Today I had nothing to do so I decided to do something that I have always been a bit afraid to do.

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oh that last shot is cool :)

paint pen? i think that looks rad.

i also appreciate the fact that you made an X with your seat chain

Oh is that what he did? Painted around the luggzzzz...hmm nice. I personally like the Stripper Pole Rack. Funny.

Got my ass handed to me by a monster roadie. Never seen the guy before, but he was strong.

I thought I was doing pretty well too. I held onto him for about 5 miles on rolling terrain. But it was on. I pulled twice then backed off I was about to explode.

Now I know I have to get a way to monitor my cadence. I was cranking as fast as I could to hang onto this guy at about 24-25mph as best as I could tell. I just glanced at the speedo once during this hammer fest. No doubt we were moving. I could tell there was no way he was going to give in to a guy on a ss. Besides I was already quite a ways into my home commute. As we neared a busy intersection, he looked at me and said "Damn dude, That's an awesome bike...Pretty quick for a fixie." Good thing my route peeled off to the left. At least I got to hold onto some of my dignity.

He's the kind of guy I like to ride with if I'm on a geared bike. I do know he was pushing at least 52 and whatever the third cog up happened to be. Maybe a 14. His cadence wasn't as fast as mine as far as I could tell.

Looks like a job for an ice cold Shock-Top and some serious stretching so I don't cramp up.

rode home in 30mph gusting headwind. had to pedal down a hill i can usually coast down at about 25mph (according to a buddy in a car pacing me). now cleaning swords/dagger for fencing tournament on Saturday.

man i had one in my back pocket too! stupid...

and yes I STILL own a N64 w two games: Mariokart and Goldeneye.
makes me want to dust that **** off.

This is totally an aside, but there is a big difference imo between doing a ride where drafting is encouraged and expected and RDS (random-drafting syndrome). The former is alot of fun and a big part of my enjoyment in cycling: going fast. You push yourself just as hard as you would in a solo ride (or harder), but you get to go fassssssssssssssssssssssst. speed is fun.

The latter (RDS) however strikes me as discourteous and unsafe.

no Smash?

naw i never even owned that one. played at friends house tho fosho

damn right you did.

kirby ftw

ness all day.

pk whoop ass.

Note to self, never have Tmonk pull you without his permission.

Was the big guy a huffin and puffin? :lol:

Ocarina of Time********** Mario 64**********

non-multiplayer**********??

today i learned theres a new gopro coming out, and they made a sweet video for it:

i did nothing productive today as my time at job 2 was spent in meetings and workshops instead of doing classwork
now i must ride home and go food shopping on the bike and backup/reformat the gfs computer, sweet day.

banjo and kazooie. there i said it.

haha no, i rly wasnt going fast over the few mile distance was camping me.

fast for the full ride? id like to think so

I feel you on that. When it's a concerted effort it's all to the good. I heard a motorcycle freak describe riding in a "snake" through canyon roads. Sounded pretty intense.


As I was about to ride home from work, I noticed my rear was flat. Got a chance to bust out my PDW Shiny Object inflator. Thing works like a freaking charm. If you can afford it and want a small, simple CO2 inflator, get one right now. With a pump, the longest part of changing out a flat is the pumping. With the P-Dub, it was literally seconds.

Now I have the sneaking suspicion that a student from my coworker's class let out some of my air. I pumped up the "flat" tube at home and it's still holding air right now. Wtf...

sometimes slow leaks will fool you into thinking the tube is still holding air after removing the tube, pumping, feeling for the leak, and finding nothing.

Yeah, my wife and I said the same thing because it happened with an old tube on her bike. I'll keep an eye on this sucker.

Received my Euro-G cap from Retrogression today. Didn't fit as I fully expected (CURSE THIS AFRO), so the girlfriend claimed it as her own. :P

c02 is cool, but pumps are mandatory, as are patch kits.
what happens when you get more flats then c02 cartridges?

fwiw i also use c02 and rarely, rarely have to use my pump or patch kit. but when i do, im real glad that they're there.

Found out why I've killed 4 tubes in the past week with weird looking failures all in the same place: there's a tear in the tire bead and it's all deteriorating, when I rubbed it some more fell off and now there's about 1/2" completely missing. The tire's only about 2 months old, too. Cheap commuter tire (Kenda Kwest) but still; ugh. Warranty replacement, I hope.

On the positive side, putting two layers of gaffer's tape in place of the missing section of bead held up just fine for my ~6 mile ride home. But I definitely don't trust it to hold for too much longer that way before killing another tube.

Today I placed 8th in a Strava segment on my commute home.
Then I saw that it was out of 9 people.