Today I:
07-30-12 | 08:17 AM
Your cog is slipping.
Joined: May 2009
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From: Beverly MA
Bikes: EAI Bareknuckle
Hell yeah, Carleton! 
This moring I:
This moring I:
07-30-12 | 08:25 AM
Cat Enthusiast
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From: Plymouth, MI
Bikes: All City Nature Boy
07-30-12 | 08:36 AM
Senior Member
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Posts: 22,676
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From: CID
Bikes: 1991 Bianchi Eros, 1964 Armstrong, 1988 Diamondback Ascent, 1988 Bianchi Premio, 1987 Bianchi Sport SX, 1980s Raleigh mixte (hers), All-City Space Horse (hers)
Last night, I figured out a good way to toe-in the brake shoes on the Exage canti's on my FG. No squeal and much better braking on my commute this morning! 
07-30-12 | 08:58 AM
Elitist
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From: Atlanta, GA
Thanks so much, guys!
07-30-12 | 09:34 AM
Hi, I'm Bryan.
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Posts: 2,650
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From: Chicago
Bikes: 2010 Focus Mares
Today, my cable and internet are getting hooked up at the new place. Problem? When they remodeled they buried the cable line somewhere in one of the walls. Wonderful.
07-30-12 | 09:37 AM
Not actually Tmonk
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From: San Diego, CA
Bikes: road, track, mtb
07-30-12 | 09:43 AM
Senior Member
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Posts: 3,059
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From: San Francisco, CA
Today I:
and then got this as a bday present (vintagish 'The Classics' Giordana jersey) :
It was good.
and then got this as a bday present (vintagish 'The Classics' Giordana jersey) :
It was good.
Last edited by Jandro; 07-30-12 at 10:00 AM.
07-30-12 | 10:08 AM
The space coyote lied.
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From: dusk 'til dawn.
Bikes: everywhere
Dang, I need a map jersey. The race logos are kinda meh, but the map rules.
07-30-12 | 11:32 AM
Brown Jersey Winner
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From: The Bad Woods.
07-30-12 | 11:37 AM
Senior Member
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From: San Francisco, CA
Haha, you can have it! I much prefer a clear, crisp morning to a wet and foggy one with limited visibility
At least I PRed that climb (and then did repeats up it somewhat slower 
)
07-30-12 | 11:43 AM
sɹɐʇsɟoןןnɟsʇıbɟɯo
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From: seattle, too many links
Bikes: fixed gear recumbent trike
i thought fog came every day after 3pm in SF
07-30-12 | 12:00 PM
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Little late, but I wasn't around the computer on the 28th, so here's how it would of gone;
Today I woke up in a Jacksonville Super8 motel with about 9 other riders from my city, ate a gnarly pre-race breakfast and spent the next few hours meditating and tuning up our bikes. We arrived at a pretty nice park right by the river and registered, the total registered being 71. It was a 12 checkpoint ride, not sure about how many miles as my Strava has a habit of turning off mid-ride. Pretty great elevation changes, smooth roads, friendly folks, and great weather. Climbed two relatively large bridges during the race, loved it. Finished 15th overall and afterwards there was a movie screening of "Fixation," a pretty impressive documentary of this whole fixed gear thing from the perspective of many different riders.
Today I woke up in a Jacksonville Super8 motel with about 9 other riders from my city, ate a gnarly pre-race breakfast and spent the next few hours meditating and tuning up our bikes. We arrived at a pretty nice park right by the river and registered, the total registered being 71. It was a 12 checkpoint ride, not sure about how many miles as my Strava has a habit of turning off mid-ride. Pretty great elevation changes, smooth roads, friendly folks, and great weather. Climbed two relatively large bridges during the race, loved it. Finished 15th overall and afterwards there was a movie screening of "Fixation," a pretty impressive documentary of this whole fixed gear thing from the perspective of many different riders.
07-30-12 | 12:06 PM
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07-30-12 | 02:31 PM
Not actually Tmonk
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From: San Diego, CA
Bikes: road, track, mtb
today i am sciencing
just like every other weekday (and sometimes saturdays too
)
just like every other weekday (and sometimes saturdays too
)
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so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
07-30-12 | 02:43 PM
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From: San Francisco, CA
p.s. what are you sciencing?
07-30-12 | 02:51 PM
sqrl
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From: Chicago
Bikes: bieks
Scrod, I must know how you make that pepper-egg-bacon breakfast delicious thing. Do you par-cook or fully cook the bacon first? The pepper? I'm so intrigued.
07-30-12 | 03:03 PM
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From: The Bad Woods.
07-30-12 | 03:19 PM
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From: State College, PA
Bikes: Caad9, Fixed gear, Hardrock beater, 3 speed cruiser
I scienced today too, tested 3 more in vivo protein interactions in my beloved army of petunias.
07-30-12 | 03:24 PM
Your cog is slipping.
Joined: May 2009
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From: Beverly MA
Bikes: EAI Bareknuckle
Be careful not to have the heat too high or the tomato will burn, the egg won't cook and you'll have a mess on your hands.
Last edited by Scrodzilla; 07-30-12 at 07:33 PM.
07-30-12 | 03:25 PM
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From: State College, PA
Bikes: Caad9, Fixed gear, Hardrock beater, 3 speed cruiser
you should serve breakfast at your shop in the morning
07-30-12 | 03:26 PM
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From: San Francisco, CA
I cooked the pepper ring on a buttered pan for a few minuets over very low heat, then put a slice of tomato at the bottom with a slice of bacon coiled around it - which was cooked but not crispy - and let them hang out for a few more minutes before cracking the egg into the pepper ring and covering the pan, basically letting the moisure from the tomato "poach" it.
Be careful not to have the heat too high or the tomato will burn, the egg won't cook and you'll have a mess on your hands.
Be careful not to have the heat too high or the tomato will burn, the egg won't cook and you'll have a mess on your hands.
07-30-12 | 03:32 PM
Brown Bear, Sqrl Hunter
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From: San Jose, CA
Bikes: CAAD 10 4, Dolan DF4, Fuji Track Classic
07-30-12 | 04:38 PM
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From: Chicago
Bikes: https://www.pedalroom.com/bike/2008-se-lager-brown-6612
Today I got my new FSA Orbit-X headset installed by LBS. Smooth. Solid.
07-30-12 | 06:22 PM
Still kicking.
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From: Annandale, New Jersey
Bikes: Bike Count: Rising.
Today I returned from vacation and put in 40 miles.
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07-30-12 | 07:14 PM
Hi, I'm Bryan.
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From: Chicago
Bikes: 2010 Focus Mares
I cooked the pepper ring on a buttered pan for a few minuets over very low heat, then put a slice of tomato at the bottom with a slice of bacon coiled around it - which was cooked but not crispy - and let them hang out for a few more minutes before cracking the egg into the pepper ring and covering the pan, basically letting the moisure from the tomato "poach" it.
Be careful not to have the heat too high or the tomato will burn, the egg won't cook and you'll have a mess on your hands.
Be careful not to have the heat too high or the tomato will burn, the egg won't cook and you'll have a mess on your hands.
Today I put in a solid 41 miles. Got a new flat-ground speed record. Strava said 33.7 mph while carrying a MW Vandal full of interview clothes and u-lock. Not bad.
I may be getting a job as a builder at the Northbrook (north suburb) Performance Bike. Not great, but better than nothing, and not a kitchen. Supplement it with foraging, and I'll be set. I figured out money based on the offer and my foraging in the past. If I haven't ****ed it up too much, I'll be making as much as I did at my old job, working 40-50 hours a week, and getting awesome discounts on bike stuff, plus I'll get to ride through the Chicago Botanic Gardens whenever I work at Performance. Also, the shop is near the county line, and cigarettes are significantly cheaper up there.
Between cheap smokes (until I quit), cheap bike stuff, a thirty mile round-trip commute at one job and a bunch of hiking at the other, plus a somewhat normal schedule, I think this might be pretty ok.