The Nü Kits Are Sweet!

Totally custom....

Calling all Bay Area bike nerds.

The above represents about half of what I'll be bringing to the swap. BBs, drop bars, tons of tires, some mountain, some road, some cross, wheel sets, hoops, one Bianchi mountain bike frame, one custom Retodded singlespeed cross frame, a brand new Surly Steamroller frame set, a Redline 925 frame set, a Park mechanics pro tool bag, canti brakes, tons of wool jerseys, clipless pedals, forks for cross bikes, mountain bikes, track bikes, shoes.. the list goes on and on.
Chances are even pretty good that I'll trade some of it for beer.
I'm easy like Sunday morning.

Haiku on Flat Tires

flying down the trail
the sky grumbles overhead
flat tires aren't my friends

I'm in love.

I don't speak any other language besides English, and let's face facts here, I don't even speak English all that well, but what I do know of our language is that there is no definitive description of how much I love this video that El Capitan Sporty Pirate just sent me.

sswc09

i'm thinking it won't be this flat in durango.

The day job and riding bikes = thumbs up!

My job for the next two weeks (August 1-15) has me on site at the 2009 National Senior Games at Stanford. My primary responsibility is making sure all 1000+ award ceremonies happen. They are happening all right.

One of the enjoyable pieces of the whole deal is that I can ride my bike around from venue to venue - it's actually highly encouraged. Not only that, one of the event sponsors has brought bikes on site and anyone can check-out a bike for free and roll it all day. It's so rad to see biking promoted like that. And people are flying around on bikes like crazy - it's nuts, but in a good way. They are even keeping a tally of the miles rode every day and posted on a jumbotron billboard at the front of the entrance.

I can only hope that when I am this age, I still keeping it real like these folks.

Friendly is as friendly does.

Friendly Paul is a wicked committed individual who loves all things crafty and souly, and one who my better half has regularly referred to simply as 'a love', but he's the kind of individual who I wouldn't cross on a bet. Not unlike the big, floppy and lovable dog who is utterly dedicated to you and your every need, but the one time you do something stupid and abuse that trust, you can bet that you will find yourself on the business end of a foot that will most likely be kicking in your door and taking back what is rightfully his. He is what I can only strive to be.