ride a bicycle into work today, soo... i'm guessing my bike'll be a little lonely at the rack today
31 January, 2011
looks like i was the only one stupid enough to...
i might have been the only one stupid enough to...
ride a bicycle into work today, soo... i'm guessing my bike'll be a little lonely at the rack today
28 January, 2011
21 January, 2011
20 January, 2011
chilly, but not bitter cold
the four horsemen of the coldpocalypse didn't show in full force today. it was cold enough for the mask, but it wasn't as bad as was forecast. 2f, no big deal.
19 January, 2011
17 January, 2011
15 January, 2011
winter repairs brrrr
my garage isn't heated, and the winter bike is entirely too messy to bring indoors, so i took advantage of the sun shining in through the garage window and wrenched on the bike today.
i had to switch to a different wheel because a spokenipple oulled right through an eyelet the other day (very likely the result of some hamfisted truing i did in november).
with that wheel toast, i had to pull my only 18t cog off the dead wheel for install on the other one.
i was the witness of a january miracle. the cog came off and i didn't leave any knuckle skin on the spokes! thankyou babyjeeebus for anti-seize!
11 January, 2011
07 January, 2011
02 January, 2011
the cold skyline in three parts
b and i were at the minneapolis institute of arts today. about 1/2 hour before sundown, we were right by a second-story window looking north at the skyline. i thought the city looked so sad and metallic in the diffused winter light. there was also a slight haze created by a fine mist of snowflakes, but that didn't show in the picture.
i was unsatisfied leaving the picture just as it was, so i first desaturated it in gimp. wow, it got colder, yet. us bank place looks like a thermos full of the coffee (or soup) this cold skyline needs to struggle its way toward springtime!
so, knowing it was my cold reality, i had to make it so unrealistic to keep it from clouding my mind. :-)
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