Warning, Cycling Content!!
Warning, this post actually contains (albeit very limited) cycling content.
ears are still miserable and full of gunk. i don't think the infection is there so much, but the fluid is and "that makes all the difference".
that said, today was a decent day, with sunny skies and a temp around 40. it's been an unnaturally cold diciembre, so 40 felt balmy, although i'm pretty sure that's still below the norm. given the temps, i ran the weasals out of the house. i first did some prep work on the LHT so i can take it in the next few days to Clarksville Schwinn and have real mechanics mount the shifters and levers. yes, i could take a stab, but i'll yet again give in to the division of labor argument and have compotent people do things that i would only do incompotently. i did toodle up and down the street a bit on the LHT sans brake levers, to get a feel of the bars. on very initial reflection, i'm going to like the out-wide position, as it sits me up nice and high. i think i'll like the brake/hands position as well. the one thing you lose is that closetothestem roadie position that i for one like. we'll make no further observations until paying a significant amount of money and time to mount said hardware and ride around a while.
after fiddling, i and the two boys- who want to be called 'lance' and 'george'- took a little ride up the Atherton and around the neighborhood. it was nice to get out, and certainly nice to get them away from the Gamecube. below is a pic of 'lance' and 'george' riding down the street, the taller being 'lance'. i considered having a "discussion" with them to the extent that George H is much taller than Lance A, so Z should be 'george', but decided it wasn't worth it.
the 'george' and 'lance' theme follow my latest behavior, in that i'm either too sick or too much of a woos to go out and ride, so i vicariously do so by watching 2003 TdF videos. that's the one where Lance fell off and went off road and got destroyed by Jan in the 1st time trial. it's by far the best cinema of his 7-year reign. as much as it's time to move on, i did get a slight twinge of nostalgia. "no more lance". who's next? big Jan? classy Basso? upandcomer Valverde or Cunego? one of the myriad of eastern europeans like Vino, Menchov, Karpets, or Discovery boy Popovich? t'will be interesting.
tomorrow if the temps hold i'm going to bundle up and take a ride, even if it's in the lowest gear i got. even if it's nothing but neighborhoods. tomorrow will make 2 weeks without any action, and however crappy i feel, i feel more like hitting the road.
i'm sure the bitter cold will return and quell (sp?) my present inclinations. vamos a ver.
ears are still miserable and full of gunk. i don't think the infection is there so much, but the fluid is and "that makes all the difference".
that said, today was a decent day, with sunny skies and a temp around 40. it's been an unnaturally cold diciembre, so 40 felt balmy, although i'm pretty sure that's still below the norm. given the temps, i ran the weasals out of the house. i first did some prep work on the LHT so i can take it in the next few days to Clarksville Schwinn and have real mechanics mount the shifters and levers. yes, i could take a stab, but i'll yet again give in to the division of labor argument and have compotent people do things that i would only do incompotently. i did toodle up and down the street a bit on the LHT sans brake levers, to get a feel of the bars. on very initial reflection, i'm going to like the out-wide position, as it sits me up nice and high. i think i'll like the brake/hands position as well. the one thing you lose is that closetothestem roadie position that i for one like. we'll make no further observations until paying a significant amount of money and time to mount said hardware and ride around a while.
after fiddling, i and the two boys- who want to be called 'lance' and 'george'- took a little ride up the Atherton and around the neighborhood. it was nice to get out, and certainly nice to get them away from the Gamecube. below is a pic of 'lance' and 'george' riding down the street, the taller being 'lance'. i considered having a "discussion" with them to the extent that George H is much taller than Lance A, so Z should be 'george', but decided it wasn't worth it.
the 'george' and 'lance' theme follow my latest behavior, in that i'm either too sick or too much of a woos to go out and ride, so i vicariously do so by watching 2003 TdF videos. that's the one where Lance fell off and went off road and got destroyed by Jan in the 1st time trial. it's by far the best cinema of his 7-year reign. as much as it's time to move on, i did get a slight twinge of nostalgia. "no more lance". who's next? big Jan? classy Basso? upandcomer Valverde or Cunego? one of the myriad of eastern europeans like Vino, Menchov, Karpets, or Discovery boy Popovich? t'will be interesting.
tomorrow if the temps hold i'm going to bundle up and take a ride, even if it's in the lowest gear i got. even if it's nothing but neighborhoods. tomorrow will make 2 weeks without any action, and however crappy i feel, i feel more like hitting the road.
i'm sure the bitter cold will return and quell (sp?) my present inclinations. vamos a ver.
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