CREATURE OF THE WHEEL... LORD OF INFERNAL ENGINES...
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
the blackie lawless training regimen...
so im starting to turn it up a notch or so. Yesterday i put in an hour with john, then after did some easy miles out to grand terrace. On my way back from grand terrace tho, i did over-under intervals. I think i made myself a little sick. i probably did 15 of a minute on/off. Anyways, i really want to keep the furnace hot for when i get my road bike from walt. I want to be putting 10+ hours (some road some mtb) every week until i start climbing in numbers up to the top. I will be dominating local beginner/cat 5 races in a matter of months. Also, somebody needs to make this into a shirt.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
yardin it.
so, here's a pic of my crank bros. eggbeater SL after i did some face time with the trail on saturday.
damn, what a bummer. I'm sending it back to crankbrothers along with some beer to the dude building my bike. i hate the post office. What a pisser.
everybody was like, "Dude, ditch those pedals, shimano's are way better..." that's cool and i appreciate that, but replacing these is free for now, so we're going with that.
the failure came at a pretty bad point on a rutted decent. Ass over the back wheel, white knuckling the bars, pop! it came out and i ate it. I dunno what im gonna use if i decide to ditch these, they've been sweet 'til this point, but now all these people are coming out of the woodwork saying they suck. Wait and see says i.
to tap power or not tap power, that is the question. i would prefer to get one i can use with my mountain rig if i get one at all, but i will have to wait and see. just the hub is a bit more than i can muster right now. maybe that one that works with speedplays... maybe a quarq. we'll see.
damn, what a bummer. I'm sending it back to crankbrothers along with some beer to the dude building my bike. i hate the post office. What a pisser.
everybody was like, "Dude, ditch those pedals, shimano's are way better..." that's cool and i appreciate that, but replacing these is free for now, so we're going with that.
the failure came at a pretty bad point on a rutted decent. Ass over the back wheel, white knuckling the bars, pop! it came out and i ate it. I dunno what im gonna use if i decide to ditch these, they've been sweet 'til this point, but now all these people are coming out of the woodwork saying they suck. Wait and see says i.
to tap power or not tap power, that is the question. i would prefer to get one i can use with my mountain rig if i get one at all, but i will have to wait and see. just the hub is a bit more than i can muster right now. maybe that one that works with speedplays... maybe a quarq. we'll see.
Friday, March 12, 2010
My official review of Shimano Dura-Ace 7900
It sucks.
It wont work with after market cables. Give it enough time (3 months or so...) and it wont work with shimano cables. Tuned up chopper's bike, shifting was horrible. Took a GORE cable from my new sram force group. Its fine. Give it a few weeks tho, im sure it will need more adjusting. Keep in mind this is after the 7900 quick link debacle that i had already fixed months earlier.
I ask people "If you got 3 groups to choose from, why choose the heaviest/most expensive?" They tell me, "dura-ace is like an old friend, i go with what i know". I can respect that, but, at what point does the old friend become the guy who's been crashing on your couch for the last 4 months?
My beef isnt with shimano, its with this particular incarnation of dura-ace. You have to have a top end shimano group? Get Di2.
It wont work with after market cables. Give it enough time (3 months or so...) and it wont work with shimano cables. Tuned up chopper's bike, shifting was horrible. Took a GORE cable from my new sram force group. Its fine. Give it a few weeks tho, im sure it will need more adjusting. Keep in mind this is after the 7900 quick link debacle that i had already fixed months earlier.
I ask people "If you got 3 groups to choose from, why choose the heaviest/most expensive?" They tell me, "dura-ace is like an old friend, i go with what i know". I can respect that, but, at what point does the old friend become the guy who's been crashing on your couch for the last 4 months?
My beef isnt with shimano, its with this particular incarnation of dura-ace. You have to have a top end shimano group? Get Di2.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
im just now noticing...
that matt freeman doesn't have a nickname in my peeps section....
i herby open the floor for suggestions on matt's nickname. As you can see, those i have listed are usually associated with something i associate with them. Josh highland is teh interwebz, without him i wouldnt even be on here blogging. AJ is one of the more philosophical people i know, plus he's into thor comics, so journey into mystery. Trish's nickname comes from Mallrats, which she has probably never seen and would be offended by if Matt had not probably explained the quote to her. Joy used to come into the coffee shop i worked at with a copy of a book called skinny bitch, so we started calling her skinny b, however, that seemed like too many syllables, so i went with slim. Team Redlands is a bunch of badasses, plus the moderator is named chopper. Matt is a vegan, but if you read his blog, im sure you will find that is just one dimension to a very deep individual.
How did Matt Freeman get hosed?
lets see what we can tack on him, and those making suggestions, please remember its never what the person wants as a nickname. Nicknames are NOT self applied, and are seldom self liked.
Matt's a music snob... Music Snob Matt?
Matt's a cynic.... Cynical Matt?
Matt's fast.... Fast matt? <---- i think i would have to add a y to his name for this
Matt's a writer (i guess) .... Writer Matt?
Matt's a dad.... now im reaching, as you can see this isn't easy.
Help me out!
i herby open the floor for suggestions on matt's nickname. As you can see, those i have listed are usually associated with something i associate with them. Josh highland is teh interwebz, without him i wouldnt even be on here blogging. AJ is one of the more philosophical people i know, plus he's into thor comics, so journey into mystery. Trish's nickname comes from Mallrats, which she has probably never seen and would be offended by if Matt had not probably explained the quote to her. Joy used to come into the coffee shop i worked at with a copy of a book called skinny bitch, so we started calling her skinny b, however, that seemed like too many syllables, so i went with slim. Team Redlands is a bunch of badasses, plus the moderator is named chopper. Matt is a vegan, but if you read his blog, im sure you will find that is just one dimension to a very deep individual.
How did Matt Freeman get hosed?
lets see what we can tack on him, and those making suggestions, please remember its never what the person wants as a nickname. Nicknames are NOT self applied, and are seldom self liked.
Matt's a music snob... Music Snob Matt?
Matt's a cynic.... Cynical Matt?
Matt's fast.... Fast matt? <---- i think i would have to add a y to his name for this
Matt's a writer (i guess) .... Writer Matt?
Matt's a dad.... now im reaching, as you can see this isn't easy.
Help me out!
Friday, March 5, 2010
dali doing a finger painting...
is a pretty accurate comparison for asking this dude to install a clutch cable on a vespa. Which i have. Because im a big dummy.
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