Random thread: Where's your postcount now, (tpd) bitch

[Aaron]

Ya I can get a new one from China for like 24ish shipped. SO not bad. And I have seen how to fix it.

[Aaron]

leaving it off for a few hours and then turning it back on some how fixed it. It was running really hot for a long time to. Not anymore.


Got my biked fixed up yesterday, the part that was fucked fucked the back wheel up hella. SO I had to buy a new one of them as well. I spend a lot more then was planned. But I get paid again before my rent is due (for realzies) So mehh. BUT I have a new back wheel and cassette (the gears on the back wheel) It also looks way cooler. And there isn't a plastic thing on the back just metal. And both parts that got fixed (bottom bracket, the part that the pedals are in the bike at) are now way stronger. So they should last me a lot longer.

Now just hoping that the only thing I will need to have done to it is break pad replacements and tune ups.... AKA easy peasy stuff for them to do for cheap. 

[Aaron]

I might be able to swing a new bike in August. I may have to ask my folks for a loan for said new bike. I will be checking out some of the used places as well that get used bikes and then fix them up and sell them. There is a couple shops I want to go to. One that is way the fuck north, and then another that is really close to work. (Like a ten minute bus ride) The bike I want isn't cheap, but it's not that much as far as bikes go... So that might be happening in August. Maybe...

My ride has gotten easier, and my knees don't hurt as much now. (Only when I sit down, or stand up from sitting down. Then there is some pain.)

Talked to my roommate about cleaning up. Also the cat is pissing in the hall again (right after he got a carpet shampooer.) AND to fucking clean my rice cooker out, not just wipe the inside with a fucking towel and then leave the towel on the counter with the rice still in it. Also clean the lid.

Work is going well I know what I'm doing now, and can be left alone and I don't worry about fucking shit up anymore. I still make mistakes, but not many. And since it's my second month. I'm doing pretty damn good.

[luna]

ok this probably makes me sound like a horrible person or something but I fucking hate weddings. We went to B's cousin's wedding yesterday, to start with it was out in the fucking boonies so after the ceremony (which had everyone sitting in direct sunlight which resulted in B and probably many others getting a sunburn and everyone being drenched in sweat) the wedding party fucked off for about 3 hours to do pictures while everyone had to just hang around doing nothing. Then it was the typical watch the wedding party walk into the room and sit at their special high table, speeches, watch them all get to eat (everyone was fucking starving by that time) then play some stupid trivia game so win your trip to the buffet (we were one of the last and I was about ready to die I was so hungry). Oh but before dinner we got to listen to some preacher guy give a sermon about how wives should submit to their husbands wtf? Then it was a whole lot more sitting around until they finally danced to this terrifying country song about how "she loves me like jesus", um what?

thank god B was going to be called to work when we got home so we could leave early. Why the fuck anyone would want to put themselves through that is beyond me but if you were going to wouldn't you at least make it a bit more personal rather than sticking to the usual stuff you're expected to do?

[r00]

just watched it.  LOL.  Guess you don't start an interview by insinuating the only talent in the band is the biggest name in it.   

[threatsicle]

right?? the whole interview was a joke! haha

[sin]

I dog-sat for my roommate last week while he was out of town, and one of his dogs has apparently gotten attached to me and he is starting to get SERIOUSLY pissed off at her, as, since he got back on Friday, she continues to try to sleep in my bed and hang out with me in the basement.  "God DAMMIT Babe, that is NOT your new dad!  Get the fuck upstairs!"

edit:  Golden Retrievers are a bit flighty, emotionally, I understand.

[Aaron]

I got my yearly evaluation yesterday, I was told I'm doing good. Keep it up. Some of the stuff I needed to work on she says to everyone. (Try to take care of it your self before you bug me ect.) I also was asked if I could come in earlier. Which I said I can since I'm feeling good and biking to/from. HOWEVER if I'm sick, the buses don't run early enough to get me there pre 630am. (Well at lest get me there early enough so that I don't have to leave my place at midnight. and take a crazy fucked up route.) Manager said if I could just come in early and override my time. BUT if I'm feeling sick she wouldn't change my start time from 630 so I can still take the bus if I really need to. New start time is 530... SO it's not to much earlier... Either way I got the basic raise.

The best thing I won't have the sun in my eyes when I get to work... I face the sun then and it sucks. Cuz it blinds me at times. (Unless I put my helmet down as it has a visor thing.)

[rynne]

Funny story. I got hit by a car while I was riding my bike.


(Everything turned out as well as could be hoped for, which is why I'm not posting in the Vent Thread.)


Scene: Friday night, about 7:30pm. I'm biking on the sidewalk---I like to ride in the street if I can, but this is a 6-lane road with no shoulder and riding on it while it's getting dark is a death wish.  I'm coming to an intersection with a stop light and the little white glowing dude is telling me I have the right-of-way. And as I'm going through, *BOOM*, a car making a right on red hits me from the side. I'm down on the pavement, completely winded and in a decent amount of shock.

Ignoring the kid who's hopped out of the car, saying he's so sorry, I try to assess the damage to myself. Broken bones? Doesn't seem so. Cracked ribs? Not that I can tell. Lovely. Some bystanders call 911, and in a couple minutes there are multiple police cars, a fire truck, and an ambulance on the scene. Holy shit, this is a lot of fuss.

By now, I'm actually not feeling too bad. The kid who hit me had just started creeping through the intersection and wasn't going too fast at all---most of the energy in the collision came from me. I seem to have come out of it with just some minor scrapes. As for my bike, my saddle and seat post are bent to shit, but otherwise it's in good shape.

The person I really feel bad for is the kid. It's not his night at all. This is his first week with a license, and to make matters worse, he's left it at home. So not only is he scared shitless from hitting me, but he has to call his dad to the scene to bring him his license. Oops.

Eventually, the cops write him up with a citation, and he and his dad apologize profusely and offer to pay for any medical bills and/or bike repairs. We exchange information, then I leave and bike 5 miles back home on a bent saddle. Later, Mrs. rynne checks me out and says I avoided any serious injuries, so I'm feeling pretty lucky about the whole thing. I figure that between the citation and his parents, the kid has adequately learned his lesson, so I probably won't bother him about the cost of fixing my bike (I'd been thinking about replacing those components anyway).

Mrs. rynne was at work when this happened, so I had to call her to say I'd been in an accident, which is a pretty evening-ruining message to get. She didn't like my response when she asked how I was feeling: "Well, I feel like I've been hit by a car." She never appreciates my sense of humor. 

[Aaron]

Damn that sucks. It's great that you and your bike are ok. (well other then the saddle and seat post.) What kind of bike do you have? And ya, that kid isn't have a good week that's for sure.

[rynne]

He'll be more careful at intersections from now on, that's for sure. So will I, for that matter. I guess *everyone* learned a valuable lesson that evening.

I've got a hybrid bike from Giant that's about 15 years old. It's a steel alloy frame: not light but really tough. Our new house is in a really bike-friendly neighborhood, so I've been trying to bike instead of drive as much as possible. I've been considering getting a lighter road bike for longer trips (maybe commuting to work, too) and keeping this one as an around-town beater.

[Aaron]

Ya, I am sure he did. It's good you didn't break anything.


I have heard good things about Giant. Right I'm biking 10 miles (one way) to work and then back home most days, I bus it home some days. (I road 100 miles last week.) Right now I'm on a walmart bike. It's not really been that bad. But I'm saving up for a better road bike/cross cycle. If you do get a new bike let me know what you get. I've been looking at Trek and Specialized, Surly has some really nice ones. However they are quite a bit more money. (well the Disk Trucker is...)

[rynne]

Wow, that's awesome, Aaron.  100 miles a week is no joke!

Sounds like you're looking at the same kind of bikes as I am. If money were no object, I'd get a Cross Check or a Long Haul Trucker in a second. I'd get a Giant again, and you pretty much can't go wrong with Trek or Specialized. Raleigh makes some pretty nice bikes, too.

[TPD]

whoa. glad you're okay!

[Aaron]

Ya. I road 110 miles the week before. And then 100. I got these shorts (that I'm wearing now) on August 15th. They were tight and fit fine, now they are a bit loose, like I'm going to need to wear a belt with them soon. I have lost some weight biking. I started biking in May and have been ever since (I skipped two weeks from being sick. Bronchitis and Pneumonia at the same time doesn't make for a fun ride. Or feeling like I will live after I get to work.) But quite a few of my coworkers have said I have lost weight, and my cheeks are smaller and my chin is a lot less doubly. Also diet change, I eat less shit food have cut out soda (today I had some, first time in a few weeks) and I only drink sugar free energy drinks now. And I have cut way back on them as well.   

Trek has a warranty/insurance thing you can buy that makes them nice. Well on top of the bikes being good bikes. I would get the Crossrip if I got one from them. Surly Disk Trucker, everything I have read says its a tank, and you can add a back basket to it. (I want to be able to attach my bag pack to my bike and not carry it. I get nasty sweat stain from it.) I might use up all my tax return and bday money and if needed ask my folks for a loan... Right now I noticed I need winter bike cloths more then a new bike (read rain gear.) Shit they even make studded tires for bikes, so I have zero reason to not bike year round. (I road in a two days and got soaked, I need better clothes to wear in the rain. And when it's cold and raining.)