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Surprisingly, the ~6 other wheels that I built up without tension-tool wank are still going strong and taking abuse well. I'm guessing that's beginner's luck. Although, one of the wheels with a $12 shimano hub is playing striptease. The locknuts managed to get themselves loose, so i can't put that wheel back into the bike until I get some ( Read more... )

Cherries grow like weeds around here. So many wild cherry trees around offering delicious, fresh cherry goodness. Cherries make this one of the most delicious times of year to walk around the neighborhood.

Stock wheels seem to die under me. The bearings die, spokes detention, rims compress precariously, etc. It's not too surprising given that most fast wheels are designed for 130lb scaled down imitations of humans. I could get cyclocross rims + fancy hubs to avoid this. I already built up a wheelset like this for my travel bike, cyclocross rims + ( Read more... )

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Today was fun. This was the wettest morning of the year, it was pouring as hard it gets in this area. This was the first day of Ellen's crepe cart. Even though the market is a few blocks away, I was not looking forward to walking through the wall of rain to get there. Luckily I got a ride, since something was forgotten at the house ( Read more... )

It pains me to think of the value added value proposition of SOME BRAND. It's supposed to convey a feeling of quality (or in practice lack of thereof). Brands are a product of of bureaucracy(aka marketing) in the supposedly efficient capitalist markets. Such is the cost of specialization. Those that do stuff can focus on doing stuff while marketing ( Read more... )

Apparently after a number of deaths in 2008, the ukrainian government had to relax the Physical Education requirements. Kids these days eat too much junkfood and don't get enough exercise to keep up, leading to unfortunate accidents ( Read more... )

I know what I'm doing this weekend =D.

Just had these girls drop by. At first I thought it was funny that she spoke jive too fast for me to keep up. Now I'm kinda scared, cos she did ask some weird questions like whether i rent/own, etc. Perhaps they were bussed in from another state to scope out houses :(