For a first build (and only second YouTube video), this Specialized Hardrock cruiser resto-mod by Anna Dong is pretty great—not just as a build, but also as a build video, especially when she uses split-screen to show old vs. new components. youtu.be/AmnnQd9wK…
US-Australia was better than I expected, still super physical. Still shocked at how much players get away with on the pitch. But the US won!? Color this fair weather fan impressed!
On the way back from Glen Allen my family tried the new Holy Burger on Brook Rd. The food is solid for fast-ish food burgers, but not at all worth the premium prices ($8 for the cheap burger, no combo). Shake Shack is a better chain and Eazzy Burger is a way better local option at similar pricing
I have read the brief on the peace deal with Iran, and every one of the points say “The United States Government will step on its collective dick until the end of time”?
Went out to the shed to retrieve a hand vacuum I keep forgetting about. Futzed around with #bike stuff for 10 minutes and returned to the house without the vacuum 🤦♂️
Weather in RVA is :chef’s kiss: today, and it was a treat to get in my #bike ride all before starting the work day.
Ah, Shimano Nexave. Ultegra. SLX. Tiagra. Classic lines of…fishing reels!
Gotta love the use of group names across totally different lines of business.
Every time I see one of those dang Quintana Roo bikes on Marketplace I feel like I’m seeing a crime against industrial design.
That was one HELLUVA finish to that match. Hot dayum!
Well I sure didn’t expect the first half of USA-Paraguay to be that exciting. Wow!
Just tried my first ever batch of cold brew. I had some beans that weren’t doing it for me with my daily V60 pour over, so I decided to try grinding the rest coarsely for cold brew. It’s a bit strong (let the ice melt and it’s fine), but way better than I expected!
Is the Toyota Grand Highlander just a Sienna for people who are allergic to minivans?
Received a Rivendell Silver rear hub to pair with a gorgeous new-old-stock Suntour XC 9000 front hub that I plan to use in a wheelset.
This opening World Cup match is pretty fun so far. Not a lot of offensive action from South Africa, but some pretty great saves and some dumb luck for them with some of Mexico’s attempts on goal. Ultimately I’m rooting for Mexico in this one since they’re our neighbor.
UPS recently updated their live delivery tracking but it’s no improvement. It seems to imply the truck’s route to the delivery address when in actuality it redraws the route from delivery to the truck every time it changes location.
Taking a few days off the #bike sux (I think I made myself sick scream-cheering at my kids' swim meet), but I think I can still do a little maintenance work in the shed before it gets dangerously hot outside (lots of truing to be done on various wheels).
What am I doing this evening? Oh, just checking in on a map pin, watching Lael Wilcox crush it in her record attempt around the world on a #bike: www.followmychallenge.com/live/lael…
Always such a peculiar feeling to be excited to see my kids compete while simultaneously loathing summer swim meets.
GAWT DAYUM, Pixar’s Hoppers was gut-bustingly funny. I had high hopes for this one knowing it came from the creator of We Bare Bears, and I was not disappointed. Just silly, heartwarming fun.
Finished breaking down the 1990 Scwinn Crosscut #bike. Headset is totally indexed, one of the bearing cages in the BB had exploded, but I think I can salvage the derailleurs, cranks, canti brakes, and seat post. It’s mostly clean now, too 😛
Why can’t cows win any arguments? … … … Because anything they say is a moo point!
It’s totally badass that stage 8 of Giro d’Italia Women had a summit finish on a freaking gravel road.
Inebriated, nerdy, friendly dude argument going on at the bar in The Cask about whether the T800 or a Wookiee would win in a fight.
Big dad energy.
Drunk with hack-job home machining power, I have now used an adjustable reamer to slowly, carefully, ream out the seat tube of the Diamond Back Apex #bike from 26.6 to 26.8 mm. Now I can use my sweet 26.8 Thomson to match the stem.
May have filled a bit of a niche spot in my bike collection. Snagged a 1990 Schwinn Crosscut for 45 clams. Gonna try to make it a chubby-tire road bike. What is it with me and bikes from 1990 (this one, Trek Antelope, Diamond Back Apex…)?