Posts Tagged ‘bike shop’
Great title, huh? Well, gotta admit that I have no idea where this post is going yet. Maybe in a few sentences, it’ll kick in. Went to the bike shop earlier this week, just to check in and see how the off-season has been treating them. Looks like I’ll be back to ordering new parts [...]
Last night, at poker, it was determined that there should be a new hand: the “prime straight.” This would be A-2-3-5-7 or 2-3-5-7-A (whomever was smart enough to claim the ace as an 11 would win the apparent tie). There would also be the “prime straight flush”, of course. We also discussed the A11 Offense, [...]
Photo courtesy of givepeasachance. Licensed under the Creative Commons. I got my first surreal phone call of the year at the bike shop this weekend. It was way after hours, and a guy who sounded like he was in his forties and moderately drunk and/or high, called to ask about books covering training for track [...]
So. I was all geared-up to employee purchase a Felt TK2 frameset to race on the track this year. Unfortunately — and not just for me — the shop I work for elected to drop Felt as a product line. I was pretty gung-ho about this frameset — I’ve always been impressed with Felts from [...]
So Frostbike, QBP‘s miniature trade show, has come and gone. I hit both weekend days, learned a lot, met a bunch of cool people, and came away with a bunch of free schwag and evil ideas. Saturday was a pretty good day. I rolled in just before 10am, cruised the expo floor, and then spent [...]
So minor items of import: 1. Yesterday, the logic board in my G4 Mac Mini decided it was time to shit the bed, and die. So today, my unemployed ass went out and bought a new Core 2 Duo Mac Mini, with an assist from mom, who called it my Xmas present. Thanks, mom! (And [...]
