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Entries Tagged as 'fixing stuff'
in limbo
February 19th, 2010 · 7 Comments · fixing stuff, general stuff
To be honest, it was sort of hard to even look at my track bike the past few days. It’s more than a little embarrassing to admit, but this time last year, I hardly knew what a derailleur looked like. I naively thought that only things with cogs and lockrings mattered. Sure, I had friends [...]
speaking in letters
November 6th, 2009 · 9 Comments · fixing stuff, general stuff
Every year, a typed sheet of paper will arrive in a tri-colored air mail envelope, my address inscribed with my father’s well-handled Mont Blanc pen. A jumble of Japanese mixed in with the occasional English word, he’ll even sometimes provide the odd phonetic pronunciation of a simple Japanese character while somehow leaving the harder ones [...]
Tags:law school·letters·promise
sniff, roll, cough
November 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment · fixing stuff, general stuff
These days, a cough, sneeze, or sniffle is enough is send me running. Preferably outdoors. Like trains, buses, and crowded public areas, classrooms are cesspools of bacteria and germs. I made a vow this year not to get H1N1. Not so much because I heard that it sucks more than having your impacted wisdom teeth [...]
comm on
October 2nd, 2009 · 5 Comments · fixing stuff, general stuff
There are some people who – either due to complete drug burn-out or just plain genetic unluckiness – simply lack common sense. If said people are semi-attractive, it can almost be labeled “adorable.” Like how they might think that a Band-Aid will be sufficient for a gaping wound. With the right bone structure, that’s kind [...]
mani-pedi pro
August 6th, 2009 · 3 Comments · bike parts, fixing stuff, general stuff, style
When I first got Embrocation Cycling Journal volume 2, the first page I incidentally turned to was “The Art of the Bike Wash” by Radio Freddy. On the pages following the piece were pictures and two sentences: “A clean machine is a PRO machine. Keep it PRO, keep it clean.” Sometimes I wish I’d never [...]
Tags:clean·nail polish remover·nyc·nyc velo·pro·superb bicycle·white tires
flopsy cranks
June 30th, 2009 · No Comments · bike parts, fixing stuff, general stuff
Handshakes. The first physical contact with a stranger you’re supposed to like. A strange social greeting with which you can gauge the other person’s social confidence. Well, at least if the hand offered to you is limp, slightly damp and hardly makes an effort to grip your hand. There’s almost nothing worse. It leaves me [...]
rim friction
June 29th, 2009 · No Comments · fixing stuff, training
Inexplicably, I get less sleep on the weekends than during the week. Well, “inexplicably” to the ordinary person. Usually asleep by 1am, up by 6am the following morning, I try to be out the door and on the bike by 7. Anyone who goes out on training rides knows the deal. Besides, riding early means [...]
Tags:brake pad·misaligned wheel·stress·suck·training·zoning out