Sunday, July 26, 2009

TDF


Every summer when the Tour winds down and hits the Champs I get bit bummed out. Or shall i say a touch of melancholia. Heres the thing, i barely even like road cycling or time trials or
France for that matter. I dont like the advertising, the big bike companies and big sponsors (leaky gas) nor the hype about the comeback guy from texas. What i will miss is the excitement the bike shop customers had every day when they asked if i saw 'todays stage'. The talk about who is looking good and who is thrown out cause of some banned substance ( Boonen) The two 60 year old businessmen who stopped in after their lunch next door and were raving about the
coverage this year. I hate hearing about crashes yet i was held captive listening to Mikos description of Jens Voigh high speed contact with the ground. It 30 days of bike nerd bliss smack in the middle of what always seems a busy boring summer for me here in the philly metro. I will miss it and i want to shout out to my pal Gus because the only stage i saw was in Hd on his big flat screen last night because i dont have a tv or cable at home.
Colorful lycra bike shorts and yellow jerseys..... leave em in France please.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Anniversary!


4 years with wifey!
So much fun, so much hard,
so much lovin, so much still to do!
Marni your the coolest tough guy i ever went up against!
Love hubby

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Friday, July 10, 2009

resurrection


I have read or heard before that bike mechanics often have crappy
running personal bikes. Why you ask? Prob because they (I) are sick of looking at another bike when they (I) come home from a long day of working on bike repairs. They (I) also become numb to a poorly running bike , can handle the creeks and mis- shifts or poor braking performance that would drive a regular guy over the edge. So after four or five months of messing with a d.s. frame that a colleague broke for me i finally got around to getting it warrantied from the manufacturer. I have to put some more parts on it and a little gizmo that i need for it to work didnt come in the box but things are looking up! Weird, but it looks like some Asian man in the factory was chewing on the rear brake mounting bosses. Good bye old friend...Hello new puppy

p.s. i just looked in the trash can where i threw out the old frame yesterday, and someone already cherry picked it. The old sled lives on!!!!!!