are thinner than 7 speed chains] So I ride over to the bike shop one block over to get some there. The guy there doesn't even ask me what speed the drivetrain is and he comes out with the same pulleys as the ones at MEC. Not only that, but they want $6.00 each, whereas MEC was only asking $2.00 a pair. Yikes! So I went back to MEC and bought a pair from there. Hopefully they'll work ok until I can get some proper ones.



I also picked up a new u-lock for $15.00, my old one was driving me crazy. The key would get stuck halfway through unlocking and I would have to reef on it to get it to turn. Pain in the ass. Got a couple pairs of brake pads as well, although I might not need them both as I ordered a disk brake for the front. I should get it sometime this week. I hope. Its a Avid 203mm mech disk brake. Woohoo! Should be good. I just hope it comes with the correct mounting adapter for my forks. [RockShox T2]