I hit a squirrel once. Riding with friend, jumped under my rear wheel. My friend had to go back and kill it :(

true friends put animals out of their misery.

This is so true. My old dog used to sneeze a lot.

used to.

Today I'm really starting to kick mono's ass. Already weened myself off the tylenol-codeines. I still don't want to look at my dead bike laying in the garage. The more I think about it I'm starting to think I'd be best off in the long run to part it and buy a practical but good road bike (thinking 90's aluminum cannondales with ultegra or 105). I'll hopefully be spending fall semester in Costa Rica so I don't think I'll try to buy anything over the summer unless I see a screaming deal on one.

good on ya. mono is terrible. recover and just heal, don't overdo anything.

and i highly, HIGHLY recommend usa cannondales with ultegra:P

Yeah, yours is pretty sick! I asked about them in C&V and they seem to have a great reputation. Along with that comes a price that hasn't deflated that much though. They still seem to fetch about tree fiddy for the 105 equipped ones in a lot of places.

I got stranded on my way to pick up my new MW Vandal. A friend ordered it with employee discount, and on my way to her house I caught a nail in my back tire. No patches, so I threw a tube in and promptly snapped off the valve. In the time it took to get a new tube from a passing cyclist, she fell asleep. No bag yet. Lame. Was the first time I've ever gotten stranded too.

I've never snapped a presta valve stem before... they seem quite tough to me.. how did you manage to do that?

I've killed a couple (actually rubber around base of valve stem) with frame pumps, by not properly bracing pump against spokes, rim, whatever. Now I usually carry a pump with a hose, so haven't killed tube at valve in a LONG time. knock on wood.

Hand pump on a looooooong stem. I had to get a deep stem becuase it was all they had, and I refuse to ride without a tube and/or patches. It just wobbled too much and as I got up to around 80psi it separated from the tube.

i came in sec in gold sprints today. and set the fastest time of the night around 17 second s and fell off my bike later on. i was tired

Today I ate a bunch of bad food, but justified it by riding a bunch.

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I also wrote junk on Mucky's arrospok

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I just ate dinner. It's 4 in the morning, and my dinner was a 750 of Brooklyn Sorachi Ace, a neat pour of Macallan 12-year, a couple handfuls of chili-cheese Fritos, and a couple Camel lights. I am healthiest of all they cyclists.

off the grid!

btw, 40% chance of rain in the morning, so when I wake up I'll look outside to see if it's wet, if it isn't I'm heading down to hellyer

thats so close to have a velodrome!

So pissed, got the email that it was cancelled last night cause it said 100% chance... I confirmed it last night as well. Then this morning, it is dry as hell. I hate my life.

Today I am very grumpy. Grrrrrr.

60 miles on a fuji track pro is a ****ton of miles

indeed, but bulk miles on voluntarily inappropriate fixies is so 2009.

fact is i missed last pay cycle when i started my job this month. so... a tank of gas is out of my budget for the rest of the month. i think my checking balance is like six bucks.

be careful fixie boutiquing yourself that close to the edge!

****ing fixie boutiques are why i am so ****ing broke. never again.

I'm going to repeat the fact that I believe the squirrel is too stupid to realize what is going on, probably. :p

I've never snapped one before, but I have accidentally ripped the valve from the tube at least twice.

I only see pictures of delicious food; I don't know what you're talking about.

My local Velodrome is 18 miles away but I still ain't been out there. This summer I swear. Although they're supposed to be resurfacing it so I gotta check construction schedules.

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Today I rode 86 miles.