today for 1 mile on a very nice newly paved section of the road, someone smashed glass on the bike lane every 20 feet. please give my tires strength to endure. and bless all our loved ones. agear.

would sig if could

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the man prays for his tires. I adore it.

Semi? As in jostled?

Spent my day with birds and butterflies...herding them is hard work.

Also fragged my ankle again although not as badly as I did before Christmas and am hoping I have not undone the healing too much as I was just starting to feel like the leg was back to it's usual 60%... my back is not that happy either... but then... the back is never happy.

Was at the pet shop and my friend the reptile guy was emptying a big aquarium of bedding (for the feeder mice) and somehow lost his footing and pitched forward into me and I caught him and the tank.

He said his feet came right off the floor so when I caught him and the tank I was probably holding 200 pounds and kept him from face planting into the aquarium which probbaly would have shattered.

He was really apologetic but you don't let your brother face plant into a bunch of plate glass and it was all reflexes and adrenalin... he was also blown away that I caught him and did not collapse... which I did when I got home.

My wife was understandably upset, she worries that one day I will lift something too heavy and my legs will just quit (among other things) but said she was grateful I was there and the other things are still working and I can still wiggle most of my toes.

It's all good.

:O wish I were there

Today I woke up 30 minutes before my first class. Since I use my car to drive for work, I have to drive up to class since I have to work immediately after my last one gets out.

Get to class, see that multiple choice on my first exam ****ed me. I only a few points on the problems (around 95% right on that section). We go over it in class and learn how to use financial calculators. Easy. I like being in class because I always feel ****ing ******** from drugs and booze by the end of break. Feels good to actually think.

Go to noco where I used to live, work, and send my packages to (I don't trust the city leaving **** outside my door) to see more packages of **** that I bought for myself. If I ever see the mail carrier, and she is a female, and she is interested in me, I will **** the **** out of her for how happy she makes me every day. Still waiting on cranks, framed poster, long sleeve and short sleeve capo jerseys, and my retrogression shipment.

Go to work and average out around $13-15 an hour w/ gas expense accounted for and deducted. Not bad.

Go to trivia night (our team name is Balls Deep) and get 6 out of 7. ****. Our strongest member was awol with his girl for vday. At least we had a fem-friend, so we didn't look like too big of losers at the place.

Get home, ride my bike over to the same group of friends, chief their new King with a perc, and then ride home. About to chief more and read up on some ethics. I am going to smoke this class. Busy day in the life of a stoner.

trying to convince wife to fund the guy building me one but with suspension fork and/or suspension basket

wait, you're actually building one of those things? awesome

the guy who built it is INSANE. plus he's exactly my fit.. this bike fit me perfect.
he's like a mad frame building scientist.

the hydraulic disc brakes were the scariest **** i've ever tried to stop with

You know you want this so you can sell cookies in a tent at swap meet

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I remember feeling that way the first time I tried hydraulics. I used them for years on my mountain bikes, but I found that they really are not necessary for anything other than downhill. I suppose they would also be helpful when carrying heavy loads. I ended up switching to mech. discs on my mountain bike for the easier maintenance, although bleeding brakes is pretty simple.

yeah... cakes don't get super heavy... so maybe I wouldn't have him built it with hydraulics

today i am sad i can't go drink beers with jdgesus at 2pm



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At least from this website, it sounds like Seattle's fixed scene is awesome. Here in St. Louis, I feel like its growing. Take that with a grain of salt though. I always feel my hobbies are increasing in popularity once I start getting more into them. A little bit of ignorant optimism won't kill me.

scene?

Well, it looks like you guys hang out.

I hang out with a lot of fixed gear riders. My roommate, for example, is one of them. Are you actually confused about the term, or are you thinking I meant it in a hipster connotation? I didn't, by the way.

edit: Maybe its different in Seattle, but I've only met or seen a handful of riders. There can't be too many of us down here, at least in the Metro STL area. We are pretty tight knit, and if you ride fixed and you like to be social, there's a chance our group of bros know you. Or maybe we are just really ignorant and STL fixed gear scene is huge.

The guy who lives above me organizes alley cats and weekly events, centered around cycling with an emphasis on SSFG. I feel that moving into my apartment with a fixed rider, who will eventually do some graphic design work of them, is like mainline injecting myself into the STL fixed "scene". Sorry if I sound douchy.

second edit: When I use the term scene, I can see how it would be associated with a counter culture. I have openly stated on this website that I think the counter culture involved with fixed gear is lame as ****. A lot of the guys we roll with are way into that, and I have nothing against them as long as they aren't all up in everyone's face about it. I just like riding my bike with other people.

Today,

Same thing happened to my AllCity CKC clips like less than a week ago. The straps are still held open and are functional, I've just been having minor problems with toe overlap.

It's funny. I have no problem dropping $400 on a crankset, but hesitate when faced with the decision to replace a stupid clip or just run with my broken one. I'm bad with money.

I would just say that seattle has a good bike scene in general.

It's not part of my culture, it is how i live. A bike is my only transportation (beside public transit), so it tends to bleed into a lot of things I do.

Pretty awesome. I'm not sure I could live car free though.

I would love to, but I'm pizza driver. Unless I start doping the **** out of my blood, there would be no chance I could deliver the same amount of pizza, making the same amount of money, on a bike.

It comes down to having to get a job that will work with my school schedule. I put in for a position at our local 24hour coffee shop (har har laugh it up) because I heard they are always hiring overnights. If I get the interview, I have the job. That's how its always been for me at every single job I've ever tried for. I hope when I'm putting in resumes for big-boy jobs, my luck (lol.) will continue.

Depending on what you are studying consider working for the university....it's a sweet ass set up.

I was a research assistant for three different projects, it ruled, good pay and super lax.

It's surprisingly easy, especially in Seattle. When I moved to SF 4 years ago I sold my car and haven't regretted it for a minute. The extra cash in my bank account is nice.