Friday, May 28, 2004
i'm in love...

so, after nearly a year of parts buying and rebuying, frame trades and lack of funds, i leave the lbs $110 bucks lighter, but with the wheels to my first fixie. get home, tube explodes. back to lbs for another. after about thirty minutes of struggling, it's all put together and i go for my first fixed ride. can't get into clips, fall over. try again, and i'm off. i look down and see the street flying beneath my wheels. i let my legs go limp, forgetting i can't coast. i slow my cadence just in time for the stop sign and right turn. i get on colley ave., break into a sprint, and just when i start thinking, 'i don't need to go this fast right now', bike fixes everything by throwing the chain. i fred flintstone it onto the sidewalk, catch my breath, and think, 'damn, that was fun'. the bike needs some fine tuning, but you couldn't knock the smile off my face with a shovel...

update: switched from a 50 to a 46 front ring, swapped seat out (and shoved it forward), raised bars a bit. need a new, better quality cog. didn't throw chain yet, but it still feels a little slack. need to learn how to skid.
j at 9:56 PM

Thursday, May 06, 2004
rites of spring.

spring is here, finally, after a couple of false starts. the bike is actually gonna be done soon, the wheels are getting built up.

why are all the girls i like leaving town? it's not fucking fair. fuck that shit. i need to get away from here.

in other news, the new pixies dvd rocks. no, wait. it fuckin rocks. motherfucker. the fuckin pixies.

wish i could go see em live.
j at 3:37 PM