Last one? STOKED

honestly super stoked ... this is the final one...  well not the final one, just the final punch in the 12 month card.

Just that is pretty amazing. Am I ready for it?

Not a fucking chance.  I'm stupid tired right now. I'm not sure how I'm going to get through. Other than I kind of never expect to get through anything and I still do.

So why would this be any different?

Well single speed isn't the best bike for a Hundo for one. 100-120 miles on a 30+ pound fendered commuter tire steel tank? Sounds pretty dumb.

Or it sounds kind of fucking awesome. So stupid that it is so perfect as the capstone ride.

100 miles. To the same destination as the first one in May that started it all.

Also thinking, 100 miles on the black blue, 100 miles on the Klein, 100 miles on the white blue...  now thinking damn i'm not sure i've done 100 miles on the paramount yet... hmmm...  well i definitely haven't ridden 100 miles on the single speed...  i have done 12 and 24 hr races on the Adroit and Mantra (those count in my book as equivalent to hundos)...

Brakes are fixed on the SSCX, finally. I was going to maybe put the road tires on, but i'm gonna add lazy but more flat resistant and leave the 980 gram tires on there. because they are on there and I only have one set of wheels. but man are those rotors fucking perfect not a micron of wobble...

this week... man what a week so far. today again, like every day this week piling on top of the biggest weekend of building bikes and a massive low point on Friday night....  rest? recovery? I've been trying to take it easy on the commute, not sure i could have pushed myself tonight if i wanted to. tired.

Still greatly worried about sunday turnout, but honestly have come to peace with it. Those who show will show and we'll have a fucking blast.

We'll build for next year. And those brave enough will reap some killer rewards. The ride is pretty fucking awesome.... btw...

I still have to put bottle cages on and find a 15mm wrench that fits in the seat pack, or stuff one in my jersey pocket (bolt on rear, yo). but i'm not even dropping the bars. bottle cages though...  probably shouldn't overlook that. frame pump is attached. Gonna leave fenders on and well...

We're going to stop at the ice cream barn on the way home because... ice cream and that was Sarah's stipulation. i think Goldberg will be amenable to it, it also means maybe i can drop into the house with a few -fewer miles maybe.

and then i've got the craziest Friday and then following up with building bikes all day saturday and then I'll be up at The Shop at 7:30 ish on sunday for the #RRRR

and next week? oh first part isn't so bad, other than i'm booked all week and somehow have to get to the printer for a class art installations. whoops, guess things will slow down a bit more after the 8th, but not before....  not so bad, not too far away. I can make it.

Tired. Just about ready to climb into bed. dishes can wait until tomorrow, right?

Have a mind to put the seatpost mounted rack on the SSCX and strap my stainless growler thing i got for christmas and bring beer back home. but 50-60 miles of bumpy roads probably isn't the best for the beer.  Will save it for when i can drive out and give Paul the prints. Maybe i'll do that in may. in the car.

oh...  go read Tilford's blog right now, the eulogy posted is amazing.

good space but really kind of conflicted in many ways but nothing confounding at the moment... patience, doing good, working with what I can, helping those i can. My students this semester are fucking amazing, inspirationally, really feeling grateful for the chance to work with them and help them expand their excitement and creativity...

time to turn off the music (dipped into the Pogues station on Pandora, bit departure from the normal lately - i think it is possible to OD on suicidal tendencies)

music, art, oh also - wanting to play, esp after watching Chris Thile all day on sunday...  maybe i missed that window to be pro stage performer...

but i'm doing art stuff, teaching, helping, building and stuff...

it doesn't suck even when i get in a funk...  so i keep putting one foot in front of the other...


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