Toshi's ride pics thread

[Quadari]

Originally posted by Toshi
Today's early morning ride was a success, btw.

Yeah it was fun and Amy (the HUCA girl) and the British guy (who's name and email I have forgotten) were both cool people and good riders.

[WTGPhoben]

glad the ride was cool. Toshi, as far as the food... we just need food for 1 dinner 2 breakfasts and 1or 2 lunches. I'm not picky at all what you buy. There is water on site, so you don't have to buy it. I'm sure you can get everything in a backpack. I'll can come by after work and then we can pack up and go.

[Barbaton]

ok. so I slept late. Going out there pretty soon. Gimme a buzz if you want a ride.


and if I don't see you, have a good time at Killington


-t

[Barbaton]

now that's more like it. :)




http://www.msnbc.com/news/785614.asp

[Toshi]

mwhahaha, new avatars for me and Ari. :thumb: :D In other news, the Z1 still hasn't reached the guy who I traded the Super T to, he shipped the wheel off to the wrong person :rolleyes: so it's not here either, and finally his whole bike, Super T and all, was stolen yesterday. To round out this portion of bad news, I also must relate that I was a total dunce just half an hour ago, pouring water all over the table and dropping my salad on the ground. :(

[Toshi]

I need food. But first, the pics: http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/killington/index.html . There are several movies at the end, including one of me doing an entire slalom run. The amateurs lined up randomly, so the fact that I was behind in this run is irrelevant, as the guy could have been an expert or sport rider (or the one beginner who beat me :devil: ). Results: Keith raced beginner 20-29 xc and placed 4th, despite breaking his chain midway through the second 4 mile lap. Keith deserves props for that. Unfortunately I have no visual evidence of his racing since the batteries were used up on endless sequence shots on the dual course. As for me, I placed 2nd in beginner 20-29 slalom, despite my rigid fork. :D All in all, it was a strong showing for HUMBA/"Team Harvard" (coined by the announcer as "Keith Biscoben" :eek: finished the race). :thumb:

List of monkeys met or remet: Jester, obiwan-f1moto, ska todd, skiba, lil' skiba, eastcoastzigzag. Possibly more.

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/killington/Images/2.jpg

[Quadari]

Sounds like you guys had fun, and good work representing humba! Did you have ridemonkey name-tags? That would be pretty funny.

[Toshi]

Keith, did you see this? http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26773

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi
Keith, did you see this? http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26773

oops, looks like we spaced on that one.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
oops, looks like we spaced on that one.
Yo spaceboy, 8/2 is the upcoming weekend. :D :eek:

Addition: So do you want to go? Or are you busy? I have some vague thoughts floating around in my head about having something planned, but I can't pin it down, so I'm probably free. :D

Ari: http://tjclark.ath.cx/ :eek: I've joined the ranks of the outlaws along with you.

[Toshi]

Anyone up for riding early on Wednesday? (Not ridiculously early, but 8 am departure, perhaps...)

[Quadari]

Originally posted by Toshi
Ari: http://tjclark.ath.cx/ :eek: I've joined the ranks of the outlaws along with you.

:thumb: Good work!

hmmm...wed. doesn't work to well for me because I have a talk to give on wed. night, so I want to definitely be well rested for it. Thu. or fri. work though. We could try to hook up with the HUCA people on friday again...

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi

Yo spaceboy, 8/2 is the upcoming weekend. :D :eek:

Addition: So do you want to go? Or are you busy? I have some vague thoughts floating around in my head about having something planned, but I can't pin it down, so I'm probably free. :D

Ari: http://tjclark.ath.cx/ :eek: I've joined the ranks of the outlaws along with you.

hmm... lemme check on it. What's going on up there?

oh. and I think I can do 8am tomorrow. will post before bed to confirm.

[Toshi]

[pasted from an im, where I always use lowercase]

i just about died 20 minutes ago. the study i'm doing had a subject cancel today, so i went into the hospital for no reason. as a result, while riding home i was a bit annoyed. the bright idea came upon me to ride to watertown, since so many celebrities live there; i rode there, and it was all good at this point. however, on the way back, at that horrible interchange where you choose to go to newton/boston/cambridge, somehow i ended up on the car portion of storrow drive. i had a strange feeling that i was about to get run over, and judging by the cars that honked and screeched by, i wasn't alone in feeling that way. :-/ ahhhhhhhh


Ari, when you ride that way, what side of the road do you stick on?

[Quadari]

Originally posted by Toshi
Ari, when you ride that way, what side of the road do you stick on?

hmm...I'm not quite sure which intersection you're talking about. Is it the one where Mt. Auburn hits Fresh Pond Pkwy?

[Toshi]

It's where you choose to either go to Newton, on Storrow, or on Mem drive.

[hans2]

Just avoid the choices that have the big "CARS ONLY" signs above them

:D

[Toshi]

Originally posted by hans2
Just avoid the choices that have the big "CARS ONLY" signs above them

:D
I didn't see any of those (very noticeable) signs, I swear. And there was no way to get to the path on the other side, short of crossing all the traffic and scaling a fence. :eek:

[Quadari]

Originally posted by Toshi
It's where you choose to either go to Newton, on Storrow, or on Mem drive.

Coming in from downtown? When I go out to watertown I just ride mt. auburn the whole way (and then cut onto Trapelo if I'm going to wheel works or something.) The only sort of sketcy intersection is at mt. auburn and fresh pond. I never get down to the river area.

[Quadari]

Anyone up for a quick road ride this evening?

(Toshi, I'm looking in your direction since you live in DeWolfe...):cool:

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Quadari
Anyone up for a quick road ride this evening?

(Toshi, I'm looking in your direction since you live in DeWolfe...):cool:
Summer orchestra :dead:

[WTGPhoben]

Just got back from a good mid-paced ride w/rage. Starting to get to know the regulars pretty well, and no ranger this time.

are people still goin out tomorrow mornin?

[Quadari]

Originally posted by Toshi

Summer orchestra :dead:

Damn you and your musical ways.

To bad I haven't been doing any :nopity: lately.

(hehe...I used that icon in a real sentence!)

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Quadari
Damn you and your musical ways.

To bad I haven't been doing any :nopity: lately.

(hehe...I used that icon in a real sentence!)
You haven't been doing any "nopity," eh? ;)

I am still planning on riding tomorrow, leaving dewolfe at 8. Which is virtually sleeping in, no? :eek: :D

[Quadari]

Originally posted by Toshi
I am still planning on riding tomorrow, leaving dewolfe at 8. Which is virtually sleeping in, no? :eek: :D

Alright, well I finished up early, so perhaps I'll join you tomorrow. Are we going to make it a quick loop around? That would be best for me.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Quadari
Alright, well I finished up early, so perhaps I'll join you tomorrow. Are we going to make it a quick loop around? That would be best for me.
Cool. Yes, it will be a quick loop. But I think I'm going to do two laps. :eek: Although I swore way back in the day that I wouldn't race xc ever again, I think I want to try my hand at a beginner race sometime soon...

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/bikes%20and%20parts/current%20stable/Images/13.jpg

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi

Cool. Yes, it will be a quick loop. But I think I'm going to do two laps. :eek: Although I swore way back in the day that I wouldn't race xc ever again, I think I want to try my hand at a beginner race sometime soon...

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/bikes%20and%20parts/current%20stable/Images/13.jpg

if you boys want a 2 lapper you might want to plan on being there at 8 (so I can get to work by 10). How's that sound?

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
if you boys want a 2 lapper you might want to plan on being there at 8 (so I can get to work by 10). How's that sound?
Hey, you and Ari don't need to ride two laps. You are fast already. I am the one who needs the help. :eek: :D

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi

Hey, you and Ari don't need to ride two laps. You are fast already. I am the one who needs the help. :eek: :D

this does not answer the question at hand, which is: are you going to meet me there at 8?

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
this does not answer the question at hand, which is: are you going to meet me there at 8?
Lunch at Tanjoor tomorrow. Meet at the body shop at 12:15. :eek:

Isn't Cambridge nice in the summer? :rolleyes:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/miscellaneous/summer%20in%20cambridge/Images/4.jpg



I'll let Ari decide.

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi

Lunch at Tanjoor tomorrow. Meet at the body shop at 12:15. :eek:

Isn't Cambridge nice in the summer? :rolleyes:

I'll let Ari decide.

:monkey:fu(ker

[WTGPhoben]

so it's settled. I meed the dewolfe posse at the fells at 8. be there or be

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[WTGPhoben]

dammit... VB doesn't like my spaces. I'm not reformatting that with control characters. It's supposed to be a square.

[Toshi]

Ok, it's now 8 am _at the Fells_, so we're leaving dewolfe at 7:35. :rolleyes:

http://roam135-42.student.harvard.edu/images/humba/may%209,%202002%20Fells%20ride/Images/8.jpg

[Barbaton]

hey, so guess which :monkey: just landed themselves a new job. Quite high paying too. Do I smell a bicycle soon?


have a good ride this morning, guys.


-t

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Barbaton
hey, so guess which :monkey: just landed themselves a new job. Quite high paying too. Do I smell a bicycle soon?


have a good ride this morning, guys.


-t

score!

[Barbaton]

keith, did you see this?

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=27022


Fulton's got some hope m4's, though they might be a little overkill for your superlight superlight.


-t

[Quadari]

Originally posted by Barbaton
hey, so guess which :monkey: just landed themselves a new job. Quite high paying too. Do I smell a bicycle soon?


have a good ride this morning, guys.


-t

Sweet! good job! (get it, good job...in two ways. alright never mind.)

Then you can come riding with us!

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Barbaton
keith, did you see this?

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=27022


Fulton's got some hope m4's, though they might be a little overkill for your superlight superlight.


-t

yeah, seen em. I kinda scrapped the whole disc idea.

[Toshi]

I'm tired. I'll have the pics up after I go eat lunch with Dan and company. :D

Oh yeah, and congrats to Thad. :thumb: Get a bike soon.

[Quadari]

Originally posted by Toshi
I'm tired.

How was your second loop?

[Toshi]

The loop itself was fine. On the way back I rode the curb by the Tufts gym as usual. Today I took it much faster than before, however, and when my tires slipped to the right my balance was overcome, so I skidded on the pavement a few feet. Ow.

Anyways, here are the pics from this morning's ride:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/july%2031,%202002%20Fells%20ride/

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/july%2031,%202002%20Fells%20ride/Images/15.jpg

[Quadari]

I like this one:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/july%2031,%202002%20Fells%20ride/Images/2.jpg

it looks like the grass is coming out of my crotch. :rolleyes:

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Quadari
I like this one: it looks like the grass is coming out of my crotch. :rolleyes:
Well, that was the effect I was going for... :eek:

I like this one because a) the camera decided that focusing 6 inches away was prudent, and b) it shows off my farmer tan: :rolleyes:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/july%2031,%202002%20Fells%20ride/Images/1.jpg

[Toshi]

Ok, ride tomorrow: 8 am departure from Dewolfe. Also Dave wants to go urban riding some time after 10 pm, so that's on the plate too.

[WTGPhoben]

I'm def down for tomorrow morn in the fells, when should I meet you. 8:20?? maybe tomorroe night too.

get the der hanger fixed (I bent it this morning), and here's my rant to toshi about how the dude at ace sucked:

Murahachibu jin: want to ride tomorrow morning? or will your hanger still be bent?
WTGPhoben: I got it fixed
WTGPhoben: so yes
Murahachibu jin: cool. tyler?
WTGPhoben: nah... ace
WTGPhoben: and funny thing about it...
WTGPhoben: I go to the dude (clearly the low man on the totem pole)
WTGPhoben: and tell him exactly what's wrong...
WTGPhoben: takes the bike in the shop...
WTGPhoben: looks at it quizzically for five min...
WTGPhoben: then asks some other dude what to do
WTGPhoben: the other dude does it for him
WTGPhoben: and the nhe comes up to me after and tries to chastize me for bending it telling me that next time I'm gonna need a new swingarm...
WTGPhoben: but he calls it a "triancle"
WTGPhoben: I proceeded to correct him on the price he quoted me for the swingarm:-)
Murahachibu jin: haha. it is 250, no?
WTGPhoben: he said 300
WTGPhoben: I said 250
Murahachibu jin: soo, what happened?
WTGPhoben: well it was $10, I paid him, and left thinking he was a tool
WTGPhoben: I kinda wanted to walk into the shop and show him how to do it myself... but I don't think he would have appreciated it

[WTGPhoben]

toshi is posting something about this morning's ride right about now...:cool:

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
toshi is posting something about this morning's ride right about now...:cool:
Actually, I'm just relaxing, drinking water after eating pasta, and thinking about what to read today and what to eat for dinner. :D Ahh

[WTGPhoben]

toady's ride: good, medium pace. no carnage. needs to be about fifteen min faster for me to get to work on time.

spam toshi for pics:p

[Quadari]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
no carnage.

toshi and I almost had some carnage with the idiot drivers in Davis square.. :rolleyes:

[Toshi]

Ok, the meagre crop of pics from today. I love that spelling. Anyways, they're at http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/august%201,%202002%20Fells%20ride/index.html .

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/miscellaneous/new%20england%20flora/Images/11.jpg

[Toshi]

Agh. I just updated all of the links in this thread to the new domain. So this thread doesn't have to die after all. :rolleyes:

[Toshi]

Ari,

your presence is requested in the Jumping Tips thread:

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=344783

[Toshi]

Hi there. The weekly mtn bike adventure ride will once again be tomorrow
(Friday), but at 7 (instead of 6:30 if that's OK). Meet at Davis Square.
Note... as more and more people come from different levels, we will split
up into more than one group, so please, all levels welcome! :)

Amy

[Quadari]

hmm...I was feeling really tired this morning and a little like I was getting sick, so I may sleep in tomorrow a bit and probably won't make the ride. Tell everyone I say hello, though.

Also....who's up for some road riding this weekend?

(oooh oooh me...)

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Quadari
hmm...I was feeling really tired this morning and a little like I was getting sick, so I may sleep in tomorrow a bit and probably won't make the ride. Tell everyone I say hello, though.

Also....who's up for some road riding this weekend?

(oooh oooh me...)
I think that I am going to sleep in as well, actually. Road riding this weekend, sure... if we're not going to Sunday River. Keith?

[WTGPhoben]

no sunday river boys... gotta chill with the fam.

[Barbaton]

road ride good.

-t

[Toshi]

This looks like a bad seal, no? :( Should I just take it into Ace, or is there anything that I can do?

(warning: huge picture)

picture (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/miscellaneous/random/badseal.jpeg)

[Quadari]

Originally posted by Toshi
This looks like a bad seal, no? :( Should I just take it into Ace, or is there anything that I can do?

Ick...that doesn't look good. Of course I know 0 about suspension. But any sort of brown icky liquid looks bad.

[Quadari]

doh! I was going to go for a ride just now, but now it looks like it's about to pour, and there's a severe thunderstorm watch on until 7

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Quadari
doh! I was going to go for a ride just now, but now it looks like it's about to pour, and there's a severe thunderstorm watch on until 7
Riding through the rain was kind of fun, actually. I had my first real study experience today (put on electrodes and watched eeg recording before and after transcranial magnetic stimulation) and had to pick up a brake adaptor from Ace, so had plenty of opportunity to get wet. :D

[Barbaton]

Woah dude. Having worked in a lab that does TMS lab for two years, I don' t know any of the researchers who would actually do it. I'm sure you're ok after this time, though.

On another note, it looks like my deal on the bike fell through, so back to square one.


-T

Originally posted by Toshi

Riding through the rain was kind of fun, actually. I had my first real study experience today (put on electrodes and watched eeg recording before and after transcranial magnetic stimulation) and had to pick up a brake adaptor from Ace, so had plenty of opportunity to get wet. :D

[Toshi]

That's too bad about the bike. I wasn't a subject today, just to clear things up. (I can't possibly be one -- I'm left handed :rolleyes: ) I'm a lab rat now.
Originally posted by Barbaton
Woah dude. Having worked in a lab that does TMS lab for two years, I don' t know any of the researchers who would actually do it. I'm sure you're ok after this time, though.

On another note, it looks like my deal on the bike fell through, so back to square one.


-T

[Toshi]

So tell me more about this "road ride" :eek:

[Barbaton]

That's good. Who's lab?

Originally posted by Barbaton
Woah dude. Having worked in a lab that does TMS lab for two years, I don' t know any of the researchers who would actually do it. I'm sure you're ok after this time, though.

On another note, it looks like my deal on the bike fell through, so back to square one.


-T

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Barbaton
That's good. Who's [sic ;) ] lab?
Georg Northoff, M.D., Ph.D., Ph.D. :eek:

[Barbaton]

gotta take K to the airport for 2pm flight, but should be back 2:30 or 3ish.


-t



Originally posted by Toshi
So tell me more about this "road ride" :eek:

[Quadari]

That's cool. I'm up for anything, no specific plans. Shall we plan on leaving around 3? (I assume you want to come with us Thad...)

[Barbaton]

hey. i'm back. 3 is good


Where?

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Barbaton
hey. i'm back. 3 is good


Where?
I don't know where to, but let's meet on the steps of 20 Dewolfe. :D

[Toshi]

Pics are up from today's jaunt on the road:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/august%203,%202002%20road%20ride/

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/august%203,%202002%20road%20ride/Images/4.jpg (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/august%203,%202002%20road%20ride/)

[Toshi]

Anyone up for a loop around the Fells this evening?

[Toshi]

Ugh. I really don't want to translate this:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/miscellaneous/random/EntourageScreenSnapz001.jpg

Another random thing suitable for this post is a link to a writeup of last week's Critical Mass ride. Let's go on it the next time around. http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/216/city/Wheel_fun_or_a_wheel_pain_+.shtml

[Quadari]

Originally posted by Toshi
Ugh. I really don't want to translate this:

What I'm wondering is, how do you connect "flat tire," "manifold," "Theodore Roosevelt National Park," and "Indiana Dunes" in the same sentence?

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Quadari
What I'm wondering is, how do you connect "flat tire," "manifold," "Theodore Roosevelt National Park," and "Indiana Dunes" in the same sentence?
They drove a u-haul to UMich to move my sister in, and it had some problems. :D

On a completely different topic, a few of my roommates from next year and I are going to climb the building being constructed across the river at the business school. If anyone wants to come, the time to be at 20 dewolfe #5 is 10:30 pm.

[Toshi]

Keith,

Are you doing sound for the FFF show tonight? Also, check these out, mmmm:

http://www.universalcycles.com/pedals/time_z.jpg

[Quadari]

Originally posted by Toshi
Also, check these out, mmmm:



Where did you find that? I don't see any mention of them on the time website.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Quadari

Where did you find that? I don't see any mention of them on the time website.
They're due any time now. I first saw a picture of them in a mag around spring break... but they're still not out.

Cool abuses of Google's search term highlighting feature:

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=aa+ae+ao+ea+ee+eo&selm=3e0d404c.0207261202.a0246c1@posting.google.co m

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=aa+ae+ao+ea+ee+eo+oa+oe&selm=3e0d404c.0207241043.539ae9f7@posting.google.c om

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=zs+Spam+Art+xv+Nathan+cz+McCoy+xz+vc&selm=a84def3a.0207282348.aa5056c@posting.google.co m

:D

[Toshi]

Here's what I did tonight after seeing the first half of FFF's set:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/trips/trespassing%20-%20on%20top%20of%20the%20world/Images/25.jpg (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/trips/trespassing%20-%20on%20top%20of%20the%20world/)

(click on the picture)

:D

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi
This looks like a bad seal, no? :( Should I just take it into Ace, or is there anything that I can do?

(warning: huge picture)





if I've ever seen a blown seal, that's it. They're "supposed" to be easy to replace, but I've never succeeded in removing them, and you hav to order the part anyway. It's brobly easier to just send it to cali.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
if I've ever seen a blown seal, that's it. They're "supposed" to be easy to replace, but I've never succeeded in removing them, and you hav to order the part anyway. It's brobly easier to just send it to cali.
Thanks for the advice, but I think I'm just going to live with it, tho. My other thread on this topic elicited a more positive response: http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=27334

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi

Thanks for the advice, but I think I'm just going to live with it, tho. My other thread on this topic elicited a more positive response: http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=27334

good deal... how'd you like the fff show? (or the first set at least).

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
good deal... how'd you like the fff show? (or the first set at least).
I liked the mix :thumb: ;) but don't care for the band. I liked the playing of Alec and the bass guy, tho.

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi

I liked the mix :thumb: ;) but don't care for the band. I liked the playing of Alec and the bass guy, tho.

...maybe if we played bach:cool:

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
...maybe if we played bach:cool:
haha, actually I'd be writhing in pain if FFF had played Bach. :eek: ;)



URBAN RIDE TONIGHT :D

[Quadari]

Originally posted by Toshi
URBAN RIDE TONIGHT :D

¿A que hora?

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Quadari
¿A que hora?
No sé lo. Probably 10ish, tho.

[Toshi]

Spam/clearing out my inbox: come see the summer orchestra next weekend. Details:

The Brahms Society Orchestra (formerly the Holden Consort)
7th season
Concert on August 17th (Saturday), 8pm
Sanders Theater, Harvard University

Brahms: Piano Concerto #1
Brahms: Piano Concerto #2
Ives: The Unanswered Question

Benjamin Rous, conductor
Albert Kim and Jeff Juan Choque, piano soloists
Filbert Hong, general manager

Tickets $10 general, $7 students. Harvard Box Office (617) 496-2222
-------------------------------------
Ben Rous '00 is an alum of Eliot House; former conductor of the Bach
Society Orchestra and recent music director of Lowell House Opera 2002
(Carmen).

Albert Kim '99 and Jeff Choque have performed together at Harvard with the
Bach Society Orchestra. Albert is a former Mozart Society Orchestra
concerto competition winner, and former music director of Dunster House
Opera. Jeff is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester,
NY.

[Toshi]

http://www.sundayriver.com/summer2002/riverrage.html

? :D

Still no updates on ride time for tonight.

Thanks for the bumper sticker tip, Ari. I need this one:

http://www.northernsun.com/nsm/images/5288AntiSocial.jpg

[Toshi]

Ok, Dave just left for Keith's house, and they're heading out after that. So 8:30?

[Quadari]

Originally posted by Toshi
http://www.sundayriver.com/summer2002/riverrage.html


What's the difference between Mountaincross and Smith Cross Country?

[Quadari]

Originally posted by Toshi
So 8:30?

Dude, that's in like 5 minutes!:eek:

are you going to come get me?

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Quadari


Dude, that's in like 5 minutes!:eek:

are you going to come get me?
Yeah, I will. They're not here yet...

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Quadari
What's the difference between Mountaincross and Smith Cross Country?
Mountain cross is like dual slalom except there are 4 riders and one course. There is much banging of handlebars and falling.

[Quadari]

Which pedals should I put on the Cannondale? The clipless or the cages?

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Quadari
Which pedals should I put on the Cannondale? The clipless or the cages?
I think clipless would be fine, as long as you feel comfortable doing wallrides locked into them. :eek: :D

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/april%2019,%202002%20night%20ride/indexfiles/78.jpg.jpg

[Quadari]

Originally posted by Toshi

I think clipless would be fine, as long as you feel comfortable doing wallrides locked into them. :eek: :D


I don't know...I don't have the soft cuishony travel of the Intense! ;)

[Toshi]

They're here.

[Quadari]

Alright, so fortunately the scrape isn't as bad as I was dreading. I did somehow manage to cut a little scrape directly under my nose, on my upper lip. Not quite sure how that happened though.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Quadari
Alright, so fortunately the scrape isn't as bad as I was dreading. I did somehow manage to cut a little scrape directly under my nose, on my upper lip. Not quite sure how that happened though.
Agh.

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/august%205,%202002%20night%20ride/Images/24.jpg

[Toshi]

Here's the page for tonight's ride:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/august%205,%202002%20night%20ride/index.html
http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/august%205,%202002%20night%20ride/Images/42.jpg (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/august%205,%202002%20night%20ride/)

[Quadari]

I like the one's where I tilted the camera in line with the wall:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/august%205,%202002%20night%20ride/Thumbs/37.jpg

I also like his face in this picture:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/august%205,%202002%20night%20ride/Images/12.jpg

[Toshi]

I like this one. My bars are wide, eh? :D

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/august%205,%202002%20night%20ride/Images/38.jpg

Ari, are you following me around? (seppuku post) :eek: :angry: :D :dead:

[Quadari]

Dude, check out my profile.

1.00 Posts per day!

woohooo.

(of course, by posting this I screw that all up. :) )

[Quadari]

Originally posted by Toshi
Ari, are you following me around? (seppuku post) :eek: :angry: :D :dead:

ummm.....nooooo. :D

[WTGPhoben]

anone want to ride today???

[I Are Baboon]

You guys have some damn fine pics in here. Looks like you have an awesome time together. Very cool stuff!!

[Toshi]

Originally posted by I Are Baboon
You guys have some damn fine pics in here. Looks like you have an awesome time together. Very cool stuff!!
Thanks, IRB. :D It is a good group we have -- minus one of us in Florida for the summer the pictured guys are basically the whole mountain biking community on campus, despite the fact that our mailing list has 60ish members...

[I Are Baboon]

Originally posted by Toshi

Thanks, IRB. :D It is a good group we have -- minus one of us in Florida for the summer the pictured guys are basically the whole mountain biking community on campus, despite the fact that our mailing list has 60ish members...

Spending your college years in a great city like Boston while staying attached to your bikes. It doesn't get any better than that. :)

[Toshi]

Ari, wear the full face next time: http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=27736

:dead: :eek:

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi
Ari, wear the full face next time: http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=27736

:dead: :eek:

GROSS!!!

[Toshi]

I'm submitting these photos for the proposed Monkey calendar:

monkey calendar submission (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/monkeycalendarsubmission/)

If you want one submitted that's not included, then let me know which one it is, and I'll send the full size file (which looks _much_ better than the highly compressed web page fodder).

Oh yeah, and Dave wants to go urban riding again tonight. If it happens, I'm going. :thumb: :D You guys should come, too -- to get more material for the calendar, if nothing else. ;)

[Toshi]

Another urban ride tonight. We'll leave Dewolfe at 9:30. Come lift at 8 at the MAC if you're so inclined, too. :D

[BostonBullit]

Originally posted by Toshi
Another urban ride tonight. We'll leave Dewolfe at 9:30.

you collage kids and your up all night antics....sheesh!

[Toshi]

Originally posted by BostonBullit
you collage kids and your up all night antics....sheesh!
Hey, no heckling. This is early. :D During the school year, we've been known to leave for rides at midnight to allow time for being "social" beforehand. :eek:

[crape42]

Yeah Toshi! Lift!
(Hi Ari!)

[Toshi]

Originally posted by crape42
Yeah Toshi! Lift!
(Hi Ari!)
Hi Craig! Sorry about not knocking on your door for the last urban ride -- I remembered once I was out in the street plus figured that the ride would be a little too show-off oriented and not enough plain riding. And sure enough, it was. :D :eek: I'm not sure what the focus of today's ride will be.

[Quadari]

Originally posted by crape42

(Hi Ari!)

Hi Craig! Welcome to the land of the :monkey:. Congrats on the first post!

[Quadari]

Originally posted by Toshi
Another urban ride tonight. We'll leave Dewolfe at 9:30.

Sorry, not coming along to night guys. I'm already pooped after a day at Six Flags.

However I still have the freakin' bright light in my room, so if you guys want it to night let me me know, or come get it.

[Toshi]

Tonight's ride saw much carnage: Dave's wheel (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/august%207,%202002%20night%20ride/Movies/MVI_1869.AVI), my knee (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/august%207,%202002%20night%20ride/Images/17.jpg), and the left stanchion of my fork (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/august%207,%202002%20night%20ride/Images/37.jpg). But then again, all good things hurt the day after, no? :eek: :D

August 7 night ride (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/august%207,%202002%20night%20ride/)

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/august%207,%202002%20night%20ride/Images/20.jpg

[Quadari]

Where was this?

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/august%207,%202002%20night%20ride/Images/4.jpg

[WTGPhoben]

looks like you guys had a rough night. Did you shift the stancion on your fork toshi?


Meanwhile... I took down the NEMBA loop at the fells in 37min. with the last 10min or so in the dark. no pics tho (I was going too fast;))

I also should get my parts today (yay!)

[Quadari]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
I also should get my parts today (yay!)

What parts did you order?

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Quadari
Where was this?

That's the backside of a T stop between Gov Ctr and the river. Green Line, and I can't remember its name.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
looks like you guys had a rough night. Did you shift the stancion on your fork toshi?
Maybe this shows it clearer:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/miscellaneous/random/crackedstanchion.jpg

[WTGPhoben]

are you talking about that tiny scratch at the top? (I already knew it was gushing oil all over the place)

edit... you have photoshop. I need an arrow and some text inset here.

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Quadari


What parts did you order?

all the pieces of a new wheel, and a helmet.

[BostonBullit]

Originally posted by Toshi

Maybe this shows it clearer:


utto....I hope that's an optical delusion and not a crack formin!

[Quadari]

is that cracks or scratches or what?

[Toshi]

It's cracked. On both sides, even (my pictures from the other side had screwed up focus).

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/miscellaneous/random/crackedstanchion2.jpg

[Quadari]

Originally posted by Toshi
It's cracked. On both sides, even

ouch. :dead:

On the bright side that means you don't have to worry about the blown seal anymore. :D

But it's probably time for a new fork, eh?

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Quadari
ouch. :dead:

On the bright side that means you don't have to worry about the blown seal anymore. :D

But it's probably time for a new fork, eh?
I actually just called Marzocchi, and they will throw in a new stanchion for fiddy dollah. So this fork will be costing me some money (and where is my Z1, ummbikes? :rolleyes: ) but will be functional -- for strictly xc riding unless the Z1 never shows -- in the near future.

3:40 update: 50 minutes until departure. :D See y'all next week (except for Ari).

[WTGPhoben]

finally got all the stuff a built up a new wheel. Tyler screwed up so I ended up with brass instead of alloy nips, but the wheel is superbeefy. i'd post pics, but toshi eloped with ari (and his camera) to michigan. At least they're bringing back a car.:cool:

[l008com]

Those fells pictures/movies were cool ****. I know EXACTLY where that is. I've never ridden off the side of that thing though! I'll definitely try it next time I'm there though. I just hope I don't break my HARDTAIL bike :-D

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by l008com
Those fells pictures/movies were cool ****. I know EXACTLY where that is. I've never ridden off the side of that thing though! I'll definitely try it next time I'm there though. I just hope I don't break my HARDTAIL bike :-D

thanks man... oh, and welcome to the monkey

[Toshi]

We're a sticky now thanks to the gracious mods of this forum. :D Also, Ari and I are back after driving all day. Agh. Traffic. :rolleyes:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/trips/michigan%20-%20summer%202002/index.html

I think it's time to include another gargantuan picture. Yep, it is. :D (edit: linked to the smaller pic)

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/trips/michigan%20-%20summer%202002/Images/35.jpg

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi
We're a sticky now thanks to the gracious mods of this forum. :D Also, Ari and I are back after driving all day. Agh. Traffic. :rolleyes:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/trips/michigan%20-%20summer%202002/index.html

I think it's time to include another gargantuan picture. Yep, it is. :D


cool carving. Kinda phallic with the giant rosebud shaped testicle in front.

[Toshi]

I couldn't figure out how the artist inserted the darker wood inside the lighter (in the "testicle" piece, called "vessel of illusion" or something vague like that). :eek:

We should go see this/take pictures, eh? http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=357904

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi
I couldn't figure out how the artist inserted the darker wood inside the lighter (in the "testicle" piece, called "vessel of illusion" or something vague like that). :eek:

We should go see this/take pictures, eh? http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=357904

yeah, sounds pretty sweet. I hope I get the G2 in time. (and it actually is a G2. I hear the store I ordered from is pretty sketchy, but that's a price you gotta pay if you want stuff sheap)

[Toshi]

Here's a random highlight of crashes that have been caught on camera: :D

Ari biting it on the Intense at the Fells (movie) (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/april%2020,%202002%20Fells%20ride/MVI_0111.mp4)

Me, doing my best to kill my front wheel (it survived unscathed, amazingly):

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/august%205,%202002%20night%20ride/Images/13.jpg

The aftermath of a wallride gone wrong (it's my leg):

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/august%207,%202002%20night%20ride/Images/17.jpg

Keith biting it at the Fells. Oh wait, he made it. My bad. :eek: :D

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/july%2025,%202002%20Fells%20ride/Images/4.jpg

The famous Keith crash shot (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/june%2025,%202002%20Fells%20ride/Pages/1.html), which is overplayed even now, so I'll only link to it. Here's a large version for desktop picture goodness, tho: http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/monkeycalendarsubmission/WTGPhoben(crash).jpg

Ari, before crashing:
http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/may%209,%202002%20Fells%20ride/Images/6.jpg
Ari, after crashing:
http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/may%209,%202002%20Fells%20ride/Images/5.jpg

Ok, that's all. Tomorrow I think I'll round up all of the footage of the ledge in the Fells that has claimed so many lives, er, nevermind.

[WTGPhoben]

how much do y'all think I should pay for this:

http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~berkoben/pics/humba/staffstuff/Bike14.jpg

[Toshi]

As promised, today's installment will be of The Ledge, seemingly harmless but deadly in reality.

a movie of Ari (Quadari):

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/april%2020,%202002%20Fells%20ride/indexfiles/MVI_0111.jpgt.jpg (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/april%2020,%202002%20Fells%20ride/MVI_0111.MP4)

Me, on the jacked up Intense: :eek:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/may%2012,%202002%20Fells%20ride/MVI_0534.jpg (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/may%2012,%202002%20Fells%20ride/MVI_0534.MP4)

... and on the EVIL:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/june%2025,%202002%20Fells%20ride/Movies/MVI_1232.jpg (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/june%2025,%202002%20Fells%20ride/Movies/MVI_1232.MP4)

Keirse (k-thug):

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/april%2020,%202002%20Fells%20ride/indexfiles/100.jpgt.jpg (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/april%2020,%202002%20Fells%20ride/indexfiles/100.jpg.jpg)

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/april%2020,%202002%20Fells%20ride/indexfiles/99.jpgt.jpg (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/april%2020,%202002%20Fells%20ride/indexfiles/99.jpg.jpg)

movie:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/april%2020,%202002%20Fells%20ride/indexfiles/MVI_0107.jpgt.jpg (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/april%2020,%202002%20Fells%20ride/MVI_0107.MP4)

Keith (WTGPhoben):

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/june%2025,%202002%20Fells%20ride/Thumbs/0.jpg (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/june%2025,%202002%20Fells%20ride/Images/0.jpg)

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/june%2025,%202002%20Fells%20ride/Thumbs/1.jpg (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/june%2025,%202002%20Fells%20ride/Images/1.jpg)

Dave (mntbikersid):

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/june%2025,%202002%20Fells%20ride/Thumbs/4.jpg (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/june%2025,%202002%20Fells%20ride/Images/4.jpg)

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/june%2025,%202002%20Fells%20ride/Thumbs/5.jpg (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/june%2025,%202002%20Fells%20ride/Images/5.jpg)

Rather than linking to all the movies on this final page, I'll just point you in their direction: May 12 (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/may%2012,%202002%20Fells%20ride/). The riders are Hopping Dave, Cold-footed Keith, ibid., Flowy Keith, Can't-stop-pedaling Keith, Fearless Dave, Ow-I-hurt-my-wrist Dave, and Did-that-have-style? Toshi.

[WTGPhoben]

I bought the cannondale for $1550.
adding the camera and accessories that makes this the biggest biking related spending spree ever at a grand total of $2284.95

[Toshi]

Hey, what do you mean "Ari's not alone anymore"? I have had a road bike for longer than either of you. :rolleyes: Upstarts. :D

On a slightly more serious note, there will be an urban ride tomorrow night. I will be riding my road bike as an excuse not to fall -- I fell more than enough on the Aug 7 ride, thank you very much. :rolleyes: Marc might come, too: http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=360530

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/trips/michigan%20-%20summer%202002/Images/50.jpg

[Quadari]

Congrats on the acquisition keith!

What's this about a camera? Did you get a new digital toy?

[ohio]

Originally posted by Toshi
Marc might come, too:

Yup, yup. When are you guys going? The later the better for me...

[Quadari]

Whoa! Email from :monkey: is back up and working. So weird. That hasn't happened since early in the spring! :p

[narlus]

because RM was screwy over the couple of days, i couldn't add my 2 bits on the fells ledge topic.

no vid, but here's a sequence shot from a couple of winters ago: http://gallery.consumerreview.com/webcrossing/images/fells_ledgedrop.jpg

[Toshi]

Nice pics, Tim. :thumb: :D

About the ride: does 9 pm work for everyone? Later/earlier?

Ari, Keith bought a Canon G2. It's the same camera as mine, except with 4 megapixels and a larger lens. From http://dpreview.com/reviews/canons40/ :

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/miscellaneous/random/g2vss40.jpg

[WTGPhoben]

I'm hittin the trails in the afternoon, then I gould go urban later.

I got this weird email fro the other place I ordered the camera from... gonna have to call and see that it is.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
I'm hittin the trails in the afternoon, then I gould go urban later.

I got this weird email fro the other place I ordered the camera from... gonna have to call and see that it is.
Didn't you say you were going to be in Michigan?

(10:55:36)wtgphoben:tomorrow i will be in michigan
(10:55:38)wtgphoben: for the say
(10:55:40)wtgphoben:day

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi

Didn't you say you were going to be in Michigan?



that moved to monday

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
I'm hittin the trails in the afternoon, then I gould go urban later.

I got this weird email fro the other place I ordered the camera from... gonna have to call and see that it is.

UPDATE: The ploy on digitaletailer.com...
you have to call them to give them the security code on your credit card (most websites have you type it in with your order), and afterward they get into a conversation with you (he was very polite) and try to sell you an extended warranty. I politely declined and I should have the camera early next week.

[Quadari]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben


that moved to monday

what are you doing in Michigan?

[Toshi]

Ok, the objection period is officially over. 9 pm, meeting in front of 20 dewolfe st. (off of mt. auburn, about 5 blocks from harvard sq towards central.)

other notes: Ari, I'll really give you back that cd tonight :D . Also, because the sync was awful on that Thomas Crown clip (I finally looked at it) I am ripping the whole DVD now. mwahaha, the MPAA would kill me...

Ok, I'm about to start rendering that clip, er, movie, so won't be on the monkey until late tonight. So if you're going to be late for the ride, call me. 617 905 6399.

[ohio]

As per usual, I'm bailing. I'm still at work, and it looks like that situation will lilkely not change for a while. I'll probably be in really early tomorrow morning too.

crap.

That's what I get for trying to arrange housing, buy a car, apply for financial aid, and finishing my prototype drawings while I'm supposed to be working....

[Quadari]

Sorry, I'm a no go for tonight for a few reasons.

1) it's my roommates birthday (starting at midnight) so we have to prepare

2) I have some stuff to do (cleaning, preparing menu, etc.) (yes, I'm a domestic) before Abby gets home on friday. :D

3) I managed to break my chain while riding home from the grocery store. yep, that's right. I got 1 block away from Star and the chain broke. I wasn't even shifting. So I got to walk the rest of the way home. Seeing as there are already 2 or 3 links missing after breaking a few weeks ago at the fells, I don't know if I can ride it with more missing. So it looks like it's time for a new chain.

[Quadari]

I just bought a new chain. :eek:

[Quadari]

wow...people are really quiet today. :rolleyes:

Toshi-what was the story with the trip to Beverly?

[Toshi]

I had my first trumpet lesson in over a year. The teacher lives out in Danvers, so I took the commuter rail out to Beverly and was picked up. Late, thus the picture of my watch, which incidentally was snapped just as the teacher drove up. The lesson itself was wonderful -- 3.5 hours, no charge, and she even bought me lunch after taking pity on my food situation for the day (I had orange juice for breakfast, and nothing else). :D :thumb: The instruction was wonderful, too, and I think it will help me to improve my playing, which has been pretty stagnant since arriving here three years ago. Keith, you may be interested in this: no longer will I play with "tight corners," but instead will concentrate on pulling the lower lip that lies within the mouthpiece upwards and inwards while keeping the jaw lowered (both back at the molars and in front). It feels weird, but I can articulate much more cleanly and my tone has more substance now.

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/trips/beverly,%20ma%20-%20summer%202002/Images/5.jpg

(now time to put up images from tonight's ice cream excursion, to continue my quest to illustrate every last boring aspect of my life ;) :eek: )

[WTGPhoben]

I've got a doc appt at 4 and should be done before 5. Anyone want to ride?

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
I've got a doc appt at 4 and should be done before 5. Anyone want to ride?
You're talking about a road ride, right? :D

[WTGPhoben]

I actually wouldn't mind a road ride... It's kinda hot for trailriding

also, FedEX says I'm getting the camera today, although I haven't seen it yet.

does ari wanna hit the road a bit?

[Quadari]

sounds very tempting. But abby just got home from Sarajevo, so I'm playing host for the weekend. Have a good one for me. :cool:

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Quadari
sounds very tempting. But abby just got home from Sarajevo, so I'm playing host for the weekend. Have a good one for me. :cool:

<whip cracking sound>

[Toshi]

There was a ride tonight. Yes. Lights are good. Nails are bad.

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/august%2016,%202002%20road%20ride/

Bad:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/august%2016,%202002%20road%20ride/Images/10.jpg

Good:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/august%2016,%202002%20road%20ride/Images/6.jpg

[Toshi]

Walking by ABP tonight I saw a guy watching chess. Nothing remarkable there, no? Well, he was wearing a Durango Mountain Bike Camp jersey. Seeing that I attended said camp in '96, I talked to the guy after watching a rather inept chess game. It turns out he, one Dan Stephen, just moved here and is looking for places to ride. Ever eager to spread the Ridemonkey word, I pointed him to here, this forum in particular. So if you are Dan Stephen, register, say hi, and go to www.nemba.org to find the local trails in this area. :thumb:

edit: spelling

[Toshi]

Originally posted by BAH
this picture is VERY cool!!!:cool: :monkey:
Thanks. I'm still working on my pan. :D Nice poses in the Mud Hunnies forum, btw. :thumb: ;)

Hey Keith, do you think Ari will show his face in this thread over the next few days? I'm not sure if he'll be allowed to... :devil:

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi

Thanks. I'm still working on my pan. :D Nice poses in the Mud Hunnies forum, btw. :thumb: ;)

Hey Keith, do you think Ari will show his face in this thread over the next few days? I'm not sure if he'll be allowed to... :devil:

repeat: <whip cracking sound>

[Quadari]

Look...I'm here. ;)

Might go riding today (if Abby can track down her bike), but it will probably be a pretty slow one.

That nail looked pretty nasty Toshi, where did that happen?

You guys are awful btw.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Quadari
Look...I'm here. ;)

Might go riding today (if Abby can track down her bike), but it will probably be a pretty slow one.
:rolleyes: :D
Originally posted by Quadari
That nail looked pretty nasty Toshi, where did that happen?

You guys are awful btw.
That happened on the way back from Alewife. I have no idea what a giant nail like that was doing lying on the road. It must be the Sierra Club's fault. ;)

I think we're just jealous that you have something better to do than ride bikes. Not that riding isn't great... :monkey:



Anyone up for this tonight?

The Midnight Ride of Boston's Greenways
to Celebrate BNAN's 25th Anniversary

Saturday, August 17, 11:30pm thru Sunday, August 18, 7am


Join BNAN and the Back Bay Midnight Pedalers for an all-night ride of
approximately 30 miles at a very leisurely pace. We will highlight the
Neponset and East Boston Greenways, other special open spaces and historic
sites. See sunrise at Castle Island.

Bring a bicycle with a light. Wear something reflective. Helmets required.

Meet at 11:30pm in front of Trinity Church in Copley Square, Back Bay.
Ride ends with breakfast refreshments by Waterfront Park, North End at
7am.

http://www.bostonnatural.org/

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi

Anyone up for this tonight?



sorry boys, I'm OOT (out of town) for tonight, but tomrrow needs to have some ridin in it. I'll be home by noon and free anytime after so post when you want to go and I'm there.

[Toshi]

Keith, can I store my bikes, stand, and tools in your basement today? :devil: As for riding, maybe I'll sacrifice my already beat road tires and do a loop on the Fells on the road bike. :eek: :D

[WTGPhoben]

yeah, you can store em today. I don't know about fells on the road bike tho;) IM me.

[Toshi]

Instead of going riding with Keith today, I hitched a ride to Tanglewood and heard some fine playing. Mozart 35, Bruch vln cto 1, Tchaik 3 (which I'd never heard before, go figure ;) ), with the BSO led by Neville Mariner. And, to make this "ride pics" related, I took a picture of a road biker on the way back, and ogled many cool and not-so-cool motorcycles in Northampton (Northhampton? hmm). Without further ado, here are the pictures: Tanglewood pics (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/trips/tanglewood%20-%20summer%202002/).

Also note that my computer is going to be in a box for the next few weeks so all of the pic links will be broken. :(

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/trips/tanglewood%20-%20summer%202002/Images/24.jpg

http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~tjclark/pizzadesktop.jpg

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/trips/tanglewood%20-%20summer%202002/Images/35.jpg

and make sure to check out the movie :thumb: :eek: :D :

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/trips/tanglewood%20-%20summer%202002/Movies/MVI_2169.jpg (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/trips/tanglewood%20-%20summer%202002/Movies/MVI_2169.MP4)

[WTGPhoben]

well, it's 630AM. the michigan trip got postponed till thurs (we found this out at 4:30 AM) so I'm here. and I get off work early, yay.

[WTGPhoben]

THE G2 is in!!!!

oh, and toshi... that's the deal with MP4 format. what do I play it with?

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
THE G2 is in!!!!

oh, and toshi... that's the deal with MP4 format. what do I play it with?
So where are the pics of your basement/car/cat/parents/house/backyard tree/bike/etc.? :D You can play mp4 with Quicktime 6.

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/trips/tanglewood%20-%20summer%202002/Images/31.jpg

[ruckerz]

hah that place is just 10 minutes from my place.. next time you're in western mass let me know and ill show you some real trails.

ruckerz

[WTGPhoben]

toshi:
So where are the pics of your basement/car/cat/parents/house/backyard tree/bike/etc.? You can play mp4 with Quicktime 6.

I'll call you when I have a server running off my comp. (thad, where are you?)

[Quadari]

I saw some great camera fodder yesterday. I went on a ride out to bedford yesterday evening and on my way back it was just getting to be dusk. The sun was setting over the fields, and there were some great purples and pinks to be seen.

Also, Toshi, I like the colors of your Klein. There was a guy who I passed yesterday who was riding a Klein that was the same sort of metallicy two-tone as yours, except that is was purple and green. ick. :rolleyes:

[WTGPhoben]

http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~berkoben/pics/humba/staffstuff/EVILcopy.jpg

[Quadari]

You like impaling people with bike parts, eh Keith?

:)

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Quadari
You like impaling people with bike parts, eh Keith?

:)
Altho I think he could show a little more Photoshop restraint :eek: :D , the impaling effect is real -- I'm a reflection in that shot (in the window of his wagon).

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi

Altho I think he could show a little more Photoshop restraint :eek: :D , the impaling effect is real -- I'm a reflection in that shot (in the window of his wagon).

I the photoshop rediculousness was the result of my quest to figure out how DaveW did that cool thing with the squares in the photoshop thread here (http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26432&perpage=15&pagenumber=7).

I didn't end up duplicating the squares, but the matte I mde was cool so I threw it around your pic.

[Quadari]

where is everyone? (yes, I know you're at home Toshi, that's not an excuse ;) )

This thread has been so quiet lately. My life is boring without constant updates about everyones lives. :p

[Toshi]

I arrived home half an hour ago (spent the night in Seattle). ummbikes finally replied, and said that the fork/wheel was shipped last week, so you get to pick it up for me next week, Ari. :thumb: :D (thanks!) I'll have a picture or two from the trip posted in this thread shortly if any of them came out decently.

[Toshi]

Here's a pic of the parents' Acura. It's really white. And it's fun to speed around in, with the radar detector and all. Also, isn't eastern Washington much more barren than you would have imagined it to be, had you ever thought of eastern Washington? :D

[Quadari]

Originally posted by Toshi
Here's a pic of the parents' Acura. It's really white.


Are you sure you don't mean lime green?

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Quadari
Are you sure you don't mean lime green?
:rolleyes: :dead:

I made it lime green in "honor" of my sister's ugly old lime green Civic, which is thankfully no longer with us (sideswiped on I-5, with no injuries to my mom, who was driving at the time, but fatal injuries to the car itself :D ).

Here are the other pics:

http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~tjclark/at%20home%20-%20august%202002/

Me, characteristically standing on one foot (other tics of mine: tilting my head sideways when puzzled, smirking with only the right corner of my mouth, ending sentences with "blah, so ..." in true Japanese fashion):

http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~tjclark/at%20home%20-%20august%202002/Images/7.jpg

[Barbaton]

Hey dudes,


Just caught up on the thread. I'm out in Cali till the 2nd. Mountain View till tonight, then SF tomorrow and up to the woods behind Santa Cruz next week. Maybe I'll try and visit the company of same name... :)

Toshi - just went to your favorite shop in Palo Alto.

Kieth - you probably know that Win2k pro has IIS5 built into it, if you want to get started before you get the server version. It just doesn't let you run more than one virtual domain, or something. Or you can download Apache, which is probably better anyway.


T

[Quadari]

so is anyone still here and want to go riding (esp. road) with me?

I've been going by myself, but it gets a little boring.

[hans2]

Originally posted by Barbaton

Kieth - you probably know that Win2k pro has IIS5 built into it, if you want to get started before you get the server version. It just doesn't let you run more than one virtual domain, or something. Or you can download Apache, which is probably better anyway.

T [/B]

Not to spawn a whole thread about geekery, but I have to second Apache. IIS is nice & all, but from a security standpoint it requires a more careful admin than Apache. That's all I'll say about that.

[Quadari]

Plus...apache works. Whereas IIS is, well, a microsoft product.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by BAH
now thats a familiar sight! so where are your parents again? are you gonna make it to capital forest for a few rides while over here??
Ah, I didn't know you west side types made it all the way to Vantage. Must be for the Gorge... :eek: :D My parents live in Moses Lake now (altho we were in Lakewood [read: Tacoma] for the 7 years prior to my high school graduation, and Mercer Island the year before that). Seeing as how neither of my mountain bikes have a fork at the moment I didn't bring either one with me, but I just might un-bastardize my father's bike, which previously was known as my xc racerboy bike, and take a trip down to Capitol. :D We shall see -- this next week I'm pretty busy shadowing doctors, but maybe it will let up soon. Just in case anyone's interested :eek: I shadowed an orthopedic surgeon today and saw two cyst removals, an arthoscopy, and an Achilles tendon repair.

Hey humba guys, did you see this thread? http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=375208 Sunday nights might work for me -- I'd have to run back from chess club, tho :D

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Quadari
where is everyone? (yes, I know you're at home Toshi, that's not an excuse ;) )

This thread has been so quiet lately. My life is boring without constant updates about everyones lives. :p

I just got back from the beautiful (translate: flat) state of michigan. the road bike should be here soon, and we should ride as soon as I get it.

[Quadari]

where did you go?

what did you do?

[WTGPhoben]

I was on business learning about diesel engine technology.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
I was on business learning about diesel engine technology.
So is it really a 3-stroke engine? :eek: :rolleyes:

I have new pictures up, of the lively moses lake nightlife (http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~tjclark/moses%20lake%20nightlife%20-%20august%202002/). :D

http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~tjclark/moses%20lake%20nightlife%20-%20august%202002/Images/12.jpg

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi

So is it really a 3-stroke engine? :eek: :rolleyes:


no... It is still four stroke. The diff is that there is an add on in these engines that provides an extremely powerful and precise series of electric bursts to the solenoids in the injectors such that turing a single injection phase of a few miliseconds, the injector can give 3-5 small shots of fuel to the cylinder instead of one large shot. (obviously there is a ton more to this tech, but I don't want to write ten pages)

Toshi: do you have my blue dress shirt? ( I think I left it in your room in Dewolfe)

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
Toshi: do you have my blue dress shirt? ( I think I left it in your room in Dewolfe)
Ahhaahaa, I have been trying to figure out whose shirt that was for days. I knew it wasn't mine, and my roommates disclaimed any knowledge of it ("ooh, that's a shirt for a giant!" said one). :D

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi

Ahhaahaa, I have been trying to figure out whose shirt that was for days. I knew it wasn't mine, and my roommates disclaimed any knowledge of it ("ooh, that's a shirt for a giant!" said one). :D

as long as you have it, that's all that matters.:D

[WTGPhoben]

so remember how I was trying to copy those squares from the photoshop thread...

http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~berkoben/pics/humba/staffstuff/copycatmat.gif

i got it.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
so remember how I was trying to copy those squares from the photoshop thread...

http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~berkoben/pics/humba/staffstuff/copycatmat.gif

i got it.
Brush, gradient, filter, copy, paste, rotate, rinse, repeat?

Anyway, here's today's life update: I watched two total knee replacements in the OR this morning. The smell of burnt flesh is disgusting (its burnt by the cauterizing blade), especially on the second subject, who was a very fat man; the fat must smell worse when burned.

Over the weekend, in addition to doing garden work for my mom -- ask me how I feel about worthless non-opium producing ;) poppy plants sometime -- I had the ol' discussion about cars with my parents. And now it's agreed that I'm going to bring the Pathfinder out over intersession. My parents rock. :thumb: It is "intersession" by the way, before you hecklers jump in, as it's the period between semesters. There is no interceding going on. The deal is that I need another driver, a la me with Ari and the minivan, to help me drive across the country. Any of you guys up for that?

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi

Brush, gradient, filter, copy, paste, rotate, rinse, repeat?

Anyway, here's today's life update: I watched two total knee replacements in the OR this morning. The smell of burnt flesh is disgusting (its burnt by the cauterizing blade), especially on the second subject, who was a very fat man; the fat must smell worse when burned.

Over the weekend, in addition to doing garden work for my mom -- ask me how I feel about worthless non-opium producing ;) poppy plants sometime -- I had the ol' discussion about cars with my parents. And now it's agreed that I'm going to bring the Pathfinder out over intersession. My parents rock. :thumb: It is "intersession" by the way, before you hecklers jump in, as it's the period between semesters. There is no interceding going on. The deal is that I need another driver, a la me with Ari and the minivan, to help me drive across the country. Any of you guys up for that?

you got it on the p-shop.
that's pretty sweet about the wheels, I'd love to drive, but I'm probly not gonig to be in the country at the time in question.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
that's pretty sweet about the wheels, I'd love to drive, but I'm probly not gonig to be in the country at the time in question.
You'll be making a beer run to Canada, eh? :dead: How about you, Ari? Driving is fun, especially without cruise control... but with a Valentine 1 we needn't worry too much about the cops. Also, has the fork showed its face in Dewolfe yet, Ari?

Addition for the lurking Ari: 10.2 is quite cool, even without Quartz Extreme. This ol' laptop is actually usable now. :D

[Quadari]

Originally posted by Toshi

Addition for the lurking Ari: 10.2 is quite cool, even without Quartz Extreme. This ol' laptop is actually usable now. :D

Sweet. Jesse and I went to the Apple store on friday night, but the line was HUGE so we never got in. that was actually a fortunate thing because the TPC is selling 10.2 for $72. However, they aren't going to have it in until friday. So I'm waiting. Glad to here that it's cool. I'm excited.

Keith- You keep your car here at school during the year, right? What's the deal with parking, permits etc.?

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Quadari

Keith- You keep your car here at school during the year, right? What's the deal with parking, permits etc.?

you have to go to the parknig office on garden street and buy a permit.

[Quadari]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben


you have to go to the parknig office on garden street and buy a permit.

Garden street? There's a big sign on the office building on Bow st. (across from the tux place) that says "Harvard parking Services, 2nd floor." I went up there one day and the lady said that I had to come in on Sept. 9th and get a permit to park in Soldiers field park. She said it was $900. Is that right?!?! That's ridiculous! Also, do you have to get any sort of "Cambridge" permit or whatnot to park on the street or in harvard parking lots?

[WTGPhoben]

yeah, that's about right.... $450 for the soldiers lot $900for the garage, $500 for street parking.

[Toshi]

Agh. Getting back into skiing is going to be one expensive proposition. Of course, I could just hang onto my ancient skis, but I really want to carve. I took a lesson last year which just opened my eyes (of course, it might have been a result of my last having taken a lesson a decade before) to the wonders of carving, and I truly felt that I was trying to get my skis to do something beyond their ability. Or would it be abilities? Whatever, skis as singular as far as this thread is concerned.

These are the skis that ohio recommended (I think -- I might be wrong): Salomon Scream 8 (http://www.rei.com/online/store/ProductDisplay?productId=47527583&storeId=8000&catalogId=40000008000&langId=-1). Actually, I think he said "x scream 9" but I can't find that on REI.

http://a1072.g.akamai.net/f/1072/2062/8h/gallery.rei.com/largeimages/690699.jpg

[Quadari]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
yeah, that's about right.... $450 for the soldiers lot $900for the garage, $500 for street parking.

alright, where is the soldiers lot? and where does the street parking allow me to park? what did you get?

Also...with any of these are you allowed to park in Harvard lots like if I wanted to pull up in front of Dunster or other places.


skiing is fun!

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Quadari
alright, where is the soldiers lot? and where does the street parking allow me to park? what did you get?

Also...with any of these are you allowed to park in Harvard lots like if I wanted to pull up in front of Dunster or other places.


skiing is fun!
I think that the Soldiers lot/building is the one in which Keith parks. In other words, it's the one across the river at the b-school. I'll let the omniscient Keith answer or make up handwavey physics arguments to ... oops, where was I? :eek: :devil:

Skiing is fun. humba can become a ski club of sorts after the horrific first semester gets over, eh? Is there a real ski club anyway? I was under the impression that there was only a snowboarding club. And we can't hang with _those_ people. :dead:

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi

I'll let the omniscient Keith answer or make up handwavey physics arguments to ... oops, where was I? :eek: :devil:


Toshi, remember that Evil Imperial you put in my basement..........

So about the parking: Yes, the lot and the garage are at the b-school. I was in the garage, which is prettysweet except that its far away. The street parking depends upon the permit, but it's usually somewhere in the river house area. I think those permits are hard to get, tho. With any harvard permit, you can park in most harvard spaces (even if they're not the ones you have permits for) between fri afternoon and sun night.

[Quadari]

Originally posted by Toshi
Skiing is fun. humba can become a ski club of sorts after the horrific first semester gets over, eh? Is there a real ski club anyway? I was under the impression that there was only a snowboarding club. And we can't hang with _those_ people. :dead:


I don't think there's a ski club. There's a ski team, but no club.

So is the only difference between the lot and the garage is that the garage is inside? is that really worth twice as much?

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Quadari


So is the only difference between the lot and the garage is that the garage is inside? is that really worth twice as much?

yep, that's the only diff. It is nice to have your car inside... no rain, no snow, no one stealing your radio, etc. worth twice as much? That's debatable.

BTW... gettin the bike today!

[Quadari]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
BTW... gettin the bike today!

Woohoo!! that's exciting. I might be sort of busy for the rest of this week moving stuff out of DeWolfe. I actually have a bike fitting scheduled at wheelworks on sat. (no more hand pain!) and so I'm definitely down for riding

[WTGPhoben]

yo... I got the bike, but I got a flat on the way back to work. If I can get a ride to harvard sq. can i borrow a tube and a pump by at about 6:15?

[Quadari]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
yo... I got the bike, but I got a flat on the way back to work. If I can get a ride to harvard sq. can i borrow a tube and a pump by at about 6:15?

well...the pump I can do. But I actually don't have any extra road tubes. Sorry...
:rolleyes:

[WTGPhoben]

do they have tubes at city sports?

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
do they have tubes at city sports?
Yes. I doubt that they have long stem tubes for us Rolf users, but you have normal hoops, no?

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi

Yes. I doubt that they have long stem tubes for us Rolf users, but you have normal hoops, no?
indeed

[Toshi]

New non-riding pics from today: grand coulee (http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~tjclark/grand coulee dam - august 2002/).

http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~tjclark/grand coulee dam - august 2002/Images/30.jpg

In riding news, I'm going on Saturday with one of my high school riding buddies. This is the trail (http://bikesite.com/pigseye/trails/wa22.shtml), and the bike for the occasion will be the ol' Cannondale. :eek: I hope that it doesn't crack. ;)

[Toshi]

It's time to preserve (beyond my memory) the patients I saw today in the walk in clinic:

- one drug addict who was quite blatant in wanting more Vicodin. (she was refused -- the doctor was well aware of her tendencies, including leaving rehab.) the crying and phantom ("nonorganic" in the literature :rolleyes: ) pain would have been quite heartwrenching to watch had i not been aware of her history, which included walking out on rehab for coke.
- one former drug addict on welfare who wanted acupuncture. while it's noble that she wants a non-narcotic treatment given her propensity, welfare unfortunately will not pay for anything but the drugs. this problem is horrible -- people with the inclination to seek out alternative treatments should not be forced to take highly addictive narcotics (which, incidentally, are incredibly expensive). she was a hypochondriac, self-diagnosed (not backed up by any clinical tests) with anxiety, insomnia, depression (ok, this was real), some new phantom condition that all of the hypochondriacs seem to have, leg twitches, etc. :rolleyes: she received medication to relieve her sleep, but nothing for the pain, since she just moved into the area and the walk in clinic is not the place to get prescriptions for chronic pain.
- a guy with an infected lymph node. it was huge. antibiotics for him via iv. possible leukemia, but nothing certain at this stage of the game (he had a history of several infections in the past 8 months, including a staph infection that hung around for a month, after being healthy for decades).
- a guy with "classic symptoms" for a "L5-S1" problem -- pain down the back of the leg, numbness in the outside of the foot. back xrays revealed a compressed vertebra, but that wasn't the problem. mris ordered to reveal the discs better. he got vicodin for his pain since he didn't know what it was (making it highly unlikely that he is an abuser like those described above).
- another hypochondriac old lady. a regular, she was complaining about shoulder pain. with much ado she was lifted onto the table and given a shot in her natural shoulder (as opposed to her other one, all plastic and stainless steel, which can't be messed with -- an injection might lead to infection, and an infection in a prosthetic joint would lead to the prosthesis being pulled). apparently there was some running joke about her and stool samples. i didn't ask, and thankfully she didn't ask for it either. :eek:
- a lady who stepped on a mechanical pencil. a 5 mm or so piece of graphite was pulled from her foot uneventfully.
- a guy who complained of a stuffy ear over the past week. after a marble sized chunk of earwax was irrigated from his ear all symptoms disappeared.
- a guy who had sinus problems and inflamed eyes. an xray of the sinus revealed that they were fine. he was put on allergy medication and referred to his family doctor.
- a young child (with accompanying mother; the kid was half-asian and looked a lot like me back when i was 5, incidentally) who was very quiet while two sutures were removed from the back of his head.
- the son of the police chief out here, who suffered from gastro-esophigal (sp?) reflux. gi xrays ordered, and anti-reflux medicine (like you see on tv, basically) prescribed. the kid (high school age) has an older brother who is going to be a sophomore at fair harvard, btw.
- a woman with a sprained ankle. she was notable not for that but for her forearms: i didn't notice this (i was looking at her ankle, after all) but after having this pointed out to me in the time between ordering xrays and seeing her again it was very clear that she was a cutter: her forearms had scars from the wrists to the elbows. manic depressive, former eating disorder patient, quite the past history. the ankle was fine, btw -- she was given an pump-up splint and sent on her way. this patient was just interesting because it showed that one must look at the whole patient, not just at the afflicted area, to see how their condition is.
- there are probably more, but these are the only ones that i can remember now

All in all, this wasn't a high traffic day (this was over 7 hours, including a lunch break). It was an eye-opening experience, tho: I definitely do not want to be a family doctor and deal with these kinds of people. The manipulative behavior on the drug addicts' part especially is really awful.

Also, just in case any one is wondering, I didn't have to sign or verbally agree to any confidentiality agreements. All of the patients agreed to let me watch, too. So I don't think I'm doing anything too unethical here, especially since all of them except for the police chief's son are effectively anonymous.

:dead:

[TickTock]

Well I did this:

Took nap-duration 1.5 hours

Made BLT sandwich, burned bacon, making it a LT.

Practiced trackstands for 30 minutes in my garage because it was too wet to hit the trails...still cant do them with any regularity.

Applied to a job.


It was sucha crappy day and I am half sick. I never felt like such a lazy p.o.s.

hehe

[Toshi]

Nice list, TickTock. :thumb: I wouldn't have minded doing just that today, but yesterday was my rest day so I had to drag myself out of bed and be productive today. Getting dressed up is a huge pain, btw. ;) :D

[Toshi]

Marzocchi called this morning. It turns out that both stanchions were cracked. :eek: :thumb: Details have yet to be divulged, but the guy who called (I think it was Brian Peterson from this board) suggested that we discuss their crash replacement upgrade program... It's too bad they don't make a 1.5" headtube fork, else my choice would be clear. Now which one should I get? :D

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi
Marzocchi called this morning. It turns out that both stanchions were cracked. :eek: :thumb: Details have yet to be divulged, but the guy who called (I think it was Brian Peterson from this board) suggested that we discuss their crash replacement upgrade program... It's too bad they don't make a 1.5" headtube fork, else my choice would be clear. Now which one should I get? :D

get a z1.. there's no better fork out there for what you want.


PS ari, wanna ride today?????

[WTGPhoben]

I think I'm going to go out for a road ride in the ~5pm vicinity. I KNOW ari wants to come... lemme know if you want in.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
get a z1.. there's no better fork out there for what you want.
If I get a Z1, I'd definitely want to get one of those snazzy 2003 models with the larger stanchions, crazy crown, and one piece lowers. Time to call and see if this might be possible -- I'd be more than willing to switch forks (with the old Z1 which hopefully has arrived... Ari?) for a few months to be able to bask in 2003 goodness later on. :D

Update: Brian (not Peterson, altho I did chat with him for a few seconds by mistake) was out to lunch.

2003 Z1 Freeride:

http://gallery.consumerreview.com/webcrossing/images/103-10.jpg

2003 Shiver SC (which is the same as in past years, methinks, so if they had an old one lying about I'd jump on it, esp. since the 2003s won't be out for a while in all likelihood):

http://gallery.consumerreview.com/webcrossing/images/103-14.jpg

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi




2003 Shiver SC (which is the same as in past years, methinks, so if they had an old one lying about I'd jump on it, esp. since the 2003s won't be out for a while in all likelihood):


now that's a good idea I hadn't thought of. that'd look killer, not to mention the intense stiffness.

ARI... (you're probably not listening anyway)... ride is slowly moving later. now I'm truing wheels for an hour and riding at 6.

[Quadari]

sorry...i haven't been here today. I've spent most of the day moving crap out of dewolfe. so because of that I'm not really up for a ride because my legs and feet are completely dead and because I don't know if I can easily get to my biking gear.

Toshi- I didn't see any packages with your name on them...

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Quadari
sorry...i haven't been here today. I've spent most of the day moving crap out of dewolfe. so because of that I'm not really up for a ride because my legs and feet are completely dead and because I don't know if I can easily get to my biking gear.

Toshi- I didn't see any packages with your name on them...
It sounds as if you're getting old. :eek: Be very afraid. (I saw many old people today shadowing an internal medicine doctor, and all but one old lady had terrible [perceived?] health problems. not that you'll be an old lady anytime soon...) Thanks for checking for the package. This is kind of fishy, yet again -- Rob supposedly sent it close to two weeks ago. :rolleyes:

I finally got a hold of the non-Peterson Brian at Marzocchi after several failed attempts throughout the day, and found out my options. (Fixing the fork is not a good option, as it would run ~$180 thanks to the two cracked stanchions + rebuild that it would require.) Which of these would _you_ pick? :D

Behind door number one we have the tried and true 2002 Z1 Freeride. Available in blue and grey immediately, it would run $250. Here it is:

http://www.marzocchimtb.com/bombers02/2002_images/Z1.jpg

In its favor lie its price, familiarity, immediate availability, and the ability to run a normal 9 mm wheel (which I will have a fine freeride specimen of, should Rob's Z1 ever arrive). Against it are its familiarity, 30 mm stanchions (which just aren't sufficient now that 32 mm is on the horizon ;) ), and two piece construction, which has led to creaks for some riders on RM.

Door number two hides the lovely 2003 Z1 Freeride, as pictured above. Available October-ish, crash replacement prices haven't been set, but likely would be $350, according to Brian. Its strengths include one piece lowers, 32 mm stanchions, cool crown, and choice of 9 or 20 mm axle with true quick release on the 20 mm version, finally. Its downsides are its price and delayed availability.

The final door conceals the 2002 Shiver Single Crown, as pictured above again. It would be available immediately for $350, but I'd have to buy a 20 mm wheel. It has quite a few detractors who say it's too flexy. On the other hand, it has a few outspoken advocates, including BMXman and ohio, who say that it is a great performer. And I must admit that it looks awesome. As silly as that sounds, my bike must look cool, and I love how it looks.

With these points in mind, I'm torn between options two and three. Help me choose. :D

[Toshi]

Sunsets are nice here.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Toshi
Sunsets are nice here.
The original pic.

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi

With these points in mind, I'm torn between options two and three. Help me choose. :D

the Z1 option essentially ends your urban career for the season given that your other z1 is never coming;). the shiver SC is only made more expensive by the wheel, which you could probly put together for $100-$150 and have it be unbreakable. It also gives you the immediacy factor and the badass factor is multiplied by at least ten over the z1. Granted I've never ridden the shiver, but last time I checked the terms marzocchi and flexy were mutually exclusive.

of course the practical side of me says just go for option 1 or 2 if you must have 32mm stanchions as both of these options make infinitely more sense.

[WTGPhoben]

and almost forgot... rebuilding the rear wheel o the road bike because the threadlocker in the nipples froze all the spokes. Fortunately I have a bag of nipples lying around. (rant) don't EVER EVER use locktite on wheels, WTF were they thinking?

[Quadari]

Best quote ever:

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
Fortunately I have a bag of nipples lying around.

Alright, yes, I'm dirty. :cool:

[WTGPhoben]

hey ari, feel like ridin at all today?

[Quadari]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
hey ari, feel like ridin at all today?

How about tomorrow?

I went and had my fitting today. The major change is that we moved to a slightly shorter stem, moved the seat back a little and took out one of the spacers in the headset. So now I'm in a slightly more aggressive position.

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Quadari

How about tomorrow?


tomorrow afternoon is good. sonmetime after 2. I'll be in NH tomorrow morning I'll post when I get back.

[Quadari]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben


tomorrow afternoon is good. sonmetime after 2. I'll be in NH tomorrow morning I