Muffin Man

Finally sold the caad. Took me long enough

jlafitte 

Wage slavery sucks. Yeah.

Scrodzilla

Ditto.

hairnet

Were you an AWS CWI? I think you have mentioned welding inspection.

TejanoTrackie 

Yes, however, my company did engineering work.

Leukybear 

Try try again?

Jared.

Today I booked flights to Spain for September. I'm psyched. Now I need to get on learning some Spanish.

Mumonkan

if you dont know a little bit of spanish by now being in the nj/nyc area, or america for that matter you havent been paying attention

i know more spanish just from coworkers and listening to people than i do of my 7 years of italian education, its pretty easy since a lot of our words have similar sounds to spanish/italian/french

LesterOfPuppets

Gotta learn the Euro-Spanish lisp, though.

Lapiz = lapeeth.

thewilson 

That does suck.
But I'd rather that happen then get hired, spend $300 on required equipment, to have your start date pushed back a month to find out they aren't going to need you after all. That's the bull**** I'm dealing with right now. I have two interviews lined up for this week at least.

Jared.

I know a fair amount. A lot of it has to do with kitchen/back of house/restaurant stuff, so there is plenty of room for improvement.

SquidPuppet

Ouch. That's hardcore BS.

murrellington

I never heard that until I started watching the Grand Hotel. It's a Spanish series and they have that lisp. The main character is Alicia (Alethia). Gahh it bugs me so much.

TMonk

bummer, sorry to hear.

I was looking forward to that beer you owe me!

Leukybear 

Decided to throw the old nice but neglected wheels from my cdale road 3.0 on the truing stand after the morning ride.

Tri-flow, PB blaster, nipple driver, and pliers all day.

Can you tell which nipple was included for free with DT spokes?

hockeyteeth

I'll take a guess as to what rim that is--CXP33?

Dudes, I am getting so stoked for Alaska! I'm planning to bring only one bike up with me this summer. There is awesome road riding and mountain biking. Pretty sure I will bring my rigid 29er with 1x9 drivetrain and bring an extra wheelset with 28mm road tires. Anyone care to comment on what type of bike they would like best for all-in-one use?

Check out the trail 5 miles from my future residence: AB Skyline, Skagway Ak on Vimeo

Leukybear 

I honestly have no clue, decals have long fallen off the rims. These are definitely not the rims that came with it; the ones that did were tubular.
Good guess with the CXP33 but I dont think mavic ever put out a ceramic coated one of those. Also there's no brake surface; whatever is there is not flat. But I guess they knew what they were doing as disc brakes were stuff of dreams when these were new. Spokes also have no clues aside from a triangular set of 3 dots.
1 things for certain with these wheels tho: duracchi

hockeyteeth

Second guess: Matrix Iso C. Are all tires especially tight-fitting on those rims? Matrix rims are notorious for being a pain to mount tires. Okay, I'm done with the late night bike nerdiness.

Leukybear 

Possibly; I'm going off pictures here. Hmmm Trek made them.
I think you're getting pretty warm tho; any profile and width specs on those to confirm?
Can't really vouch for how difficult was to mount the gatorskins on there considering I mount tires like a BAMF ever since I got that koolstop tire bead jack

seau grateau

I think I just found out that my company's office is going to move, which would mean I actually have to buy the car I've been telling myself I'm going to buy. It would also increase my motivation to transition to working from home full-time, which would mean moving. Things, y u chaeng?

Mumonkan

so jealous. ive been wanting to goto alaska since i was a kid

id bring the bike youre bringin, especially if its got dirt derps on it

prooftheory

+1

bmwjoe

The weather forecast is not always right. I knew I was not going to ride to breakfast with my friends today, as it was forecast to rain at 9:45. I figured I could get a quick spin in locally as the weather was warmer then it has been in the last 2 weeks. I left the house at 8:00 on the fixed gear bike and it got a little damp. I was getting a little rain at 8:10. I kept tapping the rear brake to sense traction. At 8:15 I went to test the brake and the lever had a layer of ice! I nursed the bike to a very slippery stop and got off and walked it through a U-turn. I got back on and rode gently on the shoulder/grass. At 8:20 the township (bless their hearts) salted the road and I was tip-toeing on the side of the road when the read wheel started to skid. The pedals stopped turning :-/ I got stopped w/o falling and looked at the wheel. All was well. I looked at the bottom bracket and the left cup had backed out and jammed against the crank. I was about 2 miles from home and I was walking. I walked about 1/2 mile and some dude (Ted) stopped and offered me a lift. I was home safe at 9:00. At 10:15 I was in Church thanking the lord for a safe return. Ride Safe (Or today = Don't ride) Joe

TejanoTrackie 

Today, I rode in shorts. Glad I no longer live in Michigan in January.

Jared.

Today I orders some rollers, since I don't live in Texas and can't ride in shorts.