No Tricks or Treats

Last night was Halloween and it was basically a non-event at my place. I didn’t even buy a bag of candy just in case a lost trick or treater made it to my door. I did have an emergency plan of offering them Pop Tarts if necessary. I instead spent my evening testing out the new Pidzoom TPMS kit that I received this week. It is designed to alert you if your tire pressure drops, a good thing to know when you only have one of them.

It seems like a high quality product but I realized that there is a caveat, you have to have a wheel that will support it. The sensor replaces the valve cap and is significantly bigger than one. I tried it on three of my wheels and I could only get it install cleanly on one of them, my Master. On the Patton the sensor attached but if you spun the wheel it would hit the battery casing. On the V13 I couldn’t even get it installed as there was not enough clearance between the valve stem and motor housing. Supposedly if I deflate the tube and adjust the angle of the valve stem I might be able to get it to work on that wheel.

Evidently on the web site there is a FAQ that points out that the sensors are not compatible with all wheels along with a list of wheels it IS compatible with. I was not aware of this. So I hope to continue the testing/video this weekend with this new knowledge secured. It seems like cool hardware, if I can actually use it.

The rest of my Thursday evening was on the normal side. What won’t be normal is the birthday party tonight I am attending for my good buddy Juan. He and I have been friends for long time. He recently got injured while hiking which is going to keep him from playing pickleball for quite awhile which he is depressed about. I am hoping the party helps elevate his spirits. Speaking of spirits, I am pretty sure I will be consuming a decent amount of them tonight.

As long as my knees still function I hope to play pickleball tomorrow morning. I also need to do a more in depth repair of the fence where the loose fence boards are. The renailing I did a couple weeks ago has already failed. The rest of the weekend will take care of itself.

It was this time a year ago where one of several ridiculous scenarios played out that was the beginning of one of several ends with my ex. Thinking about the degree of insanity that I allowed to fester makes me angry to this day.