"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in bike commuting, biking, dumb things I have done, Playing With Weather, Schwinn Suburban on Sep 19th, 2007
Man, I had about the best ride home that I’ve had in ages. It was raining, and the temperature was just about perfect. I was on my singlespeed road bike, and the stars aligned, the elements balanced, and it was jut fucking awesome is all. It was one of those nights when traffic was playing […]
Posted in biking, Imports from old blogs, Schwinn Suburban on Jun 24th, 2006
It’s raining. Which means no trail riding for Michelle tonight. Fie! Woe! Crapitty-creap-crap-crap. And maybe I’ll do the brakes on the Schwinn in the interim, and go ride that around a bit tomorrow. I thought it might actually be easier to pick stuff up off the ground from that bike, since it basically doesn’t have […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, bike commuting, dumb things I have done, Imports from old blogs, Schwinn Suburban, Utter Silliness on Jun 9th, 2006
I haul all sorts of shit, either strapped to myself or a package rack. This is about the best way I’ve come up with to tote a wheel. Bunjie around the rim, then crossed over to one of the straps that holds the bag shut. Do the same on the opposite side of the rim, […]
Posted in Adventures, biking, Imports from old blogs, Party, Schwinn Suburban, Utter Silliness on Jun 9th, 2006
So. Do you know what 70+ bicycles parked in front of a bar looks like? It looks about like how the world ought to work. the photo heading this entry was taken just prior to the mass start. We all laid our bikes down in the parking lot (it’s traditional) and lined up against the […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs, Lists, Schwinn Suburban, Utter Silliness, videos on Jun 5th, 2006
1. My favorite Beavis & Butthead episode ever! Buttniks. Crrrrappuchino, a rrrrap-pa-pa-pa-pa-pah! 2. My freshman year of college, me and two of my dorm neighbors used to eat a bunch of Pixie Stix and drink Mountain Dew, then run around the dorm halls with our shirts pulled up over our heads, acting like Cornholio. 3. […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, biking, Imports from old blogs, Photo entries, Schwinn Suburban on Oct 16th, 2005
Crossposted to Well, that crusty old Schwinn that my folks dropped off at the end of August has been brought back to life. I got some rubber under it today, dicked around with the brakes for about two hours (I wish I were kidding) and finally launched the old beast on her born-again-virgin maiden voyage. […]
Posted in bike commuting, Imports from old blogs, Schwinn Suburban, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Oct 6th, 2005
Did you ever have one of those days where you were inadvisably flatulent and you couldn’t find any reasonably socially acceptable place to relieve pressure? Because I can tell you that those days really suck. Now, I’ve been known to deploy retaliatory flatulence when fighting dirty, but thankfully those days are behind me now, and […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs, Schwinn Suburban on Sep 3rd, 2005
Well, I was working on that old bike tonight. I took the crank out today and cleaned the bearings and re-packed them. I also took the bearings out of the rear wheel, cleaned them, and re-packed that. I’m happy with how the crank spins now–smooth and silent, but the rear hub still seems a little […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs, Photo entries, Schwinn Suburban on Aug 22nd, 2005
I’m chock full of happy. I’ve got myself a project bike and it’s so stinkin’ cool. It’s a 1970-something Schwinn Suburban ladies’ bike. (*snerk* I’m planning on going around telling people I just got a Suburban). It’s right now half stripped in my living room; I’ve got everything off I could get off with an […]