missing

 MIA? Me? never.

Had a conversation last week about someone's guilt for not posting more regularly. 

They have more invested in this whole thing I suppose, although my investment in this web logging thing should make me a millionaire or something. To date is hasn't done anything but act as a substitute for therapy, so maybe it has saved me a million bucks? I dunno.

Rode the MTB this weekend. Had fun.

Been playing with the Paramount. Wheels aside it is back to old school road bike. Downtube shifters and all.

Almost put the 7700 shifters on, but found the 7402 (8sp) levers last night looking for the other American Classic waterbottle hardware. Unfortunately i found this morning, and confirmed by checking the shimano tech docs that I'm missing two little bits. They work. they are functional and I went ahead and taped up the bars. 

Need to either find those two parts or actually put the 7700 on. But maybe that's why I was able to pick up these, because there was something missing. As someone pointed out in all the polling I did last night, everyone should have at least one road bike with down tube shifters.

Paramount it is. 

Today a year ago was the first MTB ride on the Stache in Big River. Have not looked back. Been f'n AWESOME!

Hard to believe it is Tuesday. Feels like Thursday. But then again I worked on Saturday and Sunday and while I took Friday off it was busy as hell and not relaxing. 

And yeah it is getting close to the day i hate the most. Right now thinking next year I should do the North South Trail - but not just point to point but from the south to the north and back again. On the singlespeed. That way I can avoid all the other people for the full duration of that fucking day except anyone stupid enough or brave enough or compassionate enough to join me on such an idiotic attempt. 

Damn that took all of a few sentences to turn me into one pissed off grumpy mood. 

Gonna see what we can do with the 4Fs tonight. Paramount it is. A couple high school kids and a couple old collegiate staffers...  in a race that is broken down by average age. I laughed. We're right in the middle, duh. Funny. Last week wasn't too bad. Today is a good time to practice some pacelining, figure out the route and then go for the fastest time on Thursday. Our fastest time. 

Gonna be nice and 90 out there. Perfect. or not.

I'm kind of excited to have the P-mount running like this. Been a long time. Still kind of want a new modern road bike. Took a peek at the KindHuman offerings...  the road bike? too fucking small. Sigh...

Oh well, I was also thinking, goddamnit i have too many bikes to ride...  and finally, deliberately and not w/o effort they are all functional. Well the Croll is still just frameset with bar and stem (and my damn Dura Ace hoods but the brakes are hooked up and I don't want to take it apart just for that). 

And yet I want to get a new modern road bike and a geared full suspension mtb. But neither would get ridden enough to justify the couple grand (minimum - more like $3k once the crank is bumped to a 180).

Sigh...

almost time to go ride...

to escape for a while...

or something...

best get the water bottles filled...

heddwch

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