sorry allow me to rephrase toke and ride

also i was pretty much raised by /b/ irc channels and newsgroups they thought i was "gifted" in school so i had a laptop since 93 turns out i was just the only kid who liked computers in grade 1

I wouldn't say more aware is the word.
I just feel invincible. Which is curious, because ordinarily with a stomach full of alcohol physical exertion tends to make me vomit- but get me drunk and I can damn near sprint the whole way home.

My new frame just got here and I can not find my hex tool ANYWHERE! :(

I feel yah, My new hard drive is suppose to show up, but I don't have the Torq bit for it...

Today I:

1. Did not go to work. Met the tow truck to get my car taken to the dealership for diagnosis and repair (would not start).

2. Went to the post office. Shipped a bike part that had sold. Picked up a package that contained a vintage road frame.

3. Went to the DMV and turned in the license plate for the motorcycle I sold last week.

4. Went home to unpack the frame. Proceeded to check, clean, and install headset. Had to extend the threads on the steer tube to fit the headset. Disassembled the Centurion. Made a list of parts to buy. Found everything but brake calipers, spent some time on ebay.

5. Dealership called me right before closing to tell me the car was ready. Drove the truck to the dealership to pay and pick up the car key. Drove the car home. Biked back to the dealeship to pick up the truck. If they had called 30 minutes earlier it would have been one trip on the bike. It turns out that a couple of the "100k mile iridium" spark plugs went bad at 65k :notamused:. Four new spark plugs cost me $254 (towing, parts, labor). If it wasn't for the towing charge and the inconvenience, I would not complain.

#humblebrag

today I biked over to a friend's house who just had her bike built by the 'fixed gear' store here in Houston. They were apparently assembling it and truing the wheels for $40, sounded like a great price. Went over to make sure everything was in order. Loose brake calipers, wobbly wheels and a saddle trying to touch the sky.

had a bike shop guy refer to a stem as a 'neck'. he was a new guy and was trying to show me an origin8 bike when I came in to see if they had any half links for sale... - he took my wheel off to see if he could take it down an entire link, decided he couldn't then put it back on. Started riding home and noticed wheel rubbing the frame, f*cker didn't center it. Had to take it off on the side of the rode and adjust it myself.

noticed the bottom part of my ZS headset can spin around and have no idea if that's normal or not. first time i've had a ZS headset and I'm kinda ******** when it comes to them anyway. either way it made me worry. then a put a 70m thomson stem on the 725 and rode to a place where the houston banksy wanna be did some work that hasn't been removed yet, took a pic.

rode home, stopped by CVS. chugged two arizona iced teas

oh and then went to skid (I normally don't but always do when I'm pulling up to my apt stairs for some reason) when I got home and had my ***** slip. checked lockring and it's tight as hell, could some unwanted chain slack do that? I'm PW to PW on cog/lockring

Don't ever step foot into that bike shop again (unless, of course, you're going in to burn the place down).

Your lockring may be tight but if it's snugged up against a loose cog, you'll have trouble. Crank down on that cog and recheck your lockring.

ha I'm referring to two different shops in my post, but yeah, probably right on both accounts... especially the fixed gear shop -- they did a similar thing to me and my kilo before I owned any tools

Is the zero stack okay to spin around freely at the bottom of the headtube like that?

Huh? If you mean the rubber seal, you should be able to move it but it shouldn't have a lot of play.

today i made it up to 30+mph again, this time on the wabi (48x19)
kept it up a couple times for a good 10 seconds... i felt like a dork

Went to a pud for the first time, legally. It felt weird because I'm not a social person and it is a new social environment. I had fish and chips, Sam Adams and a Guinness. I learned that bottled Guinness tastes like crap and I don't know why. I'll pour myself a glass later to find out. The pub is on a small street I like to ride on a lot but it would be nicer to find a place closer to my apartment, instead I have a dumpy korean liquor store and 7/11

cog and lockring were tight as hell!

that's what I thought when I stripped my hub. Really get the cog on as tight as ****

you realize my heart stopped when you said stripped hub.

pub... fish... chips -- you sure you're in LA?

There seems to be a big thing for Irish and English pubs out here. I dont know the bar scene so maybe this is more widespread

The ol' "G-mix." Aka Co2 levels in taps as opposed to bottling methods.

No way to replicate the soup in a pressurized glass bottle.

I hit 34mph two days ago on a descent and kept up for like a bit but that was with 47/18.

on a decent, i think i've been close to 40.... SPIN LEGS SPIN
i gotta review my garmins

gesus fudgeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Finally, some one on the same boat as me. Too bad you live so far away

http://redandr.ca/photo/animals/img/SquirrelHand.jpg

can't. reach. boat. :(

:lol:

This morning I got my first puncture flat ever on my 2 year old Pasela TGs. It was 6:30am, I was about 5 miles from home and wouldn't you know it -my 15mm wrench was in my other bag. Stupid.

Huh? It's right in front of you; hint: look for peanut in arms length. ;)

Today (technically it was today since it was at 1:30 am) I was riding home from a night of beers and karaoke and heard gunshots. I slowed down and paid attention to my surroundings but after a few blocks I figured all was clear. Then I turned west and I see right in front of me a group of guys running across the street and jumping into a car. The guy driving is so anxious to get going that he is moving while the guys are still trying to hop into the car. I see another guy standing on the side of the road obviously talking to 911/the cops and reading off the license plate number. I come to a stop and watch the car continue west across the intersection ahead of me. The light turns red and as I'm waiting, cops come flying down the street and start to turn east. I wave my arms and point and tell them the car went west, they asked what kind of car (white Mazda3, I know because I have a Mazda3 myself) and turned around and flew after them.

The light turned green and I crossed the street but I really had no interest in following a police chase, so I pulled up on the sidewalk. There's a bar right there on the corner and the bartender and a couple customers were out smoking and saw the whole thing. They suggested I come inside for a bit to let things calm down so I did (and they let me bring my bike inside so I didn't have to lock it up).

The bartender bought me a shot of Jameson for "doing my civic duty."

/cool story, bro

Fun times in the city. What area were you in?

Roger's Park, far north side at Broadway and Granville. I've lived in Chicago for 9 years and it's the first time I've ever heard gunshots. I used to live about half a mile south of where all this went down but on the other side of Broadway. East of Broadway and things are pretty sketchy, west of it and it's a nice residential neighborhood.

Today I:
Like all other days, I have my list of dealz to check out. Stumbled on Western Bike Works deal, and was interested to see some other designs. Headed over to Amazon.com to check it out, and found this:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...L._SL1500_.jpg

Pretty tempted to get another jersey, but I am not quite sure this is the one. Tho, I am sure someone here will appreciate it.

Been there. Then I'm in that moment where I try to decide whether I should lock up the bike somewhere and run home and grab my vehicle or just walk the ****er the entire 5 miles. I always walk it :/