when I was on a rowing team I remember reading about how rowing is the only sport that causes athletes to build heart muscle. That was also the only time in my life where my resting heart rate was below 60bpm.

I don't think I could ever voluntarily erg without being on a crew. Trying to PR on the erg were some of the worst physical experiences I have ever endured. Ptsd

Today might be the day that I just keep riding past work this AM since its so nice out.. My boss is out of the office so she would never know...

Today (yesterday evening) I inadvertently nose-manualed my Steamroller while riding mtb trails and felt like a total badass.

After talking to the woman at the store today after I exchanged them for a size up, she made it seem like they are working on expanding and took down a few ideas from a couple of the guys in the store myself included. I would love to see them make the move into cycling gear for guys because honestly, everything I have ever bought from them has been amazingly comfortable and has held up extremely well.

Walked outta work and was greeted by this:


Bye bye Brooks. That's life in the big city, I guess.

Man, that sucks. Did they cut through the chain?

Yup. Broad daylight, too. I usually cover it with a bag to avoid drawing too much attention, but the bag I usually keep in the nose fell out on the way to work. Oh well. Money loss sucks, but 4 years of molding that thing to my personal keister profile is the real victim.

today i built up the nature boy.

that definitely sucks. having had stuff stolen off my bike in the past i know it can be a serious bummer. do you usually park your bike in the same spot? seems like whoever jacked it had to bring the necessary tools to cut the chain and unscrew the seat post so they may have noticed it earlier. or it could also just have been an opportunistic full-time bike thief.

That's such a bummer. So sorry.

I have an original Ti Flight and have thought about making the seatpost a QR for this reason since I lock mine in the city too...I often use a backpack so I'll just toss it in with my helmet.
Just pisses me off when I see that.



In other news, I picked up a new Giro Foray helmet since Nahsbar had a decent deal going on. Seems like a good helmet for $40.
I've been using a 15 year old Specialized Banshee even though it's most likely worthless in a crash...but Seattle and their mandatory helmet laws (and they do enforce it/fines).

It was only my 3rd shift there so I doubt it was someone gunning for me, specifically. It was in Williamsburg which A) is dense AF with bikes and B) has tons of streets, like the one where this happened, that are half busy restaurants, half construction sites so they seem safe at first look but really don't have a ton of foot traffic. Prime hunting grounds for a jerk with a van and some clippers.

That's a good plan. If I can save enough of my pennies to get a new Brooks I'm gonna do that.

what about using a bolt on seatpost clamp and super gluing a ball bearing in it? and also on the saddle clamp itself?

Seattle has a mandatory helmet law?

see the "post your ss thread....

Yep. Washington State doesn't officially have one but most of the major counties have one. Seattle started in 2003

It seems to work. I rarely ever see anyone without one on the major cycling routes.

I like this idea

if you ever need to remove the seatpost or adjust the saddle, a little acetone will break down the glue and allow you to remove the bearing.

i'm thinking camo tape....suggestions?

Theres that Amazon camo tape that isn't terrible and comes in multiple camo options, my buddy put some on his bike and it feels like any other 10 dollar a roll tape.

I rode my road bike for the first time in several weeks -- the Mrs. was doing a 1/2 marathon 35miles away so perfect distance for a quick ride.. I think i've come to the conclusion that I don't really like gears. I like things to be super simple and a FG is just that, simple.

Re bold/red, same here. I just have little tolerance for unnecessary complexity. Sometimes complexity is needed but most things are simply over engineered.

Lately I've been riding my fixed gear bike more for this exact reason. Not giving up on gears yet though but I understand exactly where you are coming from.

I have a similar feeling. I rode my road bike a week ago and I sort of came to the conclusion. I mean my road bike is nice, but I always seem to enjoy the fixed gear more.

fixie love <3