"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in biking, Cats, Photo entries, Playing With Weather, Sewing, Shopping on Dec 15th, 2007
I had no big hairy plans today, honestly. Maybe go for a bike ride and take some pictures, weather permitting, probably sit around in front of the fireplace reading and occasionally shoving a cat’s butt off my book. I didn’t expect to actually get anything accomplished. It all started out with me waking up early. […]
The Burley failed to sell on e-bay. I’m not exactly heartbroken, however. Joel and I talked it over, and going lower than $600 would be beyond ridiculous – it would be lowballing the sum of its parts. Besides, in last winter’s makeover of said bike, we kept it a drop-bar setup, it just had shorter-reach […]
Posted in biking, Photo entries, Super-Short Entries on Dec 1st, 2007
Well, the time has finally come to let the Burley go. It’s a damn sweet bike, but it’s just not right for me. The fit isn’t quite on, and it just doesn’t really work with the way I ride. So, if you’re short and like an elegant and zippy steel road bike AND a good […]
Posted in biking on Nov 28th, 2007
During the last Critical Mass, there was at least one rider, and I got the impression that it was actually a handful, who caused some consternation among the horse-and-carriage drivers. Apparently a rider or riders tried to pat a driver’s horse as they rode by, which startled the animal considerably. I was riding at the […]
Posted in Adventures, biking, Photo entries on Nov 25th, 2007
Yesterday Christi and I went on a side-streets exploration ride in the West Bottoms. We had no big agenda, just being outside and riding our bikes was all that was planned. Since were were just kind of exploring and taking our time, it wasn’t any big problem for me to stop and take pictures whenever […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, biking, Recommendations, Shopping on Nov 24th, 2007
I never did track anyone down to re-cover that banana seat for me, but I investigated the seat pretty thorougly and came to the conclusion that it’s probably not that terribly difficult to re-cover, so I sourced the glittery vinyl and am planning to have a go at it this coming week. Sy Fabrics, a […]
Posted in biking, Super-Short Entries on Nov 21st, 2007
Check out Chris Thomas’s second installment of the KC Urban Cyclist Photo Project. You might recognize one particularly goofy woman with tufty hair and glasses and one tall, grinning man in a Speedo.
Posted in biking, Costumes and disguises, Super-Short Entries, Utter Silliness, videos on Nov 21st, 2007
The New Orleans writeups are going to be posted probably Friday or Saturday. Instead, why don’t we re-visit Halloween with a couple of videos from the costumed cyclocross race. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC4R2fOcTiM&rel=1] Part one–the takeoff. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjAWsLmGSFI&rel=1] Part 2–Nearing the finish. You get a great view of the walker in this shot. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyPvsktMhos&rel=1] Part 3–Afterwards. Quote: “That was […]
Posted in bike commuting, biking, Other Bike Stuff, Playing With Weather, Sewing on Nov 7th, 2007
Daylight savings time, one of the goofiest ideas ever to roll out of Ben the F’s industriously fevered brain, has hit once again. I’ll refrain from the trite bitching about what an artificial pain in the ass it is, because it gives me a good excuse to play with my new, super-cool, kickass headlight. Last […]
Posted in biking, Costumes and disguises, Distractions, Fashion, Party, Photo entries, Recommendations, Utter Silliness on Oct 31st, 2007
torrid.com is the place to go. That is if you are an over 6′ size 12. As you will see, they work pretty darn well on the ectomorphic build. Photo Credit to Roger Harrison of Lanterne Rouge Cycling Joel and one of his co-workers, Dean, hit upon the notion of a team costume: “patient” and […]