missed out

on a decent deal. But really I'd have to change the cranks and that's not a trivial expense, unless of course I just sold the whole 10sp group, hmm, should have thought about that before now. Damn. Either way $923.13 shipped is still a boat load more cash than i've got laying around.

The concert last night was pretty cool. Larry Rachleff is amazing. A remarkable conductor. Patrice Wood was there and sat conspicously in front of the 1st violins with a big music stand blocking views. The first big was a surprise, I wasn't expecting the RIPYO to be playing (took me until I was walking in looking at my ticket to guess that RIPYO side-by-side meant that the Youth orchestra was going to be sitting in). They weren't bad but you could tell, esp when everyone came out for the Bruckner selections. Damn that Bruckner symphony #4 is incredible. I've even gotten to the point of making a Bruckner Pandora station. Why they keep pulling masses and vocal stuff in when I want symphonies, well, hey that's what the i don't like button is for.

it was a cool ride in and a double bagger. well a triple bagger if you count stopping to answer my phone on the north side of riverside square and finding a stainless vacuum insulated mug in a pile of left over snow debris. I was making steady progress catching backpack guy when the phone rang. By the time i'd collected the mug and hung up he was long gone. Chase was on and I caught him just before the Valley/Bow hill. At the top was another friend riding in, his first week back on the bike. It just felt good riding the bike this morning. A touch cold. The cold front dropped the temps all the way down to 33°F this morning, and the wind was ripping out of the east (not normal). But man it felt good to be on the bike and riding in, compared to the drive yesterday.

Riding on the first day of spring, or at least being on the bike at the equinox was awesome (supposedly it happened at 7:44am today).

If you are gluing up someone's tubulars, and they are watching, play some music like this. And imagine not getting the tire stretched around the valve enough the first pass and having to re-seat the tire frantically before the mastik 1 dries solid.

Oh and road tires are so much easier to mount than cross tubbies... not that cross ones are tough... anyway, the crescendos of the vocals add significant drama to the struggle to center the tire in the race against time.

The Kimmage book is good. But the problem is, i've been reading it before falling asleep and lately i've been having bike racing dreams... I don't normally dream about road racing.

trying a bit of the Doc Blue stuff. in the tubes on the non-Plus marathons that are on the klein right now. Picked out a few peices of glass just now from the tread and filled the gaps with a bit of super glue. hopefully i won't repeat the slow leak from the ride with skinny on sunday. it is nice having tubes with removable valve cores. I stuck a Schwalbe tube in after the flat and they all have removable cores, but a while back I had a slow leak in the front and realized that the QBP tubes Jack stocks at Legend (chen shin or something stamped on the rubber in the quality boxes) have removable valves and mine was just loose enough to go flat over the course of the day. I just put 15ml of the stuff in the 28c tires. Not sure it is enough but we'll see i guess... esp since the flying rats are still bombing, but worse the people who find it funny to break glass bottles over the bike path and road are finding their way outside now that the weather is warming up.

Well it hasn't warmed up much today. And the wind is still out of the east/northeast.

Looking to be a mellow weekend bike wise. Feels right to take it easy.
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