today i'm trying to decide if i should quit my crappy call center job or not. I'm supposed to go in at 5, in one hour. To show up or not to show up....

I'll probably keep the stem and seatpost to keep cost down since it's commuter, but I don't want a 26.0 stem!

how's the lockring?

all city lockring and cog are quality

ah didn't know they made lockrings too. thanks

Just now when I got home from the shop, I came upstairs and heard someone using the hose in my back yard. I looked down from the back porch to find a very large woman with a pair of gym shorts around her knees, spraying the inside of them with the hose (I kid you not). I yelled down, "Hey! What are you doing?" and she put down the hose, pulled up her soaking wet shorts and waddled toward my driveway. By the time I got outside, she was in front of the house next door so I asked her again what she was doing in my yard, using my hose. She just kept walking and I was laughing too hard to pursue it further.

/wtf

god lol

That's hilarious.

Haha awesome

Yup The Kitchen that's the one. Just got back from my trip to the bicycle work shop. It was a cool ride, I rode along the river trail for most of the way there. I got lost when went off the trail to soon and ended up at Sac State. Finally got there the place was cool the volunteers were very helpful fixed my headset, regressed my bottom bracket which was stuck got help from an old cyclist there the man knew his shizz, learned how to true my wheels.

Left the place got lost again downtown. Finally got on the light rail got off the rail for my last 6 mi, almost got on the freeway, found the trail i was looking for rode for awhile got freakin lost again, found my way ended up putting in 36 miles. I had fun, except the third time got lost I was tired and getting pissed. I'll have to do it again some time. Now it's time to relax!

Today I went to go see the house where Elliott Smith died. It's small and gray.

Just went shopping for my trip. Also got a Cateye Strada Wireless. Damn that thing is tiny.


Guys, need some help. 47/17 too big for climbing? All shops would be closed right now, I can can still CL some 18,19,20t tonight im sure.

Mountains or hills?

How fit are you?

I run 46:17 down here in the foothills of the Appalachians and don't have any real problems. Our tough climbs are rollers of up to 12% with a more typical 6-8% generally 0.25-0.75 miles in length.

47:18 would be better for climbing but I think 47:17 is better all-around.

Mountains.
Fitness, on a scale of 1-10, 7.5-8.5

I took a ride the other day with 47/15, and it was pretty rough, there's a 16%'er that I almost had to take the walk of shame on. \

I think i'm going to gear down, and roll the dice.

I run 45 /16 and if **** hits the fan 45 17

Don't have any other chain rings as of now. When I get back, I'm buying scrod out of all of his gears...

Just had walk-in parties of 20, 14, and 10 all within five minutes of my horribly under-staffed kitchen, in addition to the usual Friday night. Brutal.

I'm preparing for the bicycle apocalypse. Where I'm headed, I'm about 60 super twisty miles away from any kind of store. So far I have packed:

4 standard tubes
2 Thorn resistant tubes (if worse comes to worst)
40 glued patches
2 large tubes of rubber cement
1 jar of rubber cement
12 glueless patches
1 spare continental GP4000S
2 spare kenda folders
4 spare waterbottle mount bolts
12 CO2 cartridges
1 extra helmet
1 extra set of cleats
2 extra sets of cleat mounting hardware
4 presta valve adapters
2 extra cycling computer batteries
1 bottle of chain lube
1 tub of grease
1 can of engine degreaser
1 extra chain
And all the tools I need to completely take a bike apart and put it back together.

(used to do dishes/prep/back up grill) SOB!!! that's when i'd get my buddy to hold ice packs on my carotids, just so i could keep my head straight....

would have finished the Pake lockup bike today, but it seems the rear hub might be fried. and, of course, i didn't have the right cone wrenches. will hit the LBS's tomorrow for wrenches see if it's an adjustment or replacement. doesn't look good though.

but, tried Lizard Skins tape for the first time. that feels good.....

today i rode with owner of this bike: http://www.cycleexif.com/english-cycles-project-right

http://distilleryimage9.s3.amazonaws...380fd29b_7.jpg

shortly after i snapped the pic, he rode right into the bushes (and managed not only not crash, but also trimmed someones hedges for them)

Man, I hear that. I manage/cook at a little Dutch cafe that's staffed by 2 or 3 people at a time. Had a group of 18 walk in 15 minutes before close tonight. The entire restaurant only seats 20. Who the **** doesn't have the consideration and common decency to call ahead before coming somewhere in that large of a group?

Today this thread got too big for my browser at work. Had to wait until I got home to reply. Anyways...

Heh, yeah. I might go back to using something on that side, but for now I'll see how I like not having the option.

I didn't catch how wacky that bike is the first couple of times I scrolled through. I wonder how sturdy those are

I don't miss any of that. I remember going on a wait half an hour before closing and wanting to just strangle someone.

Today I did 32 miles round trip from to go watch practice sessions for the Toronto Grand Prix (Indy cars). It was awesome, but I bonked really badly, pretty far from home (high of 96 today and didn't eat enough), which made for a very long ride back.

tried to ride rollers for the first tie since the knee surgery and wow am I outta shape and in consistant.