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#8051
Still kicking.
Today I got in a good session on the mtb and was the first time I attempted to do bar tape from top to bottom.
All in all, not bad for a 1st attempt.
All in all, not bad for a 1st attempt.
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Appreciate the old bikes more than the new.
Appreciate the old bikes more than the new.
#8053
im not trying to start another brake vs. brakeless arguement[thats so 2011] im just saying if putting a brake on your fixed gear bike makes you pay less attention then i am asleep on my freewheel with two brakes...
#8054
o hey i forgot about BFSSFG, i was busy lifeing.
so i posted a bunch of pics in here a couple months ago when half my house imploded due to water leak so i tore it all apart.
and then i fixed it.
60hr work weeks + two kids and the wife working part time nights make it difficult to emergency reno half your main floor almost completely by yourself[not pictured wifeys office and the front foyer] but i did it.
last sunday i sat on my new couch and drank coffee and did nothing. i almost cried it was so beautiful to have nothing to do.
my bikes are all still disassembled in the basement.
so i posted a bunch of pics in here a couple months ago when half my house imploded due to water leak so i tore it all apart.
and then i fixed it.
60hr work weeks + two kids and the wife working part time nights make it difficult to emergency reno half your main floor almost completely by yourself[not pictured wifeys office and the front foyer] but i did it.
last sunday i sat on my new couch and drank coffee and did nothing. i almost cried it was so beautiful to have nothing to do.
my bikes are all still disassembled in the basement.
#8055
no offence man but this statement is ridiculous. 'definitely' not.
im not trying to start another brake vs. brakeless arguement[thats so 2011] im just saying if putting a brake on your fixed gear bike makes you pay less attention then i am asleep on my freewheel with two brakes...
im not trying to start another brake vs. brakeless arguement[thats so 2011] im just saying if putting a brake on your fixed gear bike makes you pay less attention then i am asleep on my freewheel with two brakes...
#8057
considering I owned bikes with two brakes all of my life and just the last year without one, the no, I don't think it's ridiculous at all. Knowing you don't have instant stopping power changes the way you ride. Nobody is saying people with brakes ride carelessly, but ride through downtown Houston without them and tell me there isn't a different level of alertness
dude, have you ever been to toronto? you dont need to tell me about stupid drivers or dangerous traffic situations.
#8059
Fixie Infamous
CHANGE OF TOPIC... lol
today was my first day back at school after winter break... cool beans.. started at 1...
but now for the cool ass story... woke up at 7 for my morning 30m work out ride... same trail i do pretty much every morning. On this ride, I often run into other regulars, and we pack up and share the headwind and what not. They're all older than me, but they're definitely nice guys. So this guy that I occasionally meet up with broke his foot. slipped on his stairs or something like that, didn't quite hear, and didn't want to ask again, I heard "stairs" though. That didn't stop him from riding.
He bolted his cleat into the bottom of his cast.
I wanted to ask him if i could right "HTFU" on the back of his heel.... cause thats all i was thinking...
today was my first day back at school after winter break... cool beans.. started at 1...
but now for the cool ass story... woke up at 7 for my morning 30m work out ride... same trail i do pretty much every morning. On this ride, I often run into other regulars, and we pack up and share the headwind and what not. They're all older than me, but they're definitely nice guys. So this guy that I occasionally meet up with broke his foot. slipped on his stairs or something like that, didn't quite hear, and didn't want to ask again, I heard "stairs" though. That didn't stop him from riding.
He bolted his cleat into the bottom of his cast.
I wanted to ask him if i could right "HTFU" on the back of his heel.... cause thats all i was thinking...
#8060
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with work drama and sickness, i haven't been on the rollers in going on a week.
there is a lonely empty space between my legs where a bike belongs. must fix this.
TMI?
there is a lonely empty space between my legs where a bike belongs. must fix this.
TMI?
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heh, cool. my buddy is an entomologist and everywhere he went in South America he bought: a local machete, the local rum and the local hot sauce. enjoy! then come back and ride until your legs cramp up.....
#8064
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o hey i forgot about BFSSFG, i was busy lifeing.
so i posted a bunch of pics in here a couple months ago when half my house imploded due to water leak so i tore it all apart.
and then i fixed it.
60hr work weeks + two kids and the wife working part time nights make it difficult to emergency reno half your main floor almost completely by yourself[not pictured wifeys office and the front foyer] but i did it.
last sunday i sat on my new couch and drank coffee and did nothing. i almost cried it was so beautiful to have nothing to do.
my bikes are all still disassembled in the basement.
so i posted a bunch of pics in here a couple months ago when half my house imploded due to water leak so i tore it all apart.
and then i fixed it.
60hr work weeks + two kids and the wife working part time nights make it difficult to emergency reno half your main floor almost completely by yourself[not pictured wifeys office and the front foyer] but i did it.
last sunday i sat on my new couch and drank coffee and did nothing. i almost cried it was so beautiful to have nothing to do.
my bikes are all still disassembled in the basement.
#8066
Painfully average.
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o hey i forgot about BFSSFG, i was busy lifeing.
so i posted a bunch of pics in here a couple months ago when half my house imploded due to water leak so i tore it all apart.
and then i fixed it.
60hr work weeks + two kids and the wife working part time nights make it difficult to emergency reno half your main floor almost completely by yourself[not pictured wifeys office and the front foyer] but i did it.
last sunday i sat on my new couch and drank coffee and did nothing. i almost cried it was so beautiful to have nothing to do.
my bikes are all still disassembled in the basement.
so i posted a bunch of pics in here a couple months ago when half my house imploded due to water leak so i tore it all apart.
and then i fixed it.
60hr work weeks + two kids and the wife working part time nights make it difficult to emergency reno half your main floor almost completely by yourself[not pictured wifeys office and the front foyer] but i did it.
last sunday i sat on my new couch and drank coffee and did nothing. i almost cried it was so beautiful to have nothing to do.
my bikes are all still disassembled in the basement.
#8067
sad thing is after all this work we may put the house on the market in the spring. we'd like a spare bedroom and I'd like a proper garage.
#8069
i smell bacon
Join Date: Mar 2010
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Today was the first day of my finite element analysis class. It's weird being in a class with guys that used to teach you (old TA's).
#8070
sɹɐʇsɟoןןnɟsʇıbɟɯo
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today i: snow
#8072
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have it back, im confused, dont know how to deal.....
#8075
We win all charity rides
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I miss the snow a bit too. Last year we had three snow days where the university was actually closed. Ecause of the weather.