Yes! By god I don't even count that one.

Today when I rode to work at 6:30 am it was already approaching 80 degrees. It will be in the high 90s with a 103 heat index for the ride home this afternoon. I was *this* close to not riding to work today but honestly, being on public transit when it's this hot is just as miserable, plus you're surrounded by stinky sweaty grumpy people.

Commuted on the fixed gear after putting in a lot of geared miles this weekend. My calf muscle was tight so I figured I would do a pedal stretch, forgetting that I couldn't coast. Doh! I can laugh at myself but I still felt like an idiot.

Then later down the road I saw a crow and squirrel fighting, that was awesome....squirrel won of course, and by that I mean he disappeared into a bush.

Today I:

Am getting sucked into E3 blogs and life feeds! Damn you nintendo!

yeah, how'd the camping go?

Hit the worst part of traffic both ways on hwy 530, saturday morning all the cars heading into the mountains and sunday all the cars coming back...headwinds sunday. But the mountain loop highway is killer, and the campsite was awesome. Felt good to ride a loaded bike again and to get some miles in.

any pix?

and ftfy:

dug through 4 feet of clay in 94 degrees heat to not find the water main i was digging for


EDIT
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ps carlton go there ^

Went out for a short ride to the park with the lady. My Cinelli gel tape started to come loose on the drops, so I think I'm going to rewrap them. Actually. I might splurge and be a dumbass and get some Lizardskins from Dave's shop, haha.

"For added ease of control, Shimano has integrated the brake lever and the shifter into one unit, allowing the rider to brake and shift without moving hand positions--an optimal feature for increased safety."

WHAT? When did they start doing this??!!
/s

like 10+ years ago dude

(or was that /s for sarcasm?)

I remember the first time I did a test ride with those breaks/shifters was during my short stint working at the LBS.

"How do I... Hmm..
Uhh...

Whoa.
WHOA.

AWESOME."

Yeah, /s is for sarcasm.

Brifters are sweet.

Double Tap please.

decided to skitch off a car that pulled out of a parking space in front of me, as a 'cut me off i'll use your gas' gesture.

they sped off and it quickly turned into a 'roll/slide across the ground' gesture.

I still call them brifters.... nothing beats having to utter 1 less syllable.

Man. What a horrible quarter at UC Davis. I feel like dropping out now.. lol

He's just expressing his want for SRAM. I want SRAM too

Haha I feel your pain sir...

Every time I see the "I'm [famous cycling dude/chick] and I choose SRAM" commercial during cycling events, which is like 50 times per day, it makes me think I'd choose SRAM too if I could afford it. Also I like the scene at the end with the cyclist going over the pavé with the boop-beep-boop music.

/cool story bro

SRAM makes the best looking components. Shimano stuff looks like aliens made it. Campy is meh. FSA is meh. Etc.

I have the SRAM Rival component set and a Force crankset on my roadie and I absolutely love it.

Am going to look at and possibly buy an 80's Team Fuji frame that has been well maintained.

today i ate cheesecake and pineapple upside down cake for breakfast

Today I hit 30.1mph (according to RunKeeper) on a 46x17 ratio.

Holy cadence.

I have been trying to talk my brother to trying out cycling. Today he tells me he wants a sweet fixie. He doesn't even know what fixed gear is

but he knows he wants it sweet

Fixie hit the local high school big last year. It's weird to go to the LBS and see these kids that claim to be sponsored by Leader but without a Leader bike.

ftfy