The nutters at Surly have created Pugsley, a bike with 4″ tyre clearance!
Monthly Archives: October 2004
A tribute to the greatest 'documentary' ever made..
OFFICE SPACE!
Another hippy online.. this one's 'happy'
Keep honking.. I'm reloading.
?is something I want printed on a t-shirt, to wear while commuting. It has a nice ring to it and would keep drivers on their toes… if only they actually saw me.
Glenvale Crit Tan Lines
Managed to stick with the bunch. 40.1kph avg. speed?
Ice Skating
I went out with an ice hockey player for three years. She skated all the time. I never did. After we broke up though I finally attempted to skate – what the!?
I was unco as all hell, barely able to stand up without falling over or moving unintentionally, but eventually I worked out how to move and slow to a stop. Towards the end of the 1.5 hour session, I moved away from the boards and got a little bit of speed up. Going beginner-fast was easier than going slow, the latter often requiring a mad grab for the boards, followed by a socket-wrenching yank of the arms. Fell over a few times and eventually got too tired to stay upright so I bailed and watched mates knock each other over. It was fun.
Birth Certificate #1
?<- That is a non-breaking space After talking about it at ice skating, I returned home to find Granddad’s birth certificate in the mail. That’s step one for those of you who know…
Motivational Thought
If comparing your own Average Speed with that of riders in the pro ranks.. remember.. they don’t see any stop lights!
Interbike Eye Candy
DaveB reminded me about freewheel servicing..
I never owned a proper freewheel remover (those little grooved things you insert into the freewheel and fit a spanner to) ‘back in the day’ so I’d have to use a funky pair of needle nose pliers to fit into the little Ultraglide dimples and unscrew the lock ring. Along with removing the freewheel, this would free up 4.5billion* small ball bearings most of which would inevitably end up in one of the many small piles of sawdust and cobwebs in Dad’s shed.. ahh memories…
*may not be accurate estimate