Taxes FFFUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

I was stuck with the noob group. It was so bad.

decided to try my backpack for commuting this week. Osprey Flapjack. finally cut out the laptop sleeve that took up too much room.

trued wheels and cleaned/lubed chain.

Got my partner a flatbar road bike to tag along with me on longer rides...who knew changing gears could be so difficult for some.

He must be speshul.

Today I avoided so many crashes while on my road ride.

He's never ridden a bike with gears before. Totally blew my mind. I just kept shouting "thumb" and "index finger"

Things got squared away fairly quickly.

...got yelled at by a couple of roadies who were riding side by side occupying bike lanes for both directions and were coming at me head on.

Finally got the brakes sorted out on the stumpjumper. Feels much safer now.

I also spent some time organizing the work bench.

Wat? We're you salmoning, or were they?

One of them was. I made a left turn from bike lane to bike lane (Lanes were on left side of street so I didn't have to enter any vehicle traffic) and after the turn I see them half a block ahead coming straight at me. One of them yells "what the *&%$ are you doing?!" while I'm just riding straight in my proper lane.

You should have clotheslined him.

just put in my first solid ride on my new bike, which features a dura ace 7800 crankset. will get pics soon.

RE: crankset
All I gotta say is wow. I have never experienced stiffness, aesthetics, and especially front shifting performance quite this good, and I have used many other high-end cranks. These things are phenomenal.

Too many witnesses and I was tired.:notamused:

Yesterday I: crashed, then rode 48 miles, PRed some stuff, went to get a professional fit, partied at Rapha for the Women's Prestige ride, then had pizza.

Today I'm sore. Some road rash and I think bruised ribs. I hope I feel better enough to race Sea Otter on Friday and Saturday.

P.s. crash wasn't my fault. My riding partner didn't see or hear a right turn call. I turned, he didn't :( I could have recovered but I was on the tops and chatting. Wamp wamp.

today im scouring prismaticpowders.com for colors

want purpl biek

Today I realized I need a setback seatpost; trying to ride in the drops is like touching my knee caps, no bueno


I want to get my Lotus painted pink

while browsing for said colors i found this masterpiece:
http://www.prismaticpowders.com/uplo...8af84d3d31.jpg

i have no words.

That's like this thing I saw show up on sfbay.CL:

http://i.imgur.com/dDKQqse.jpg

twinsies!

would ride, both of them.

Damn straight.

Pretty damn cool Ruckus!

today I worked, and did 14 miles total commuting.

Tomorrow will be the first day I have ever brought a bike to school.

Which one are you taking?

Today I rode my bike on a nice cruise. I've been riding everyday since I've had my bike and wow I can't stop, all I want to do is ride. It's been awesome, I wish my roommates wanted to ride so I didn't go by myself all the time :(

Today I realised while i understand what sqrl means I have no idea where it comes from or what it means :l
I'm also unsure as to whether or not I should go for a ride today, my knees have been really sore for a few weeks. My physio said I have short quads and I need to stretch them out every day, they're getting much better but the strain on my patella ligament has caused some tendonitis in my knee and I'm scared it will hurt it more. What to do?!

Kilo. Going to the Intro to Racing session at the track. I'm in San Jose for school anyway, so I'll just hang around until it starts, so I don't have to commute twice.

Today I had an awesome cookout/potluck with friends. And the weather was halfway decent, so I rode over there in the early afternoon. Riding home tonight was a bit sketchy, because it was colder, and I was a little drunk, and damn was it dark. At least there weren't that many cars out that late on a Sunday night.

Today I had 3 meals, and didn't feel like hell. Thats a good thing.

Today I realized the Seawall is officially too busy for riding now. Just last week I could comfortably go out at around 7-8pm and not have throngs of people to share lanes with. Alternate road routes from here on, at least until the fall.