oh its comin, wed>sunday looks like all rain

Today I: had my first walk of shame, guess I'll carry a spare BB with me...

one leg drills tho

That kind of sucks. Providence is supposed to be having their "first annual" bike festival on Saturday. It's a fairly easy 30 miles RT for me to bike down, I'm not going if it rains.

Lol! I thought about it, but I was too mad about it breaking to attempt to look crazy the rest of the way to work. Bike will be fixed by Friday though.

wow thanks for posting that she is lovely and he harmonizes with her quite nicely.

also LOL at kid koala

Today I rebuilt the pedals on my commuter, while doing it, I saw the ones in my parts bin and shrugged why not and rebuilt those too.

today i was riding the ogre around when i little kid (~9yrs old) yelled "it's the guy from duck dynasty!!!" and his friends were like "woah!!!!"
i had to google duck dynasty when i got home. wtf
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6177/6...24b23fbb_z.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/b/d...63f7e50231.png

http://gchs.gcweb.graves.kyschools.u...dynasty-16.jpg

also, is that this girl?

Yeah, looks like Saturday's build session might be canceled.

Today I had an easy road ride.

I get that all the time. Either some jerk wants 50 grand, or some good hearted soul offers to buy me food.

NO WAY A DUDE WITH A BEARD!

i bet hes that dude from x show/terrorist/homeless man !

people are so dumb.

least i dont feel so bad about the track clinic being cancelled now

had final presentation. rode bikes. went skateboarding. took dooooppppeee action pics. watched parks and rec. did not study for rest of exams.

its been a good day my friends, a good day indeed...

While I like riding in the rain, I hate digging in the rain.

well they look the same and their styles are the same so im gonna go ahead and say yes!

Oh, I did put in a street session in during lunch.

Even though you're joking, I just got a little bit violently angry. My brain could not handle it.

Brand new GP4000s, 0. Glass, 1.

On my way home from work yesterday saw some broken glass (actually quite a bit) in the bike lane, traffic was heavy so I couldn't swerve around it so well.

No biggy, these tires are rated high against punctures and I even put some handy dandy tire liners in, I'll be fine.

Wrong! A tiny sliver of glass must have got picked up and stuck between the rim and tire. One minute later, pop, hiss, and a nice hole in the sidewall. It was the back tire. I gave up and called for a ride. Less than 50 miles on them too. Grrr.

That said, is there any way to salvage it? The hole isn't gigantic, just looks like someone took a sharp knife and stuck the tip into my tire.

if i saw a conti tire without something that resembled at least 10 of what you're describing, i'd be shocked.

This is an old school trick, but if a cut is large enough to bother me, i put a bit of shoe goo in it, it keeps grit and stuff from working its way into the hole.

An other trick I use when i realize i have run over bits of glass; I run my gloved hand on the tire in an attempt to dislodge any bits that are stuck to the surface and may eventually work themselves through. Disclaimer: you may crash and die a terrible death while doing this.

Unfortunately this technique doesn't work well if you are running fenders.

Hmm, maybe I'll try some shoe goo and the dollar trick. I have backups on the way but to toss a tire with 44 miles on it hurts a little on the inside.

If the hole is large enough to require a boot, you will want to put a patch on the inside of tire.

Woke up at 5 to go for a ride this morning.
Best decision I have made in a long time.
Strava

http://i1137.photobucket.com/albums/...psf9d8fdd7.jpg

I'm probably exaggerating on how bad this is...here's a quick photo. The hole is right beneath the flag. Thoughts?
http://speshuled.smugmug.com/Categor...09351749-M.jpg

Here's a link to a bigger photo:
http://speshuled.smugmug.com/Categor...9351749-XL.jpg

Today is going to be a good day.
http://i.imgur.com/YGgnn5U.jpeg

are those CC hubs?! Beaaauuuutfulllll

Chris King.

Pretty and musical. What are you going to put disc brakes on?

Those aren't disc hubs. I'm building them up for a friend's Allez EVO.

I couldn't personally bring myself to drop 6 bills on a hubset. And I'd be damn sure they came with some mother ****ing skewers at that price.