At the risk of blowing any hipster cred I might have, I don't smoke. I *could* do the ride home blindfolded, but didn't this time. And snow? Come on... this is Fort Worth.

The sling is near useless. They gave me a Large; I think an XL would have been better.

today i'm experiencing first world problems....my new headset cap is a tad darker than my seatpost clamp...it actually goes well with the bike, just doesn't match the seat collar exactly.
should i)
a. buy a new headset cap that might match better?
b. put a black seat collar on and keep the red headset cap?
c. put back on the black headset cap and keep the red collar?
d. stop whining?
i know i know....but i just want it to look as good as it rides and wanna be all matchy matchy!

pics or it didnt happen.

e. new bike

as close as i got...
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8280/8...f52f959d_c.jpg
http://velob2b.com/wp-content/upload...Clamp_Red1.jpg

Black seat clamp.

I am ineligible at this time :(

Can you tell when looking at the bike with the parts where they respectively belong? A lot of times things dont match side by side but when theyre installed you cant tell the difference

pic of them on the bike?

for?

last night i tweaked my wrist pretty bad in a softball game. trying to not move it so much. in other news, i decided i want to learn to lace wheels. whoooo another money pit.

i'll take one later...but you can def tell they don't match....the red nips on my wheelset are small and far enough away from the collar and/or the bearing cap that they look like they match either.
i see way more colored seat collars that headsets, so i'm leaning toward a black collar...

got up early to ride with a group and it was awesome.

Is that red wrinkle paint? looks good and not that common on bikes.

Wrist injury and wheel building won't go well together.

Clearly this is the only acceptable course of action.

Life finds a way.

- Dr. Ian Malcolm

I can't talk. I have been having knee pain and decided to ride brakeless anyway

Me too. So do you just skip stop all day long and avoid skidding at all cost like I do?

So today I decided that I want a Leader Heritage and will be moving all my components from my Sputnik.

Today I'm leaving on a coast-to-coast trip (well, my-apartment-to-coast, can't be assed riding through downtown and back just to 'officially' begin at the coast). Cryptic message from riding buddy last night stated we would leave at 5, but didn't say whether that was from his place, my place, or the meet up point with the third rider. I woke up at 4 and was ready by 5 just in case. Turns out he meant he would leave his place at 5:30. Awesome.

This is the route, if anyone is interested (although we're starting from Tokyo, not Kawasaki): http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=318292

no...it's a hard anodized texture finish...

Change the clamp. The headset is sick looking and those shades of red don't belong in the same room together, nevermind on the same bike.

today i think about how i can eat avocado while on the bike

Avocados are disgusting. Guacamole is not.

Today it's 94°.

I wouldnt skid anyway. , it's a waste.

It hit 90 here. I went out for a couple miles and turned right around for home. Nope, not today.