Happy Birthday! Why not treat yourself with a birthday gift of an indoor trainer? :thumb:

Thank the glorious thunderstorm (complete with tornado warnings and sirens) last night for making today's weather nothing short of brilliant. It had been so hot this week. I woke up at 3AM for a short ride and had a wonderful time. As soon as I'm done working, this day will be assimilated.

Stripped an axle nut on my front wheel, had to ride with only one side secure for 1.5 miles to go pick up my car from a night of partying. Didn't die.

^ I feel that. When I used to get sick and they'd give me codeine cough syrup, I'd save it all and soak my blunt wraps in it.

Today I am torn between being pleased that it's payday and annoyed that I'm not riding my bike. And wholly displeased that I'm stuck behind a desk.

Happy Birthday, misskaz! Hope the weather gets wind of it! ;)

Just ordered this for my lady.

Had hernia surgery. Still a bit groggy from the meds, so I'll keep it brief. Just wanted y'all to know it all went w/o a hitch, but I'll be off the bike for a few weeks and no hard efforts for 6 weeks per the doc's orders. Anyways, this will give me a chance to work on my colorways.

Love - TT.

Get well soon man! At least it all went smooth.

As for me I did 36 miles on the Samson today. I REALLY need to change the bars on it. I rode from my place in North Bergen across the GWB, down the greenway to the staten island ferry and back. It was a great ride!

Loop across 2 states FTW! Sounds like a great route.

Today I learned the office theme song on my ukulele, and got all three of my constructed transformed into bacteria with GFP

Agh let's just say I rather take a final than have to grade them.... and that I grade my best when I'm drunk.

Get well soon!

Today I saw a bianchi san jose with black spokes on yellow rims and hubs at the place where i go rock climbing in raleigh nc, and I may suspect they are a bikeforums poster, that bike looked familiar

Today I finished my father's day gift (more or less).

And also started looking into buying a project car.

Hm...

Today I put my thickslicks on. It is now much harder to skid... I guess that will stop me from blowing through tires.

What are your ideas?

hope yer doin well TT

Get well soon!

Get well soon Tejano!

Right now... Porsche 944, 80s BMW 325, 60s/70s muscle.

I'll most likely skip the 60s/70s muscle (this time around...) because I won't have enough time to get one up and running by the end of the summer. The idea is to find something driveable that I can sort of continuously work on in small chunks.

Some people think this is dumb, but I think an older 325 with an LS1 dropped in would be ridiculously awesome because of the weight distribution across the four wheels. The handling of a BMW + the power of AMERICA! But again, that doesn't look like something I could handle in a relatively short period of time since I'm essentially starting from a car maintenance knowledge level of 1% (I can change engine oil). I also don't have an engine lift, but pretty much every other coworker I work with does...

None of those cars sound economical/ suited for DIY repair/ learner to be honest... german over engineering's maintenance cost is just ridiculous nonetheless and german cars go south after a certain period of time; trust me on this one.
BTW the 944 requires premium gas....

I like your idea of the 325 actually, but leuky's got a point with the germans. It doesn't sound like it's projected to be economical in any way (most project cars aren't, and they're a lot more fun). Anyway, I'd probably get a buddy that knows a lot about cars and do the project with him, given your ambition and experience.

Just got back from a great ride! Tried to help a woman cyclist on the side of the road but I couldn't do anything much accept help her search up the number for the cab company on my iphone. She had a very impressive road build for a woman; but this was her demise today, she had a reynolds carbon wheelset that took tubulars, and she got a flat.

Any car worth owning requires premium, period.

My old man daily drives a purple volvo 960 wagon that he dropped a LS1 and 6 speed from a late model GTO in. Project cars don't need to be constant headaches. I daily'd a saab 900 with 300whp in high school, 23lbs of boost and still got 30mpg!

Imo if it's not hurting your mind, body and your wallet it's not a project car :p