I got a huge splinter in my ass last night. Right in the cleavage if you must know. It’s from crashing my bike at the velodrome. I took out two other guys as well! So I felt like a right chump. There’s also some track rash on my arm that looks like a gimped smiley [...]
I was in Victoria for a week and a half. Rode my bike there in fact. 73 km, I averaged about 22 km/h. 3:18 riding time, 7 hours total including breaks, waiting for the bike shuttle, waiting for the ferry, and the almost-two-hour sailing time. Not bad. I was at an Environment Justice Camp sponsored [...]
Friday James and I headed out to Langley to spend the weekend at his dad’s. His cousin (who lives with his dad) is graduating from university, and a bunch of the cousins were over. They’re all pretty cool, we had a good time hanging out. Saturday, James’ old roomie’s wedding. The ceremony itself was nice, [...]
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Last Friday I finally got Laura (my fixie) back on the road. I’ve ridden it to work every day since then, plus went on a nice ride with the ladies on Friday, attended (but didn’t participate in) a trackstand competetition on Saturday (I did learn to trackstand though!), and had a tough (for me) ride [...]
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Got hit by a car this morning on the way to work. Or more accurately, I hit the car. Coming down the hill on Quebec St. towards downtown, she was trying to cross First Ave from left to right, thought she had an opening & pulled out in front of me. Said the sun was [...]
Monday, February 26, 2007
I froze my fingers and toes in an alley cat on Saturday. It was so cold and wet! I’m rather chuffed though, I finished 27th out of 40. My last effort gave me 21st out of (I think) 24, so I finished in the 32nd percentile, up from 12th and I think that’s a decent [...]
Thursday, February 15, 2007
I learned how to skid on Tuesday and now I have bruises on my upper thighs where the handlebars hit them. Also I’ve got to take my bike back to the shop… the drivetrain is making a really weird popping feeling. Can’t tell exactly where it’s coming from but I think it’s the bottom bracket. [...]
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Monday morning I skipped work to find a new fork. Only one that fit was ugly as hell, but I bought it anyway. Bike should be done today. I’m afraid to look at it. Hell, I’m afraid to go to the shop at all. Anyway, I think the first thing I’ll do is ride that [...]
Yesterday I took my bike to the shop to get built. It got mostly built, except for the part where he was trying to put the front wheel on and discovered that the dropouts were bent. He said he’d have to bend them back, it would take extra time, and I should come back today. [...]
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
3 days till my birthday. huzzah! Here’s what went down this week. Yesterday I went to the annual Association for Mineral Exploration trade show, strolled around, ate the candy that they had at all the booths, and looked at the jewelry at the Placer Gold Design booth. I was supposed to visit the mining database [...]