Hanging out with a Nor'easter

Days now with this storm hanging off the coast.

So far I've only gotten wet riding home on Wednesday. I think maybe tonight will be wet. But of course it would be. Why?

last two days I work cycling kit.

plastic clothes.

today?

street clothes.

Also I nearly wrecked myself with the SSCX tank. More commuter than CX bit the big orange beach has twice tried to buck me off.

Full force high torque take off from a start and freewheel pawls say "fuck this have fun"

to say it is disruptive to staying upright on a bike when the chain suddenly goes from FULL HIGH TORQUE tension to ZIPPO KABOOM is an understatement.

I managed to mostly only injure pride - i don't have any of that anyway and to have wound up still upright in the middle of an intersection seemed kind of miraculous. I guess I have reflexes and experience and handling to thank.

This morning it was navigating between students between classes, busy, ooh a gap, lets accelerate and stay out of the way and KABOOM - wound up over in the grass but upright again.

Boat Loads of Shame, day after day (name the band)

I think that fancy dumontech chain lube Matt D asked me to try out must have gotten into the pawls, that lube is garbage IMHO. After a year or so of trying it I don't like it. It does eventually work if you build up enough of it and don't ride too much in the rain. So for an occasional user maybe it is good.

Daily driver? The only lube you should be using is GeWilli Lube. Or EVerLube - since it was Erik V that I got it from.  Anyway. I think I need some work on this thing before I really wreck myself.

Will be interesting to see how much work it is to get the freewheel off (spin on single speed).

Here's a song for ya.



Been on an Avett brother's kick for a bit now. High Steppin' gets into my head and I just let it roll and try and que up the song...

it is good.

maybe i need to start trying to play the guitar to cover Avett brothers and Frank turner stuff? Problem is all the (40) years of violin aka melody makes it REALLY hard to do the chord thing. not impossible, banjo is probably easier for me but oh man good banjo story that I'm still SUPER embarrassed about. I was a mouthy knowitalldick once upon a time. Okay i was that way for a very long time, now kind of after being broken in half and ground down, i've lost most of that edge.

Have you checked out Wandrer yet? https://wandrer.earth/a/earth I'm ranked a whopping 1199th right now.

I don't vary that much when it comes down to it but that's okay. fun to see where ya stack up and it is a different way to look at riding.

Might actually race both days this weekend. Will be up w/in 25 min of the Sunday course, might as well no? Could always day-of reg. The rain isn't making much of a dent in the drought. Will be interesting to see what the course is like tomorrow.

Looks like there is a break in the weather. Time to head home I think.

It isn't 5pm yet. So that would be leaving super early.

this one just came on the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeYSqZPzwr8

also - man am I spoiled with youtube and adblocker

well -

take care of those you can touch,
be kind to those that can hear your voice...

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