I feel your loss Epic. It's never easy to lose a mate.

I've had to put down 3 cats in my life. The first guy, Rocky, I had since I was born, and he was 17 when we put him down due to liver cancer. I held him when he was put down, couldn't ever do that again I don't think. The next one, Zeus, we had for about 4 years, we were fostering him because he was diabetic, which caused his death eventually. I stopped naming them after that. The next cat, Kitty, looked exactly like Zeus, was put down due to thyroid cancer after about 3 years.

My current cat, Kitty, also a clone of Zeus, is between 4 and 8 (shelter rescue, so we don't really know) and healthy so that's all cool.

Losing pets isn't fun.


On a positive note, I bought my first mountain bike tubes today.

Today I updated my craigslist ad for my KHS. I hope this thing sells.

It's not the one that mentions a cupholder in the picture, yet the ad has no pic, is it?

Uh... I don't think so?

That bike needs a cupholder.

Totally.

Cupholders are hard to come by down there. Other dude is holding on to his:

My cupholder got moved to the CAAD.
I NEED FULL CRABON CUPHOLDERS FOR WEIGHT SAVINGS

Have you had to snake a tenant's **** filled toilet yet? good times

Thanks for all the support, guys. It's been a tough day but the good memories keep me positive. I'm always appreciative for bfssfg life counseling and venting time :) Gotta love this community

felt all warm and tingly inside when someone recognized my bike in my craigslist posting and said they couldn't believe it because how awesome it is.

but really maybe what i should do is put mavic ellipses on it and keep it....


epic! that's so heartwrenching. i hope you get through this and remember all the wonderful times you had.

I'll just pretend it's wednesday...

Today I had some plans with a friend fall out, and was at home extremely bored, so I decided to go on a ride that I haven't done in about 2 years. Next thing I knew, I had covered 46 miles in 3 hours and 45 minutes.

price seems high...?

Yesterday:

http://app.strava.com/activities/40228573

Not a long ride, but there's a pretty steep hill in there (well, steep for Louisiana). Tied for 2nd on the segment with a couple of road guys that race for a local team, so that feels good.

Also, found out I got the job I interviewed for, so I'm moving to Austin. Can't wait. But the hills there will definitely destroy my legs for a while until I get conditioned.

Also, no size mentioned in the ad. You've got the picture showing the medium sticker, but not all Md frames are alike.

today i shoveled and cleaned off my car, now i go to work for 4 hours where noone will be shopping

then presumably come home to someone parked in my clean spot

super excited about this day.

wish i was on the left coast riding bikes in the happy sunshine

It's actually pretty damn chilly today, 39° and windy, and I don't own any cold weather gear, so I won't be riding.

I'll be getting Handsome Dick rolling instead.

Today I rode 20 km around Angkor Wat with both road and trails, just a bit warmer today, around 34° C.

Today I bought the first pair of boots I've had since 2nd grade. Just in time to deal with all this snow on the east coast. I feel kinda bad ass, they make me an inch or two taller and I don't have to worry about coming home with numb soaking wet feet anymore(only other shoes I have are vans).

Congrats dude! The hills aren't that bad. I ran them with 46/16 when I was there last spring. My wife and I may be moving there later this year.

Today I shoveled snow for 12 hours and still have more to do to tomorrow. My whole body is pretty damn sore. Tiger balm all over my body tonight

Today I shoveled snow and took a causual ride around the neighborhood.

Thus far, I've spent the majority of my day in the ER with my wife. No fun.

Hope everything is ok.

BTW, this is what the township I reside in calls a completely clear road...
http://i423.photobucket.com/albums/p...psa808e9a3.jpg

Today I cleaned up the Nishiki. It has a sweet as paint job that I didn't notice under all the dirt and rust. It's celeste decals on a metallic sparkly black. So sweet.
Broke it down to the frame. None of the bearings were seized, but they all needed overhauling. Only thing left to install is the BB/crank. Then it's time to find some parts for it.

I need canti's, drop bars, levers, tires, chain, and a tensioner, and I'm good to go.

I'm only $60 in after the bike, saddle, and tubes. I set a budget of 150, so we'll see if I can stick to that. It's looking good so far.

All it takes is one misstep/ splurge. :p

I've got a Tektro canti that came stock on my Nature Boy and if you can use it for your build I'll just send it to ya.

That's for sure, haha.

I might take you up on that once I get thing settled, haha. Thanks!

Today I rode the roadie and got back home to an unexpected package from amazon at my doorstep which was expected to arrive on Monday but made it to me in less than 13 hours from ordering.

You got same day delivery, which is a new thing.