thanks brain

where to start?

i guess this morning - riding the Stache to work is fun, esp when the path is frozen footprints and rage inducing and treacherous on any other bike - when the pavement is bare and dry and i'm not listening to a book and thinking...

well it is fucking SLOW. IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO TURN THOSE FUCKING PEDALS.

That's a really good thing from a making the commute act as sort of training.

It is a bad thing in that it is slow because there is so much loss due to the nature of the bike.

Yet it isn't terrible in the woods and it downright fucking joyously fun to ride here.

But it makes me wonder, what it would be like to ride a bike like this that was 10 pounds lighter.

bad line of thinking - but maybe not... New wheels. I could do that - can i do that and keep the 50 mm rim width? Maybe. New Frame, damn we're talking new bike, hmm...

nope nope - lets make this work...

Talked through first day of class with my TA from last year, got some good ideas, i mixed up people speaking about stuff though - but also thanks to blogy blog found a link to the speech the year after the one I was thinking about and found both of them - might tie elements of both into first day lecture...

link 1
link 2

I did this with Rehoboth. I never could understand any of the routes out there, until I went and did the crazy May that started the HOTM year...  Dry May, in an attempt to shed weight didn't work, neither did riding all those miles, with the weight, but what it did do was activate my homing pigeon brain and orient myself to the roads out there.

of course I read that yesterday and then found today's to be awesome.

Yes - parking - fuck - parking. so frustrating the other day when I had to drive in...  the Stache may be slow but it s better than doing laps looking for a place to park w/in 10 blocks of work.

Other thinking - the absolute racket that is exploitation and acceptance of it and deference and respect to power because that's the way it is and the victim doesn't matter. And yeah I guess I'm freeloading because i'm not a subscriber to seth's stuff... i guess i like that model - monetize your work.

or keep doing what I do - fuck it - give it away - at least mine isn't worth reading and sharing - and I don't put work into it - i just unload my brain.

Sometimes, very rarely, i have an idea that gets worked and massaged and delivered in a coherent manner with words in this medium...

i should be working on class notes and refining the lecture, but, nah it has been a bit crazy - i've got some time this weekend to work on ideas and words and thoughts - and now that i posted this two things that i can draw from in collecting my notes and refining the lecture plan...

Spring calendar is coming together - regattas for the kid racing 4s and doubles, E's half and full marathons and then i get to shoehorn in a few MTB races hopefully.

No conflict with Wicked Nor'eastah so that's a start - will go from there... all the way to 24HOGG

time to pack up the place and ride home...

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