ordered a new set of battling ropes, my manila ones were getting destroyed.

Today I took a nice little ride to my LBS and picked up some Stan's. I fixed some flats then said goodbye to an old friend (my Gunnar Rockhound). Now I only have one bike, wtf.

think im addicted to this decim8 app.

Ughhhh, instagram like apps where your smartphone spews it's guttiwuts all over your pictures are so OVER!

Today I built a new wheelset and got my road bike in the high 15lbs.

noice.

Today I was made an offer I couldn't refuse on a Specialized SRM powermeter. HNNGGG. Guess I'll be taking this training stuff a bit more seriously. My goal is to get cat 3 early next season.

Today I was convinced by the guy building my crossmuter frame to go for 26" wheels. I'd been on the fence for a while and recently insisted on 700c so i could impulse buy wheelsets on CL , but then remembered this pic that i posted in geared bikes thread a while back:




I need something like this in my life.

... learned we're all gonna die. search NOAA fukushima map in google if you want to despair forever.

for once its good to be on the right coast.

looks like its receeding though, a generation of children will have fingers growing on their ears but noone will mate with them anyway.

Go go Darwin.

so today i realized that my car is broken, and is probably gonna need some kind of expensive ass repair on my radiator cuz im pissing out antifreeze everywhere and overheating.

cars man, why?

then i found this



carbon fiber titanium steaming pile of ugly that weighs 24 pounds

Over-engineering at its finest. Why not fix it when it isn't broke?

This is one case where the nds photo is more informative. I thought the stays had just been photoshopped out.

i had to just add the link, i wanted to highlight the insanity of that back wheel but in reality everywhere you look theres somethin crazy happening

Man, talk about pedal strike... that BB is ********ly low...

36" wheels.

Today I went to donate blood, and they wouldn't take it. Why, you ask? My BP was 140/110. They were afraid of the needle shooting back out at them like an errant lawn dart.

One short-notice trip to the doctor later, and I'm on BP meds and have been ordered to make time for myself so I don't stroke out.

good luck with that. I on the contrary have low BP. Do you consume a lot of sodium? (unfortunately everything these days, especially heavily processed items contain lots of salt).



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I just finished a nice 30 mile ride through manhattan and only managed to almost get hit once. I need new brake pads, anyone got some recommendations [Tektro R320] ?

M.C. Escher called and says he wants his meth-lab back.

ive come to kind of hate riding in the city, i can never just sit back and enjoy myself even on the greenway, instead of dodging cars youre dodging idiots on citibikes and people walking dogs

kool stop pads all the way, dual compound

Today I logged my last ride of the month and finished it with 1004 km. Personal best for me. I had my eye on that 1000 km badge on this months Strava challenge. Goofy as they are it does help motivate me to push harder each ride.

A solution desperately searching for a problem.

today i got stung mid-ride by a giant hornet...on my inner thigh nonetheless.
sucked so hard.

Today I tried a pair of tech golfing shorts to ride and they are the perfect alternative to Lycra. They are cheap too 25$ at kohls definitely gonna get more.

started to organize my APT.