Aug
22
“Please note: Israeli solder not included in auction.”
August 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Check it out. Having a little fun with my shop’s eBay sales. This is one silly, silly frame, and modeling it is one salesperson who is very good at selling silly, outdated things. He wants to take this frame home for free. I want to sell it for $$.
Aug
19
What is it about Cannondales?
August 19, 2009 | 3 Comments
Back when I was still a career book-reader and didn’t know anything about bikes, other career book-readers around me used to speak of Cannondales with reverential tones. “They’re so light!” and “The tubes are so big!” Made no difference to me, I was still trying to figure out what “hegemonic” meant.
So I found it ironic [...]
Aug
18
A Big Deal
August 18, 2009 | 1 Comment
In 1989, my friend who sat next to me in 10th grade English class went to see the Pixies. The next day she kept muttering to herself that she still had buzzing in her ears. She said she’d been standing on some speakers, and clearly didn’t wear earplugs. That was as close as I got [...]
Aug
14
Cyclists are the last group it’s still okay to discriminate against
August 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment
You can’t tell a cyclist just by looking (well, sometimes you can). When we’re off the bike, we’re not marked by color, height, shape, outfit, or any of the other usual markers of a subgroup of humanity. And yet, it’s still okay to hate cyclists. Publically. Openly.
The Boston Globe printed an editorial this week [...]
Aug
9
Who in Korea is my fan?
August 9, 2009 | 4 Comments
The Republic of Korea accounts for 71.02% of the traffic to this blog. Something is clearly going wrong.
Explanations?
Aug
7
Other cyclists: Things that will make me not respect you
August 7, 2009 | 8 Comments
I was thinking today (while riding my bike of course, a wonderful time to think) about all the things that people do on the bike which I am able to recognize from afar that make me have no respect whatsoever for their skills on the bike. I might like some help with this from readers [...]
