Today I did a little dirt jumping, then hammered out a hard paced 40 miles.

today i got called into work on my day off, it was my sous chef so i didnt say no because hes a friend, if it had been someone else id have said i cant i have plans. already had half a 32oz in me and was about to drink another :|

oh well, 4 hours on, stopped at a bar got some drinks now im home.

Killer brunch, beer tasting at a local brewery, a couple vintage stores... Yeah, it was a good day. Now to go back to Chicago.

got stir crazy after nursing a cold for a week, took my mtb to watch the crit, decided to take it to the collonade and session the switchbacks and ladders, then adjusted my frogleggs on the nature boy which needed it BADLY and rode all around the city at night. good day!

glad you're feeling better, im trying to fight away the cold everyone is getting..

i am working on getting drunk

I just found out that Seth Macfarlane not only donated money to The Library Of Congress so they could buy and archive all of Carl Sagan's writings, he also is producing a follow-up show to Cosmos that will be presented by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Holy ****ing nerd *****.

Today I got a flat on the way in to work. (Pinch flat, back tire.) I had a tube and my tools, but no pump. Walked about a mile to the nearest bike shop, but they didn't have their air hose out. Luckily there were staff there already (this was like 7:00am, they don't open til 10) and they saw me looking dejected and put the hose out for me.

Then, as I was finishing up putting the new tube on, a woman rode up on a hybrid and started to fill her rear tire. And kept filling. And filling. And just as I started thinking "I should tell her to stop" and before I could transfer that thought from brain to mouth, her tube exploded. Sounded like a ****ing gun shot, man. Then she just sat there, rubbing her ears (mine were ringing too) and started complaining about how she's gotten 3 flats in the last 6 months. And I'm standing there, clearly holding a wheel with a flat tire in my hand. I felt bad for her so I didn't want to be like, "dammit, move" but she was just sitting there in front of the air hose.

Finally she got up and rolled her bike to a rack to lock it up, and I got to fill up my tire (but not too much).

I think on my way home when I pick up a new tube (I HATE riding without a spare) I might also get a CO2 inflator and cartridges. I've also been wondering if I could put bigger tires on my bike, but I'm not sure I have the clearance for it. My super skinny high pressure tires really are murder on poorly maintained city streets, and when I run them at lower pressure, I get pinch flats.

I am feeling like crap today. And my DayQuil is in my fanny pack, which I don't wear to work.

there's your problem right there

u kno u jelly bro

Woah! I'd be scared to take the high line at this track.

I'm about to go ride... what gear should I run? 47/x?

You have the worst luck with flats. I thought you guys had a CO2 pump in your basement. IIRC, you could probably go up to 28mm and be fine.

Today I intend to be as lazy as possible.

Today, I ponder replacing my Kagero with a road bike. I will spend the next week pondering this.

I started enjoying long rides more and more than I decided I'd like to be at least semi comfortable on a few of them. It's good to have one around

hngggg

So jelly. gonna use my Chrome phanny pack now

Do it and do it fast before the '12 comes out.

I think it's gonna go up this week. I feel torn about it, but it's just a bike. I can get another one any time.

Today I'm trying not to buy obnoxious road bikes/frames. Luckily they're not local, but still that Paramount actually hurts to look at. Need it so bad.

Ugh. I scrolled past that Paramount last night and even my girlfriend commented on how sweet it was. I need it.

I <3 my adopted paramount; so much that I've been cheating on my fixed commuter to work.