2009 September

Entries from September 30th, 2009

an outlier problem

September 30th, 2009 · No Comments · cassette, handmade goodies, hanging out, sales, style

You know you’re at Interbike when the day starts with a stop by a suite at the Venetian, and the elevator next to you spits out a guy in a full kit on his bike, who clips in and rides his way to his hotel room. But you know the day’s going to be really [...]

a celebration of taste

September 29th, 2009 · 5 Comments · embrocation cycling journal, hanging out, style

I’m actually not that much of a party girl. Notwithstanding the complete lack of rack that is required to look good in backless club wear, a glass of beer can make the room spin for me. Chimay will absolutely floor me. Dancing in heels all night is a skill I never bothered to perfect. I’d [...]

interbike buffet

September 28th, 2009 · No Comments · bike shops, hanging out

Las Vegas is, as everyone knows, very full of sex, strippers, casinos, and buffets. And for one week in late September, bicycles. I want to analogize Interbike to sex or strippers, really, I do. But entering into the Sands Convention Center and finding yourself surrounded by fellow bike nerds in t-shirts, shorts, and Tevas is [...]

viva las vegas

September 22nd, 2009 · 6 Comments · hanging out

My addiction to CSI is only rivaled by my obsession with Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. I care deeply about the CSI team, even if Grissom drives me insane. I don’t consider them real people like the SVU team, but it’s getting there. So I’ve been watching CSI while on the rollers, spinning pedals [...]

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Tags:csi·interbike·las vegas

crushing cogs

September 21st, 2009 · No Comments · embrocation cycling journal

Summer’s over, cyclocross season is starting, and it’s another Embrocation Cycling Journal Monday… Enjoy!

attention please, part two

September 18th, 2009 · No Comments · handmade goodies, hats

When a met a tall, lanky, long-haired boy with “Everybody Poops” tattooed on the inside of his wrist, I never thought that he would be my first ever customer. Back then, this blog was still mysteriously anonymous, and I only had two jobs – hat making and blogging – in addition to school instead of [...]

slippered feet

September 17th, 2009 · 4 Comments · bike parts, huh?

With bicycles, the more you know, the more you know how much you don’t know when you know something’s wrong. At least as applied to me. “I think it’s my bottom bracket,” I’ll say. “Um…no…that looks okay. It’s your [chainring/freewheel/chain/any other part that is not my bottom bracket],” will be the reply from a trusted [...]

dovering in

September 16th, 2009 · 4 Comments · food, hanging out, road rides, training

I hate to admit it but I’ve reached that all too familiar impasse with my usual ride to Arlington. Like that feeling of slight disappointment mixed with guilt you feel when you’re hanging out with a really nice person and you try to make a sarcastic joke and they respond with a small frown and [...]

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Tags:abbott's·arlington·dover·m1·ride

the search for speculoos

September 15th, 2009 · 6 Comments · food, handmade goodies

I never thought that chasing a wafel would end with me falling in love with a cookie. And for once, that’s no euphemism. A few months ago, on a rainy July day, I chased down the Wafels & Dinges truck for the first time. Catching up with it in midtown, eagerly eying the menu, I [...]

wafelocross

September 14th, 2009 · 4 Comments · bike shops, food, hanging out, races

I [fortunately?] have a few friends who have enough social influence to enable them to drag me out to events I have no desire of attending. This usually involves countless excuses on my part, then having said excuses shot down too efficiently and a half-joking ultimatum that not going would entail the end of our [...]