I worked on a local talent show recently. The crowd went nuts over a dude doing a ordinary imitation of Johann Lippowitz’s enterprative mime of Torn.
I was fascinated that no one in the room had already seen this.
He barely lost to a young girl who did a rendition of Tina Turner’s original Proud Mary performance, complete with three dancing divas.
Been too busy to blog, here’s some vids
I have been planning a trip up to North Dakota, searched for some mountain bike trails and found the Maah Daah Hey.
I’ve been skating my an old favorite route along Shooks Run in Colorado Springs. It’s a three mile North and South stretch with plenty of well paved and wide streets to meander through. It’s been an ideal workout to get in shape for the beastly home streets.
The only drawback is that its almost a ten mile drive.
I’ve narrowed it down to 3 miles before I reach good road, so I’ve found a spot closer to start trekking The Midland Trail. An East and West route that gets me downtown.
Ultimately I want to front door skate. Strap on the skates, walk out the front door and just skate. I used to get groceries on the skates on that 3 mile Shooks Run route, it would be cool to do that again.
The truck came just in time to fix the bike.
After 7000 miles and four years my Cannondale F800 started ticking like a time bomb.
The bottom bracket was shot, so I took it to the shop last Friday. They had it done by Monday afternoon with a warning that the rest of the drive train was shot.
I bought a new chain and rear cog and took it home to finish the repair.
While attaching the rear cog, I noticed the rear freewheel and hub were also shot so I drove back to the shop.
I found that it was better to replace than repair after consulting the mechanic, but they were out of wheels. So it was off to another shop.
I found a good beefy wheel and took it home to finish the bike only to discover the brake disk required a T-25 wrench to change. So it was off to the hardware store.
I logged about 40 city miles in the truck that day, the hardware trip being in rush hour traffic (complete with a road rager).
I burned out all the excitement of driving a motor vehicle that day and am glad my bike is fit for the next 7000 miles.
Just got a driver license and a truck two weeks ago. The end of a two month process that mostly involved waiting.
It’s been a shocking transition after over a decade of cycling exclusively.
