You lucky son-of-a-bee-sting

Thanks!

Still have another (easy) semester, but there's no ceremony in December. Feels good being so close to finished after five years in school.

^
i was in the exact same boat 2 years ago.

cheers! and gl finding a good job. things are tough atm.

today I am tempted to buy this for $400
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...13207077_o.jpg
full suspension iron horse team frame. Lx rear der, lx front der, lx sti shifter brake combo, shimano cable actuated disc brake calipers, mavic mx 17 wheels on shimano fh-m495 disc hubs, bomber fork truvativ firax cranks, rave fave deus xc seat post and and wtb laser v sea

I couldn't not buy that for $400.

had a little brunch at Golden Saddle Cyclery, and watched the peloton ride down Sunset blvd.

Anyone else catch the tour of cali today?

Today I:
 

No, I had to be at work. Wtfwtfwtfwtf. My friends out at Mt. Baldy yesterday and were filmed running with the riders.

today i spent an awesome 90 min on the fixed gear. 42/18t

about 60 of it was spent at a local park on dirt trails. there i attempted to ride up and down **** that was way too sandy/steep, eating ****, being sketchy and generally being a jackass. it was a blast. there was one hill (about 200' long) where I literally skidded down the whole thing.

at one point a family walked around the bend on a long steep hill to find me on the ground, team kit/shaved legs, with one-foot still clipped in to my track bike w 23c slick tires. we both laughed.

^awesome.

got in an early morning ride before it went up to 90F.

first day of a/c in the bedroom and first day of mosquitoes. sorely tempted to fog the backyard, regardless of adding death to the water table...

currently trying to figure out if an 80's Guerciotti at a local antique/consignment shop is the vintage roadie i've been looking for. assuming it's an Italian BB, but hoping for English. little overpriced, but the local used market is near non-existant. also on eBay, and i'm afraid of getting sniped....

Ah bummer

Made a sick pot of chili, and burned the **** out of my tongue. Ow.

Just ride around on trash night and yard sale day and something will fall intO your lap, that's how I found an abandoned dx3000 for 15 dollars and after cleaning it and doing a little refurb turned 50 dollars into 300

Today I had a fun 44 mile road ride.

Today I:
 

Well today I saw my first solar eclipse. I just used a piece of construction paper with a tiny hole poked in it. Worked pretty well until the clouds came in, then I didn't need eye protection to see the eclipse

I used my oakleys, and 2 light filters from a friends camera. It was pretty cool.

Funniest thing was seeing all these people by the beach just staring at the sun.

I used a black trash bag folded over itself. Eclipses are rad.

hit 30 yard/garage sales on Saturday. one bike, a Dora the Explorer kid's bmx. and not my size. :) :/

Well somebody lives too close to the coast and the often overcast skies chose to be there during a solar eclipse today. =/

There was an eclipse?

It was only viewable in the West Coast.

Today I went on a fixed gear ride through SF. Got held up a bit by the bay to breakers, but it was well worth it.

I also picked up a used ultegra 6600 rear derailleur for free. On the way back I decided to exert myself a bit :

http://app.strava.com/rides/8971117#

Ended up with 2 top 10's, and 2 PR's. One of the PR's was up a local climb, Guadalupe. I beat my last time by 30 seconds which I am happy with.

Then I got home and installed the RD.

Fuel for today's ride (krispy kreme, malformed donuts, but still tasted good and got 5 free) :

https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos...59911812_n.jpg

Plastic bag of doom :

http://www.collectivedesign.net/bike/plasticbag.jpg

My old rear derailleur. It served me well!

http://www.collectivedesign.net/bike...derailleur.jpg

New derailleur installed :

http://www.collectivedesign.net/bike/newderailleur.jpg


I feel complete now... Both my bikes work, and I went on a hard ride after taking a day off the bike.

back in the game!

ride all the bikes!