Is that a giant eye in the bottom left (top left?) of the photo?

Dig it!

Wishes I could beard or pigtail. :love:

i was also pigtailed and semi-bearded for some of today.

Niiice! :thumb:

That's an awesome movie

Took too long getting out of bed at our (new!) place to discover that my parents had left early on their way down to help me finish up moving and packing. Maybe I'll squeeze one in tomorrow, but it will likely be another weekend completely off the bike. At this rate, my legs should fall off from atrophy fairly soon :).

Fortunately I see the light at the end of the tunnel, and will be able to start training again before too long.

today, thanks to a sign putter-upper than didn't have a clue, i got in 48 miles instead of a metric century. oh well. glad i never pay to do these rally ride things. bandit style is where it's at.

Today a random homeowner stopped his weed whacker so that he could yell at me to, "Get off the road and get on the trail!"

I also needed to raise my voice and point pepper spray at a motorist. The driver put their front fender about a foot from my left leg as I climbed a hill and held their car there until it was clear to me that they were not going to pass. I rode off the road and they stopped and just stared at me. Not sure what their deal was but they drove off when I pointed the spray. I'm just glad they didn't have a gun.


-Tim-

Jeez, sorry to hear about you guys getting harassed on the road lately. It takes a particularly ****ty brand of coward to do stuff like that.

Today I have almost everything I need to build up the GT. Still waiting on one last piece...

Today I rode my fixed-gear for the first time since hitting a deer a couple weeks ago. I'm always slightly nervous that I'll forget the little fixed-gear nuances and eat it after trying to coast, but everything went fine.

^ Whoa, did you hit the deer on your bike?

Spooky stuff! Glad nothing escalated.

Maybe they knew you didn't pay and switched the sign on purpose.


-Tim-

the (lack of) signage lead to some pretty nasty wrecks, broken bones, numerous ambulances and high tempers. they rally paid out top 3 women and men, so people showed up to get some money. chaos ensued.

Not to bum people out but one of my best friends was hit in Charlottesville by that insert a billion expletives naziscumbag. They are broken and bruised but still alive and as well as one can be in that situation. Life can be really rough sometimes.

I won't get political or go on a big rant but I will say this: If you have to hate, hate everyone equally without regards to race, sex, creed, orientation, religion (or lack thereof) or any other innate quality someone has. Be egalitarian in your hate if you cannot find love for everyone. I am a reasonable person I understand people hate each other but just don't be a richard about it.

Yeah! Our neighborhood is close to the hilly wooded part of town, so the deer are really tame and in our area a lot. They're like big rabbits, and one of them dashed across the road right in front of me when I was almost home from a club ride. It swept out my front wheel, and I was on the ground before I knew it. Fortunately I wasn't going very fast and didn't break anything, although my hip, shoulder, and ribs were sore for weeks afterward. My bike was fine apart from the crooked handlebars and scuffed handlebar tape.

That's pretty wild, glad to hear you didn't get too banged up. I used to live upstate NY for a bit and remember having to watch out for deer when driving, but never when biking. Now the most I have to worry about when it comes to wildlife is the annoying pigeons that are too lazy to fly away

I'm not gonna lie, I'd rather hit a bird while riding. ;)

Last night I rode with 38 mm tires.

I was previously running 35's and wanted to see if the extra volume increased comfort noticeably and what the trade off would be in terms of weight and rolling resistance. Same brand and model of tire and I honestly thought I'd wasted a bunch of money.

The difference was really surprising. The added weight and resistance was negligible but the added comfort was really remarkable given that it was only 3 mm. It was super plush, like riding a mid-70's Cadillac.


-Tim-

Sign me up! Big tire life is fine with me. I want to squeeze a pair of 38 or 40s on my bike. But my next tire purchase is good cross tires.

Yesterday I did 34 miles with 2,547 ft of elevation and ate vegetarian the whole day.

Today I was hungry.

did 41 miles after work at 19mph average. my stomach started hurting like halfway through. dunno what's going on there.

^
Nice, stayin' on the gas!

I'm about to pilot out my new bike commute. It's 8.5 miles and involves a little bit of climbing. I might extend it a little bit on the way home if I can finish working by a reasonable hour.

...got my spokes from Scrod and started puttin' together my geared bike's new front wheel. Fun!

Yikes! about creepy motorists, Charlottesville troubles and getting taken down by a deer.

Cleaned the BB shell in my new frame to pristine condition and gave the Phil BB a second try. Fingers crossed.

did you antiseize the threads or just use grease?