Things to do while not riding your bike
At the end of August, I always seem to hit a wall and want nothing to do with riding my road bike. My cross bike, covered in dust, sits in my basement, reminding me that a change is around the corner. But for now, the only bike I feel like riding is my single-speed coffee-shop machine.
I drove to last Wednesday’s Exeter ride, got my bike out of the car, got dressed, did three minutes of the ride, decided I wanted to go home, and left. It was a great decision. I came home and watched “I Love You, Man”, and all was well.
Here are some other things that I’ve been doing, which you should give a shot if you are also tired of bike riding and/or racing. Or if you are tired of your usual routine:
Build up your cross bike – I did this while I was working, and between answering phone calls, emails, and attempting to put on my TRP Euro-X brakes (because they have “Euro” in the name, they are going to make me go faster and instantly grow a mullet as soon as I get on the bike), it took all day. Then I rode it to the coffee shop.
Drink very tasty beers – Amanda and I spent $78 at the Brattleboro food Co-op (because we’re super fucking white) on vegetables, some sweet cheese and several big beers. Oh my god sasion is my new favorite kind of beer.
Fish – This weekend I was at Meg Arrow’s lake house. After Josh Lipka and I kayaked around Spofford lake in a fruitless attempt at catching fish. After Amanda berated me for my city-boy fishing style (using lures) and she led me on a massive worm-gathering expedition, I caught (and released) two small mouth bass, as well as a pile of other fish.
Finally get caught up with Mad Men – I’m caught up with this show now. Yes. Don Draper’s liver must look like post-Easter Rebellion Dublin. It’s amazing.
Write poems about the internet – Ryan Gray sent me a text message, which simply read “internet”. My response was a poem about the internet and gigs. Which I stupidly deleted from my phone. Gray post it in the comments you big doodie face.
so what did you think of I love you man?
saw it today…
curious on your thoughts…
respect
fm
Hey I stupidly deleted it from my phone too. However…I forwarded it to Dr. Robotnik so hopefully he still has it.
Love/Miss you,
Gray
“post-Easter Rebellion Dublin” liver made me chuckle and I’m not normally a chuckler.
Thanks, I needed that.
I Love You, Man wasn’t great…wasn’t bad. I was going to shoot Paul Rudd every time he said something really stupid/cute. It was borderline entertaining for the first half an hour…after that, it was a bit much.
Glad I rented it, though, and didn’t see it in the theater.
Actually, I didn’t pay anything for it…Blockbuster at Home 2 week free trial, bitches.
Worm dunking is more city-boy fishing than using lures. You don’t even have to try with worms.
Euro-X brakes.
You didn’t really take my advice did you? Because that was a joke… I mean… nooo, you didn’t right?
What the hell is dumb purple square next to my comment?
Fishing with worms is for 4 year olds.
None of the people here understand dick or mom jokes. It will be good to get back to where I fit in.
Gray, your people say Ni Hao.
The dumb purple square is used for those who recommend brakes that take hours to put on but hopefully offer solid stopping power.
As I was putting those on, I was thinking “Man, I hope these brakes blow me, because I’ve put less work into having sex with a girl than I have put into installing these fucking brakes”.
If anyone is Christmas shopping for me…buy me a bike stand.
You’ve spent more time going down on a girl than working on those brakes. She didn’t blow you so I doubt the brakes will.
ahhhh ZING
ryan’s poem, forwarded to me by Oogity Boogity:
gigs
gigs and ram
gigs and gigs and gigs of ram.
high
speed
internet
dot com ram living in the web with twitter ram.
twitter
ram
and
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