Ride Lugged

Was sent these two pics by a friend of mine I ride BMX bikes with…Love these…bikes?

Who wants to build a couple?
RobQ

Mingle²

ACCUSED.. OF HAVING SEX WITH HIS BIKE,
Women ‘caught man in act’

Alley cat in Sweet Balto this Saturday.

I’m not gonna be there or anything, just a public servisss massage for you gaiz.

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I’m pretty sure the one on the left would fall over if you picked up a pallet of pillows, but the other one looks solid. and would take a brooks if you were so inclined.

make the jump for more cool bikes.
I think i could take the dino on some trails here.

Plus in their pdf catalog is the coolest tandem EVER!! The SD-20! And a couple of BMX bikes designed for Rob and Hutch. Check out the SD-30 and SD-31!

Yes the Japanese are awesome!

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Even Levi Leipheimer uses the old paperclip in the brake lever trick!

hmm… he’s actually racing with a carbon bar and stem. doesn’t sound like a good idea to me.

so I found some new yoga class here.
a friend told me about a place that she thought was kinda close to me that had English language yoga. I went last night to try it out, and found out a few things:

1st - riding without gloves and with chacos on eggbeaters on cobblestoned streets is pretty tricky, especially when you get to the intersections where tram lines cross. Even if it was only a ten minute ride away.

2nd - English language yoga, means the teacher knows English. The whole class was Czech + me, so the instruction was 2/3 in Czech which was fine. I’ll probably learn something. The class was very good though, even though the students joked with the teacher whenever she said ties (when she mean thighs. the “th” sound is difficult for people here.) It’s Iyengar which sounds very relaxed, but it worked me hard. It was very similar to Scott’s take on the Vibrant and Vigorous class, with a few extra pillows.

3rd - The summer at 50 degrees and 4 minutes north of the equator is nice. I rode home from yoga at 9:45pm in daylight. (I’m a bit concerned as to what will happen in about six months though!)

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so, i’ve been home workin on a project, and i am hear listening to seinfeld, and i heard this incredibly pertinent episode. er, pertinent to this blog. or rather, this particular blogger. it would of course be better, if they were wool jerseys.

Opening scene - A locker room at Yankee Stadium. George is helping Danny Tartabull with his swing.

GEORGE: O.K., Danny, take a swing. <Tartabull swings the bat.> N-No! No! No! You’re opening up your shoulder.

TARTABULL: Really?

GEORGE: No, not really. I’m just saying this to you because I like to hear myself talk. Yes, really!

TARTABULL (wiping sweat from his brow): Alright, alright.

GEORGE: What are all sweatin’ for?

TARTABULL: It’s hot in this uniform.

GEORGE: Hot? <Feels Tartabull’s material.> What is this?

TARTBULL: What is what?

GEORGE: This uniform, what’s it made from?

TARTBULL: I don’t know, cotton?

GEORGE: No. This is not cotton. Here, lemme see. <Tries to look at the tag on the uniform. Tartabull gets creeped out and resists.> Will you stop it? <Looks at the tag.> Oh. Of course. Polyester!

TARTABULL: So?

GEORGE: I can’t believe you’re not playing in cotton.

TARTABULL: Well, this is what they give us.

GEORGE: You know they used to make leisure suits out of this fabric?

TARTABULL: You really think cotton’s better?

GEORGE: Of course! Alright, maybe I’ll say something to Buck.

TARTABULL: Yeah, good idea. Catch ya later. <Leaves.>

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GEORGE: Hey, did you know that the Yankees don’t wear cotton jerseys?

JERRY: Of course, they’re polyester.

GEORGE: Well, what is that? That’s a crime! Do you know how hot those things get? They should be wearing cotton.

JERRY: Why do they wear polyester?

GEORGE: I don’t know. That’s all gonna change.

JERRY: You’re going to do something about it?

GEORGE: Why shouldn’t I?

JERRY (doubtfully): No reason…

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GEORGE: Hey, Buck. Talk to you for a second?

SHOWALTER: Sure, George.

GEORGE: How’s everything going? Everything O.K.?

SHOWALTER: Well, all of a sudden there’s a problem with Tartabull’s swing…

GEORGE: Listen, Buck, I uh…obviously I don’t need to talk to you about the importance of player morale, but uh…I’ve been talking to some of the guys, and some of them - I don’t want to mention any names - but some of them…they’re not too happy with the polyester uniforms.

SHOWALTER: How so?

GEORGE: Well, they get very hot in the polyester. You know, it’s not a natural fibre. I think they would prefer cotton.

SHOWALTER: Cotton, huh?

GEORGE: Yeah. Cotton breathes, you see, it’s much softer. Imagine playing games and your team is five degrees cooler than the other team. Don’t you think that would be an advantage? They’re cooler, they’re more comfortable…they’re happier - they’re gonna play better.

SHOWALTER: You may have something there, George.

GEORGE: Oh - I’ve got something.

SHOWALTER (considering): Hmm. Cotton uniforms.

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ANNOUNCER #1: And the Yankees take the field!

ANNOUNCER #2: Is it my imagination, or do the Yankees look a little different tonight? I can’t put my finger on it…

ANNOUNCER #1: Well, from what I understand, they’ve switched to cotton uniforms.

ANNOUNCER #2: They seem blousier, softer…

ANNOUNCER #1: Well, it is a natural fibre…

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GEORGE: The uniforms! Did you see how they played? Listen to these comments! (reads from the paper) “Wade Boggs: ‘What a fabric! Finally we can breathe.’ Luis Palonia: ‘Cotton is king.’ Paul O’Neill: ‘I never dreamed anything could be so soft and fluffy.’ ”

JERRY: Boy, they really do sound comfortable.

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the proof is in the script!

So Christine and I planned a fairly easy 20 miler for Fathers day and Damien joined us. It was awesome and I pulled Hutch in the trailer for the entire ride this time. It took us a little over 2 hours to complete. Check it out…

Turns out I’m not the only flickr dork who was at the thought it would be cool to attach some photos from the 24 hours of Big Bear to a map. There is another guy (I think he’s some kind of mountaineering EMT) who geotagged some of his photos from the event (I think it was last years race though). Anyway, it’s a cool way to get a perspective on the race. Maybe next year I can have a doohickey that will keep track of GPS coordinates so that it’s a little more accurate.