Today I almost ate some cement when I went over an ice patch. I guess now that my hometown has officially entered winter mode, what are some decent winter tires? Going to be used exclusively on the road (albeit, with snow and ice sometimes), for my daily commute and short trips.

Gross.

seriously, i dont know if im angry or sad about the fact that it might snow tomorrow

Today it snowed. 39 degrees and snowing was BS though. Actually it was snowing and raining at the same time tonight.

Today we also came up with a great idea at work (restaurant). Reverse potluck. 4 or 5 of us collectively buy ingredients to make various meals, spend about 4 or 5 hours cooking one afternoon, portion everything out, take home and freeze for the month. Keeps a bunch of degenerate 30 somethings from eating dinners consisting of mixed nuts (which apparently occurred twice this week by two different employees).

Oh man I didn't know nuts dinner was so popular.

Today I got in 40 miles and bought a new fork for the surly.

dan- what did you get?

Easton EC70.

Today (technically last night) I learned what happens when a freewheel fails (i.e. starts spinning freely in both directions), and as a result what you expect to be a mighty forward pedal stroke encounters no resistance. In a nutshell, you wind up off the pedals, running down the street while straddling the top tube, wondering exactly when you're going to fall and trying to ignore the fact that your somewhat sensitive male parts are repeatedly striking said top tube.

Fwiw, it's unpleasant.

no foot retention?

ive had that, except on an FG IGH, i ended up pulling muscles in my leg and smashing my knee on my bars and my taint smashing down on my saddle hard while going down a pretty serious hill. i had to ted shred thru my fender and it melted a hole in it with my jacked up leg

No, I was on my beater mountain bike. Since it's geared and has big 'ol platform pedals, I don't have clips or straps on it. That may change now.

Ouch... that sucks, man. I'm lucky I was on flat ground. Aside from some bruising down there, I mostly suffered ego damage - there were a lot of cars around that saw me and I'm sure it looked hilarious.

Had a really close call today that resulted in my rear rim getting trashed

42/23 is massive. I am not europro.

Campy is legit. Italians be aight.

I had to run like a mile today due to pulling a wheel at the starting sprint. Never again man, never again.

Today I installed a new chain and cleaned my primary training road bike.

/feelsgoodman

Today I passed the test I was given for the job in San Diego. So now its up to the company if they want to give me an interview based on: psychological assessment, test scores, and job history. Hopefully I get an interview, and then they need to:

because I'm used to NYC $$.

i really hope it works out for you man, this place is toxic. gtfo.

and i mean in the most loving way possible

Thanks man. I hope so too. I will always have a love hate relationship with New York. Its been my home for 30 years, going to be tough to adjust if I get the job, but I need to.

Ordered Mavic CXP22s laced to formula hubs for less than 150 shipped from Velomine

Barton Creek?

I had to run a damn mile to pit for a neutral wheel since I flatted before I even actually made it on the course. **** that place.

Went home and slept 14 hrs though.

Yeah, it was at Barton. I pulled my wheel and since I have axle nuts and no fifteen on me, I was forced to jog/walk my way to the pit. I tried to get someone to hand me a beer but no luck.

today i was gonna ride.

then it was 25 degrees.

im good.

rode 10 miles in 25 degree weather.

then another 3 to interview with the local news about the Cranksgiving event I'm hosting in my city.


Not looking forward to winter.

It'll take you about 3.24 minutes to adjust to southern California. Then you'll wonder why you waited so long.