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cake!
Had some left over cake Jess brought home. Sugar high, headache, man-I-wish-I-hadna, but I did. Haven't ridden in days, only concern is the growing waste-line, not the dwindling fitness so much. Life...
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proverb a la inebriationist
"He who fails to sup all of life past his bitter lips, will die a starved man."The "He" I chose, not for sexist reasons (of course women could and should sup as much life if not more than men - being...
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no news...good news?
Not much to report in Northwesterland. Jess is nearing graduation...crazy, nearly three years seemed much shorter...to me anyway. Butsa I suppose I got to entertain myself whilest she beavered away in...
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metaculous fab
Chris Berry begins the machining! Ooh, ooh, ooh. Soon my growing supply of tubes and parts with have new lives as complete machinorganisms.
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happy drink-too-much-for-a-saint-you-don't...
Road ride up Mary's Peak today with Guinness to top it off before the descent.The shop beginning to develop tools, this is early in the first trimester, so nothing is yet assembled into anything...
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san antone
For some reason I began to crave the smell of black powder, the feel of rawhide and the company of an unscrupulous woman, so I bought a hat.Wedding.Where the wedding occurred, one of the many buildings...
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part 1
Should allow me to do up to a 45 degree seat angle. Why? Hell if I know. Just want to build anything I could dream up.
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faux lugs and shop pics
Busch league frame building. No pretense. No superior proclamations. Just tubes, an idiot with a hack and file, torch and brazing rod.Faux lugs for the road bike. She'll be a tank, but a good winter ride.
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jess and i compared penises
While attaching some handles to a couple tankards I made, Jess fashioned a penis. Upon my chuckles she challenged me to do better. I feel I succeeded, but I am curious as to why our perspectives are so...
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frame...finally
About to lose the jig I borrowed from Brian, kicked my perfectionism out the way with a dose of anxiety. I've been losing sleep over worry...it seems just getting things done sometimes reveals the...
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what the ffff...
...ive day update. Trail-side fix for dropping chains on McKenzie River. Thought I'd document before the real fix...seemed to do the job semi-fine, that is reducing my once a 100 yard chain drop to...
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"i was in the pool!"
I really don't mind the short comings of my fitness. I accept that. It was windy today, and cold, and my tire/tube/wheel set up squeezes all the fun out of road cycling. They make my bike feel like a...
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i'm back
I tried the Facebook thing, rather begrudgingly and hypocritically I admit, but in turned into not the time-suck I was warned, since I'm no lurker nor care to spy on old flames or people I used to...
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tiskets and taskets
One for the pile of stock bikes I wish to build over the next months. I may have a recipient in mind for this bike. Angles of a cross bike, BB drop of a road bike for a bit of auto-pilot for the 3-5am...
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pelican wedge
Unease drew me into the hills. A bit of a breeze, sunshine and snow melting on the tops. A minor need for a minor adventure. I'll admit, I'm a home body 90% of the time, relishing in good brew, food...
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turning normal
I'm slowly turning into a normal person, whereby my motivations for moving around is to keep my jelly roll from growing beyond redemption or keep the brain entertained. The satisfaction I usually take...
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filling in the spaces
While looking through the blog of years passed for a specific picture, I began to read. I do this from time to time, for many reasons. But reading entries from my tour this morning, it occurred to me...
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lost in the clarity
I got no teef! I am getting used to the gap in my smile, the feeling of it that is. I have to say, when I catch myself in the mirror, I do look a bit...um, well, you know, like a guy missing some...
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repetitions and tedium
Cold weather and bike tights equals ball trouble...for me at least. Been a while since I asked someone to poke me in the bag, so I suppose in fairness to the gods of good health I'd better be proactive.
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geez man
One-liner social media is getting tiresome. It's not that I don't care about my friends, I just hate that my friendships have been reduced to unimportant tidbits or memes. I bought into it because...
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nerds!
Orge on the build, SSargent Gangrene. Coast to coast singlespeed. Drop bars and frame bags. Ultralight touring machine.
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bit of a hill
My bike, the venerable, one day to surely be Canonized, Lady Evelyn Francis Ann May Genghis Dingus Mingus Cunnilingus Kristin Scott John Thomas of the Dale straddling Hamaker Mountain. Scoot Scoot.
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fresh frozen jumbo shrimp
I previously wrote in reference to the Ogre as an ultra-light touring machine. Seeing now, even without frame bags and Salsa everything cages, it already tips the scale at 28.5 lbs the term...
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Dug out the Icebugs for a 4 mile single digit run...windblocker briefs next time as I developed a second bellybutton lower down. Damn that hurt.Bikes have been busy breeding while unsupervised in the...
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