I found a new large frame to work with. A Gitane Tour de France from the 60s or 70s. And since it has already had the brakes, derailleurs and shifters removed, I can't think of a reason not fix it. So I went looking for fixed-gear Gitane bikes, and I found this:

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I've started drafting a speech of indignance and outrage for my boss(es), in my mind. Something about how I'm working there not for the pathetic wage, but for the experience, etc., and how if they can't muster an ounce of respect for my efforts, huge as they have been these past months, I don't think I'll stick around. Something like that. But I ( Read more... )

I knew this day would come:

My poor stomach is fighting back against the MSG.

Ubuntu is easy and I got my USB wireless deely working. Hurrah.
I got a wireless bicycle computer and I also got a bicycle LED headlight. But the light, when in use, gives off interference so the computer doesn't read anything. What a fucking rip-off. My Miyata Six-Ten (610?) is so fucking hot. Hotter than you. She's the tallest one I've ever

The dream is fucking dead.
No motorcycle training until after M1 expiration.

On the other hand, my new (old) 25" Miyata Six-Ten is fucking beautiful. There is nothing nicer than riding a huge bicycle.

I bought this for $3.36 and this for $1.21. Something is wrong when I can do this. Let's hope they're not broken ( Read more... )

Guy at store today: "[Five dollars] is more than I was planning to spend ( Read more... )

• Computer is reborn (thanks, Bosa).
• Internet is back (thanks, anonymous neighbour).
• Bike is good (new pedals, cranks, shifters, levers, brakes, derailers, cables, pink housing).
• Head: fucked (asdf, ghjkl).
• Doomed.
• Need motorcycle (on the cheap).
• Tired (time for bed).

I remembered, at the library the other day, that, according to a story my parents told me ( Read more... )

Steve is my boss. Jay is my [superior] co-worker, who was once a bicycle mechanic for the Croatian Olympic team. Jay is short for something... Croatian ( Read more... )

I am done my undergrad. It's pretty strange.

Later, O-town.