Bikin' Dirty (all my biking buddies need to see this vid)
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Sep 21st, 2006
Floyd Landis's next career!
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Pictures to come
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Sep 15th, 2006
Well, plus a new chain, seatpost, pedals, and brake cables, my hybrid Bianchi is ready for action. So, I rode it to work yesterday and used my lunch break as an excuse for a little test-piloting. I'd been eyeballing the stairs that ring Ilus Davis park, which sits directly north across 11th St. from City […]
MS165
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Sep 11th, 2006
Well, I'm back! It was a heck of a ride, and I'm happy to say, that was a heck of a good ride. I woke up on Saturday at 4:00 a.m. That is disgustingly early, I'll have you know. On the other hand, I wanted to be sure to get there early, to get signed […]
MS150
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Sep 8th, 2006
Well, well, well. Here I am, just about to get into bed, as I have to be up at the buttcrack of dawn to go get signed in at the start of the MS150 out in Lee's Summit. I'm not entirely sure where Longview Elementary is, so I need to get a head start to […]
I'm going to leave it up to you
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Sep 7th, 2006
to determine what my vast enjoyment of these videos says about me…
Aw, shit…I broke it: (road bike woes)
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Sep 6th, 2006
Me and my road bike ain't been gettin' along. We weren't seeing ass-to-saddle just recently. I'm not entirely sure what, but something about my setup isn't quite right, and by and large, it feels like my bike's trying to climb up my butthole while my ears are trying to become one with my shoulders. In […]
Playing Catch-Up
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Sep 4th, 2006
1. Woah! Dude! I've got new glasses! 2. Hey, guess what?…I've got a BLOWTORCH!!! It was part of my haul of treasure from last weekend. The treasure was mostly found on Saturday, during the usual afternoon urban exploration ride, where we dumpster dove around many scrapyards and industrial sites in the West Bottoms. The blowtorch […]
The Bianchi that Ate the 1990s
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Sep 3rd, 2006
I bought a secondhand bike today. A 1990-something Bianchi Advantage, which is going to be my cyclocross bike. It's hella lighter than my mountain bike, sturdier than my road bike, and has the all-important cantilever brakes. It's also got the shifter levers I like, which can be switched back and forth between indexed or friction, […]
Halloween Approacheth – new costume idea
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Sep 2nd, 2006
I'd been planning to go as Cyndi Lauper for Halloween, then I cut my hair off again. I could mock up a wig of some sort, I'm sure, but I've got a “concept costume” idea that I'm really strongly tempted to craft. You've heard of Lares and Penates? The minor gods in patronage of mundane […]
Straight to my head
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Sep 1st, 2006
1/2 of a Pyramid Thunderhead IPA, and I'm toasty. I just mentally comnfused Rosenkrants & Guildenstern with Vladimir and Estragon. Why am I thinking of Halmet and Waitng for Godot? Because I bought Badia brand spices last time at the grocery store and learned that Spanish for Tarragon is Estragon. I wonder if the outcome […]