Bikey Bikey Bikey, Plus One Other Thing
New training wheels should be finished tonight, and I'm pleased about that. I've got them all laced-up, but would rather pay Andy a case of beer to do the tensioning/rounding/truing, as he's much better at that stuff than I am. I'll be giving them a hard ride tomorrow, rain or shine, just to see how they play out. Will post the resulting data here, just to show you how out-of-shape I truly am.
Got the Birchwood Cyclocross Clinic on Saturday. Yeah, I've already raced 'cross a few times, and yeah, I love me the crap out of it. It'll be good to get out there, though, and sharpen my skills. I could be a lot faster on my dismounts than I currently am, and I'm sure that there's a LOT that I don't know that I need to learn before the season kicks off in September. This means I should tune-up the Salsa Las Cruces this week.
Related to 'cross: I need to start running again. Hills and sprints, mostly, but I want to do some endurance stuff to get the legs used to it again. Also, I need to find some better MTB shoes. Every time I run in my cheap Nikes, I injure my foot. Sidi Dominator 5s, maybe? We'll see.
Unrelated to bikes: the new struts for the WRX should be here today, thank Christ. Hoping to get that work done on Saturday morning.
An Update of Sorts
So things have been crazy lately, and I make no apologies for not updating this blog more often. I'll give you a quick recap on what's shakin', though:
1. The WRX. After spending almost $300 on fluid changes in the Subaru, I took it in to Car-X for a look at the struts. They wanted $1600 for struts and labor -- highway robbery at its finest. Some research indicated that OEM struts were about $700 if I ordered them from a Subaru dealer. I bought good-quality aftermarket struts and found a highly-recommended mechanic who'll do the work for $100. You can't argue with that, can you? Struts should be here today or tomorrow via FedEx, and I'll have the work done this weekend.
2. Kate's still traveling for business, and as a result, whenever she's home (usually for a 36-hour weekend blitz), the last thing I want to do is go near a computer.
3. Also, language. I keep coming across the word "brifters," a stupid-assed contraction used to describe integrated brake/shift levers on a bicycle. I hate the word "brifters" so much that I frequently put the laptop to sleep after encountering the word. It actually took me two hours to write this paragraph because I kept typing the word "brifters."
Christ. There I went again. It is now another hour later and I can just barely stand myself.
Honestly, there's just been lots of shit going on lately and I can spread blame around, but the bottom line is that I just haven't felt like updating.
Another Weekend in the Books
So I had this awesomely huge to-do list for the weekend, and was all gung-ho about getting through it. Saturday morning, I woke up, attacked it and lasted until about 1pm before I decided that I was done. I did manage to get in a good ride, hit up Target for some necessities, and wash both the WRX and the Fit.
I did read a few hundred more pages of Stephenson's Anathem. Like everything he wrote after Cryptonomicon, it's kind of slow going. It's not that it's boring, it's that it's dense with ideas. And that slows me down a bit. There's the paperback edition of another book (not by Mr. Stephenson) I've been wanting to read and that's coming out tomorrow, so I'll be hitting up B&N and shoving it to the top of the to-read list.
In addition to my reading, I also watched the entire first season of Big Bang Theory, which I scored at Target for $16 on DVD. (Awesome show. Something you should really be watching, particularly if you're a geek.)
Dinked around with the money a bit -- planning and thinking work.
Had a great talk with Kate. Aired out some of the emotional difficulties surrounding her long business trip, and as a result, I think we're on the same sheet of music, and stronger for it. Have I mentioned that I love that woman? Yeah, well, I do.
So I've gone and done it again -- another post laden with trivia about how I spent my weekend, and how I'm goofy-in-love with my fianceé. I've got some more interesting/substantive stuff forthcoming, I swear.
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