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

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.











I also wrote junk on Mucky's arrospok

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.

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.

Today I rode 86 miles.