Turkey Day

Turkey... The best turkey i've eaten is following the modified Alton Brown method. Modified in that you start off normal breast side up in the hot oven, then instead of putting that stupid tinfoil crap on there you flip the bird upside down and cook it (with thermometer stuck in there, never opening the oven till it hits the right temp). not the most beautiful breast, but ya ain't using the sunofabitch as a center peice, you are gonna eat it... and a fresh turkey brined over night in Brown's method cooked like that is unbelievably good.

Even those who don't like turkey will like this method. Although a vegan still prolly won't eat it...

Hey yall in blogger land... if anyone has a ~44cm non-ergo bend road handle bar hanging around with a 25.8mm clamp diameter... can i borrow it till nats? shallow drop preferred but no required... i'm not looking to break the bank on a new set of bars, and while i'm prolly not as anal and fastidious/sensitive as Treefarm, the bars are a big interaction zone. I've got a saddle i can use, pedals and the rest of the jamboree... but the bars...

Just thought i'd pop the request out there.

I will be at Sterling. But i'm doing the 9am race and may not stick around too much longer. In case someone might have something - some old vintage heavy ass bar'd be fine... hell i'm running the cinelli 65s right now (crit bars)... me love them... I could, i suppose, pull the bars off the Q-Pro... but its a 26.0 clamp and then i'd need a new stem.... which maybe i should do anyway...

Hmmm... shoot... extra stems Hmmm scratch the bar request - if it'd be better to take the cockpit off the Q-P. Use the same shifters on both bikes... So... 1 1/4" stems? with 26.0 clamp? with some drop?

And Sailorman, the avids are fine... ya not supposed to use the brakes to stop, just slow down... I'll prolly re-do the cables anyway seein as they are all frayed on the brakes and too short on the ders... call it a thank you tune up as a return.

Wait a minute... You schemin to get a free tune up for the bike or something? Knowing ya'd get it back in way better shape than ya dropped it off? (Assuming i don't pull a Plymouth Foley and wrap the bike around a tree)...

I like the swapping bars from the Q-P now. And the cranks - can't ride the Ultegras, need to have 180s... so it'll definitely be one of the Mt Cranks to stick on there... we'll see what kinda bottom bracket i have kicking around... hmmm... that'll be tough... but i think i have an old race face somewhere... bigger question... do i have the BB tools... hmm may be time to pay a visit to the team shop...

Anyway...

Wade's write ups are always good.

And i gotta say - this gang of Cross racers here in new england- one hell of a good group... with pissy grumps like the old man with many national titles excepted... but then personally i don't have any bad interactions with him, but i haven't crashed him out either...

So I'm caught up - The Hub is open... and all that jazz...

Frazz is funny today... and everyday... man i love that strip!!


got directions for Sterling...


ready to split - peace...

happy thanksgiving...