Man, I worked so hard today though. Kind of.
I woke up at 11 and then worked out for an hour and then ate some breakfast and then ate lunch. Then I edited my paper for a while and I went up to campus to do homework. I go there at about 2 and I came home at 10. I read over my revised paper again with Anna, rode to Kinkos to print more copies and photocopy the Ensign because I am teaching elder's quorum tomorrow. Now it is 12:45 and I just finished dinner and it's time to get cracking on my lesson. Both Anna and I teach every fourth sunday, so we'll have to sucker someone into holding Sophie during the last hour of church. That is always when she is the worst too.
Soaps is a great excuse to go on a walk if church is boring.
Man, I just have to say that riding my bike in cold weather is the best. You don't get sweaty and no one else is out so it is super quiet and you have the whole bike lane to yourself. I forgot gloves on Friday and it was so cold that morning that my fingers hurt for the rest of the day. In fact, they are still a tad tender. I have tiny blisters on my fingertips. It will probably be the last time I ever forget to wear gloves ever again.
I have a good time thinking about what bike I am going to get once I get a real job. Seriously, I have plans in my head about when exactly I can justify buying another bike. I think once I get a secure job offer is when I'll go out. The bike I am going to get changes every week.
This week is the Kona Zing, a fine racing bike:
While last week it was the Kona Jake the Snake (remember Jake the Snake? I never watched wrestling, but my firends in elementary school did and would want us all to pick different characters to act out. I always wanted to be Jake the Snake because the name Jake sounded tough and I liked that he carried around a Boa with him), a nice cyclocross bike:
Cyclocross is a certain type of bike racing. You ride laps around an outdoor trail for hours. There are lots of obstacles and stretches of track where you have to hop off the bike and carry it running. These bikes are a little less aggressive and race specific than the straight up racing bikes. Maybe 85% road bike and 15% mountain bike? I have never ridden one, I really don't know what I am talking about.About three weeks ago, I was sold on the Surly Cross Check:
This is more of a touring set up than the others, which means you can ride longer more comfortably, but it isn't really decked out to win any races. It has a steel frame, while the other two are aluminum. Steel is heavier, but it absorbs a lot of vibration. Also, when you get down to it, considering I weigh 180 pounds, 3 extra pounds of frame weight isn't going to change a whole lot of responsiveness. My fixed gear is a Surly, and I really like it.I have also been toying around with the idea of a single speed mountain bike. I haven't done much mountain biking, but I hope to once I can get this frame from school. There is an abandoned frame sitting out in front of the doors, and it has been there for ages. Both tires are flat and the gears are rusting out, but it is a '94 Trek, so the frame is pretty nice. It has a lot of the same parts as the DweebCruiser6300, so I could switch out some parts, tinker with the gearing and get a sweet beater out of it. There is a nice limestone trail about a mile and a half east of our house, and I would love to go ride it and find some trails that drop off.
I actually went and humiliated myself in front of the dean by letting her know that it looked abandoned and that I would be happy to take it. She said she would send out an email to the student body and that I could take it after a week, but she never sent the email. I would feel bad just yoinking it though. I keep worrying that someone else will take it and make my dreams their own.
Do any of my loyal readers/stalkers (haha just kidding new friend Kristen)/silent ghosts (Becky...) have any advice on how to steal a bike that is probably not wanted by anyone but you?
4 comments:
Yes, this is how it is done:
Step 1: ALWAYS NAB AT NIGHT! Go out super early in the morning at like 3 or something.
Step 2: Take a hammer. Don't worry about trying to cut the chain. Smash the lock and then just take the bike.
That's it. Two easy steps. Or, you go grab some overalls and a hat and pretend to be a maintenace worker if you want to nab it during the day.
nilly
bolt croppers do the job a bit more discreetly - but :p
The thing is, it isn't locked. Mostly I just don't want to go ask if I can have it again because that would be weird. What would I say anyways?
you can put a little indiscrete note on it about how if it belongs to someone they should call you and it no one does, then you can take it and since you put the note on it, it's ok, since it clearly does not belong to anyone.
slays
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