Audiobook finished

Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh

I was only able to give it 2/5 stars on Goodreads. I don't know, it just didn't grab me. It was a decent world-building exercise and a lot of stuff happened, but mostly it was just a bunch of chaos. This was certainly intentional as the events in the book were very chaotic, and I could easily see this being the springboard for a good series, but I'm not really convinced that I should invest any more time in Company Wars given this start.

Bike maintenance: new brakes

New pads in the rear. Last set went on at 19562 back in late 2009, so these lasted 8099 miles and close to 3 years (wow, my annual mileage is down). This is more miles than I've gotten out of them in the past, but I have been using the front brakes more heavily recently.

The rim is getting a noticeable groove worn in it by the brakes, due to the amount of grit that I pick up while riding gravel roads. I've been trying to avoid the gravel both on the bike and in the car lately, it's clearly bad for both; rocks hitting the underside of the car clearly lead to premature rusting from the looks of the bottom of the van. Anyway I should probably start looking for deals on a new rim, I'll have to lace up one probably next year if not sooner.

Odometer: 27661