Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Today I:

I thought it's be good to have a "what did you do today" kind of thread like I see on DavisFixed. I searched, didn't see one, so here it is! (Mods plzzzz don't delete :) )

Today I just got back from Oakland to Davis for a midterm, and what normally takes a 1 hour drive, turned into a 3 and a half hour drive due to TWO accidents, and a backed up toll plaza due to the accidents. I happened to make it to my class 30 minutes late.

I get home to see a package from Niagara-- cool it's my seatpost. But I don't see my package from BikeWordUSA, which is supposed to be my silver Origin 8 headset. I check online and it said USPS delivered it last Thursday, when I was still home. So basically either something went terribly wrong with the delivery, or someone totally stole it!

Now I feel like complete ass because I can't ride my bike lol. I think I'm going to treat myself to some PB&J, and buy a new Chris King headset. And maybe some Wounded Knee knickers from Retrogression. blah.

That's what you get for giving Origin 8 your money.

/thread.

(just kiddin' calv)

I didn't do anything today, but yesterday I went on a the first 20ish mile ride in awhile. It was the first weekend in a long, long time that I didn't have 1000000000000000 hours of homework to do. Felt good, bro.

That's what you get for giving Origin 8 your money.

/thread.

(just kiddin' calv)

I blame the people who told me to get total **** or a CK.

So pretty much, I do get what I deserve for going the "total *****" route LOL.


I didn't do anything today, but yesterday I went on a the first 20ish mile ride in awhile. It was the first weekend in a long, long time that I didn't have 1000000000000000 hours of homework to do. Felt good, bro.

Sounds sick. I wanna get out on the road so baddddddd.

And maybe some Wounded Knee knickers from Retrogression. blah.

You'd better hurry. They're selling like hotcakes.

Today I took out the SS MTB for the first mountain bike ride of the season. The trails were wet and very slippery, but not actually muddy. It was a blast, I have to get out more often.

You'd better hurry. They're selling like hotcakes.
They look so dope! But how I'm feeling about them is:

Y U NO COST FREE????



Today I took out the SS MTB for the first mountain bike ride of the season. The trails were wet and very slippery, but not actually muddy. It was a blast, I have to get out more often.

I should convert my old Cannondale MTB into a SS and start hitting trails, looks crazy!

today i rode 30m home in about 1h40m
insanely lovely this afternoon

Today I woke up at 5:30am, ate some chorizo & eggs and went for a long ride along the coast while the sun came up. Was tempted to jump into the ocean but my feet told me the water was only about 45 degrees so no dice. Swung by the shop where I occasionally work as a tech, got my hands dirty doing three tune ups and building two bikes. Went across the street and bought a roast beef sandwich. Ate said roast beef sandwich while thinking how much I ****ing love roast beef sandwiches. Didn't feel like riding home with a belly full of meat so I got on the train with my bike and got off two stops later near Retrogression HQ. Packed up a bunch of orders, answered a bunch of e-mails, made some calls and waited for the mail pickup. Shot the breeze with our mail guy Jim (I swear it's the same conversation every day). Packed up my computer and rode home (about 5 minutes). Drank a beer on my back porch. Came inside and took a nap with my cat Syd. Woke up when Angie got home, fired up the grill for dinner and made some awesome teriyaki chicken, corn on the cob and sweet potatoes.

As complicated as life can be sometimes, every now and then I have days that make me feel incredibly lucky to be alive.

Got my r540s and a new cog (18t) in the mail
cleaned/lubed my chain, wiped down the frame, derotafixed the 15t cog on there, threw it on the freewheel side with a bb lockring, rotafixed the new 18t cog on the fixed side, threw the formula lockring on there - tried to see if the chain length would still work (key work try because my bb/crankset is off the bike, waiting for a new bb) = seriously 1 mm of space needed to get the chain off on the 18t side.

considering whether to go half link or a full link up, on the 15t side its already 50-60% out in the dropouts..

Today I wished I didn't click on this thread.

Today I wished I didn't click on this thread.

But you still felt the need to comment.

come on come on we're all squirrels here

Today I wished I didn't click on this thread.

It's not required to open every thread or reply to every thread.

Today I got in two rides and discovered that I've changed some as a rider. This bloodclot thing has forced me to push an easier gear and I've benefited from it. I've gotten faster and much faster than before this all happened. Before I was fast, but in more spaced out efforts.

Today I woke up at 5:30am, ate some chorizo & eggs and went for a long ride along the coast while the sun came up. Was tempted to jump into the ocean but my feet told me the water was only about 45 degrees so no dice. Swung by the shop where I occasionally work as a tech, got my hands dirty doing three tune ups and building two bikes. Went across the street and bought a roast beef sandwich. Ate said roast beef sandwich while thinking how much I ****ing love roast beef sandwiches. Didn't feel like riding home with a belly full of meat so I got on the train with my bike and got off two stops later near Retrogression HQ. Packed up a bunch of orders, answered a bunch of e-mails, made some calls and waited for the mail pickup. Shot the breeze with our mail guy Jim (I swear it's the same conversation every day). Packed up my computer and rode home (about 5 minutes). Drank a beer on my back porch. Came inside and took a nap with my cat Syd. Woke up when Angie got home, fired up the grill for dinner and made some awesome teriyaki chicken, corn on the cob and sweet potatoes.

As complicated as life can be sometimes, every now and then I have days that make me feel incredibly lucky to be alive.

Dude, is this a movie? lmao AWESOME day. I think I'll order those knickers by tonight if I feel like it, still on the fence about spending more money when I got rent to pay, lol.

Got my r540s and a new cog (18t) in the mail
cleaned/lubed my chain, wiped down the frame, derotafixed the 15t cog on there, threw it on the freewheel side with a bb lockring, rotafixed the new 18t cog on the fixed side, threw the formula lockring on there - tried to see if the chain length would still work (key work try because my bb/crankset is off the bike, waiting for a new bb) = seriously 1 mm of space needed to get the chain off on the 18t side.

considering whether to go half link or a full link up, on the 15t side its already 50-60% out in the dropouts..
Good news dude, the Wheels Manufacturing chainwhip worked just fine. First use I took off a cog and put two on with it and didn't have any problems. No more rotafixing for you! ;p

Oakland :twitchy:
Having one episode of gangland about your back yard is bad, let alone 2!

Yea it happens, somebody walking by and seeing that package on the porch...
What part of oakland are you from?

Don't splurge on a king headset until you set up a P.O. Box; problem solved.

I did the morning commute to campus, and then the evening stroll back home.

Dude, is this a movie? lmao AWESOME day. I think I'll order those knickers by tonight if I feel like it, still on the fence about spending more money when I got rent to pay, lol.

Good news dude, the Wheels Manufacturing chainwhip worked just fine. First use I took off a cog and put two on with it and didn't have any problems. No more rotafixing for you! ;p

grats man! i'll look into that, but for now i'm pretty broke
even more of a pain rotafixing on an actual track bb because it's shorter, less room for the chain to wrap around

advice guys? should i get a half link? is there some way to get the chain off when it's all the way back in the dropouts?

grats man! i'll look into that, but for now i'm pretty broke
even more of a pain rotafixing on an actual track bb because it's shorter, less room for the chain to wrap around

advice guys? should i get a half link? is there some way to get the chain off when it's all the way back in the dropouts?

Remove the chainring bolts and carefully dislodge the chainring or if you are careful and have a chain breaker, break the chain.

hangover from drinking swill last night.
still went to work.
freaked out the some dude lost his finger on a forklift last night. crazy!
big apple tires for my 29er finally arrived*
took the vassago jabberwocky to my not so LBS but the only LBS i trust.
evening ride on me Pashley Guv'nor tut tut.
beer,chicken and broc and cheese for supper.


*never again will i order from bikebling- a set of tires should not take a month
to process and ship. buncha CA flakes

today, i continued reading the local news about the NC tornado fallout and greatly appreciated the fact that my family and i were completely unaffected. 62 confirmed funnel touchdowns and 22 deaths in the state less than 48hrs ago. a friend's wife was in a home improvement store when the roof came off and the walls collapsed (she's fine). another friend just had his condo condemned. 5 of the deaths happened within riding distance of my house.

i want scrod's day.
(that said, i did grill some waygu beef and open a beautiful oak aged double ipa tonight...weather's gorgeous now.)

Oh yea, I pieced together the KHS Flite 100 today. I don't know why I have 3 steel bikes. :(

Picked up a guitar that was being repaired. Sold said guitar. Made mucho $$$$$.

Tomorrow will be new frame ordering day!

Oakland :twitchy:
Having one episode of gangland about your back yard is bad, let alone 2!

Yea it happens, somebody walking by and seeing that package on the porch...
What part of oakland are you from?

Don't splurge on a king headset until you set up a P.O. Box; problem solved.
Funny thing is, my package got jacked in my apartment complex in Davis, CA. Not from my actual house. From now on, I'd rather wait till the weekend and pick up my packages at my house then to have it delivered to Davis.

I live in East Oakland, right off of MacArthur.

And for the most part, if I can't find my package and I'm in need of a headset anyways .. :P I'll just swap it over to when I upgrade from my Kilo to maybe a Godzilla or something that has a 1" headtube haha.

Today the power was out in my part of town for about 5 hours. A couple of my classes were canceled, so all said and I done I hopped on my bike to kill the cold drizzle. I made it a point to maintain a relatively fast cadence throughout, as if following a musical flow. It tore me up after a few miles, but it was fun taking advantage of the confusion that a power outage can bring.

Also, a mild earthquake hit us, but I barely felt it.

Funny thing is, my package got jacked in my apartment complex in Davis, CA. Not from my actual house. From now on, I'd rather wait till the weekend and pick up my packages at my house then to have it delivered to Davis.

I live in East Oakland, right off of MacArthur.

And for the most part, if I can't find my package and I'm in need of a headset anyways .. :P I'll just swap it over to when I upgrade from my Kilo to maybe a Godzilla or something that has a 1" headtube haha.

Darn college kids then lol....
Speaking of east oakland; I used to live in the laurel district during my stint as a golden bear.

thought about the chainring bolts, really don't want to do that everytime (this is going to be a common switch out)
chainbreaker would be a nightmare, imagine trying to hold a chain taut with the two links together while holding the breaker and inserting the pin every single time (especially since chain is already taut at that point)

Nice! I went to Laurel Elementary eons ago! haha. Where are you now? Maybe when I can bring my bike back home we can ride?

Today i ran, did not ride. It's supposed to rain til Thursday now. Ride bikes every day!

Dookie, glad you and your folks are ok. Tornadoes ain't no fun.

Today I went to work.. then eventually I went home.

today I studied 350 Chinese vocabulary words, finished two papers, and bought my plane ticket to China. Oh, and made a super tasty stir fry. I didn't ride my bike today because it was ****ing snowing here in Wisconsin.

today, i ran 4 miles in the morning, followed by a frozen-dinner thing for lunch. eh. worked on a pictogram font for my graphic design project, had some great feedback. then i went and scored a hot new wheelset for my boyfriends bike and i might have also convinced him to ride fixed instead of a freewheel (because getting a rear brake on his bike is too complicated). then i went to mariachi rehearsal for an hour, sang my heart out, and rode bikes with the boy to a mexican restaurant and had some tortas and pacifico/modelo.

i love my new bike

thought about the chainring bolts, really don't want to do that everytime (this is going to be a common switch out)
chainbreaker would be a nightmare, imagine trying to hold a chain taut with the two links together while holding the breaker and inserting the pin every single time (especially since chain is already taut at that point)

Master link?

I'll bite.

Today I: woke up late, it's the start of my weekend. Got some brews. My neighbor bench-ground a saddle binder bolt on the commuter. Beveled it, actually. Problem solved, now it's four loko.

fml

Hai Five!

Master link?

hmm.. is that safe? heard some people knocking em. good idea though, didn't think of it thanks!

Today I came down with a sinus infection. Sucks

Today I came down with a sinus infection. Sucks

I feel your pain, netty pots make everything better.
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Today my ladyfriend and I replaced the bent original fork on her A08 project bike and replaced it with a beautiful chromed fork from a '74 Gitane. We also put tubes and tires on her new 27" wheelset. The pug is coming together nicely.

Nice! I went to Laurel Elementary eons ago! haha. Where are you now? Maybe when I can bring my bike back home we can ride?

San Diego unfortunately :o

Funny, I was just thinking about today!

I woke up a little late (nothing better to do lately) I got called by the orthopedic surgeon saying I have an Appointment on Thursday(which will hopfully determine how long until I can ride again, and if I can walk now or soon without something helping) Then I got a phone call from a lovely lady friend and she said she was going to the store and coming over, so I got up and took a nice shower, and got out to notice two packages were here, so I opened my box of vans to Viddy my long awaited new pair of kicks I scored for cheap, and opened my package for my cheap-o bendable mini-tripod for when I can get out and begin photographing things, and my friend arrived and we hung out for a while and had some fun hanging out and stuff, started watching a crappy b-movie, but she had to go home at a certain time to do crap, so we didn't finish it. While she was here I got a THIRD package, and I knew exactly what it was(my rim and front hub) She left, I tore it open and was stoked on it, even though I expected it. And also was able to avoid Percocet for 12-18 hours (I have been prescribed for pain a few months ago, and my body is finally beginning to hate me for it if I don't take it for a while) So after my back and hip get better, I'm going to taper off of them and hopefully be back to my normal self. Now I'm lurking here a bit, and my cousin wants me to watch something with him in like ten minutes.
:D

borrowed my friend's rear wheel to see if i'd want a freewheel on the continuum. gross. also didn't translate well to risers (though i think it needs a much longer stem than the spare 80 i had that fit the bar clamp)

got a fat load of mexican food with some friends for early dinner, killed time riding around a cemetery and trying to steal another friend's bikes.

finished by swapping some brake levers

I feel your pain, netty pots make everything better.
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I use one of those everynight to try and avoid sinus infections. My doc said that the nesxt step is surgery, ugh!

Today I bought some bullhorns, looked at clipless shoes and pedals, and tried a Fizik Arione... comfy. Prob will buy it.

put on some 25mm Panaracer RiBMo's on my new Sun M13 rear wheel. Pumped it to 95 psi, and walked into my room. Hear a pop.

Tube blew out. Either I installed the tire and the tube was being pinched, or the tube box that says fits tires up to 700x18c to 23c really means it fits only up to 23c.

fml.

It wasn't the tube's fault.

It wasn't the tube's fault.

Wasn't blaming it. :rolleyes:

Tube blew out. Either I installed the tire and the tube was being pinched, or the tube box that says fits tires up to 700x18c to 23c really means it fits only up to 23c.

nah I fit them into larger tires

i've used 23 tubes on 32s alright

bad rim strip or pinched between tire bead