Blogs, blogs, blogs

I have missed Top Chef, but they play it again in 15 minutes. Why? because I kept on clicking next blog and next blog. There must be millions and millions of blogs. I kept thinking I would find one on biking but I didn't. I did keep getting the same porn type site but with different blog names. I finally just went back to that hernando guys roadie site and looked at all his links to blogs. I did read a good post. Roadie guy gets hit by some loser in a car in Davenport and breaks some bones. Dirt bag takes off, people get his license plate, he gets busted, gets out of jail the next day, he's got priors, no license, no insurance and goes surfing. Here comes karma. Dude is surfing, crashes and is now a parapalegic. Think what you want.

Another time consuming internet thing i found was youtube, google videos and myspace videos. There is some pretty funny stuff and some crazy car crash stuff on there. What a waste of my life. Ugg.

I did realize about blogs is if there are pictures it is way more interesting. Some bored person is reading this and i feel sorry for you because i am just rambling on trying to waste time until 11. crap i could have been cleaning. i can clean for 7 minutes.

Bikes, Top Chef

Finally got my bikes put together. Mostly. So tired. I got the front brakes working okay. They rub slightly but it is good enough for now. Oh I still don't have a bolt for the shock. I went to OSH and got two bolts whichdon't fit. Still don't have the chainguide mounted as I would like. Damn I guess I have more to do than I thought. Bummer.

Put the brakes on the Cheeta and they seem to work okay. Put on the shifter and that works but needs some fine tuning with the rear cassette. The bike looks correct now with the disc brakes. I haven't test ridden them because I am too tired and it is totally dark out now. Days are getting shorter and shorter.

The Juliana- bought two pairs of the wrong brakeshoes. Damn. That was like 35 bucks too. And worse the bike is still unridable. Her brakeshoes were toast though. Down to the metal.

Top Chef will be on in an hour. It has been on all day but a new episode will be on at 10. I am drinking 4 servings of juice. Yum. Pineapple, apple, orange, banana. Mmm...pineapple. Practically soda with all the sugar.

The apartment is a mess. Just stuff everywhere. Nothing gross. E will be back tomorrow which is good except that the place is messy and I have to clean it and I am so tired right now. I could probably sleep right now but I want to watch my show. I did no exercise today or yesterday.

4:18 a.m.

ugghh... i am still awake. bored bored bored.

New Bike Parts

I worked on my Turner. Put on some new brakes and handlebars. I put on and took off the front brakes a million times. Trying to get it centered just right with washers. Very time consuming and surprisingly not really frustrating. I was expecting problems and I got them. Hopefully I will be able to find some thinner washers to fine tune it and get the discs so they don't rub. After doing that for over an hour I put on the rear brakes and holy crap they fit the first time. I wasn't expecting that. I figured I would stop there. I did put the rotor and tire on my other wheel for the Cheeta but that was all. I have so much to work on. Turner-front brakes and chainguide. Cheeta- front and rear brakes, cassette and shifter. Bontrager-handlebars and stem and brake pads. Planet X-nothing.

I rode the PAL track on Sunday which was fun. Really hard. I did a full lap and thought I might puke or pass out. I took off all my stuff except shorts and just sat on my truck bed for awhile.

Rode Calabazas on Sunday and today. Had fun both days. Jumped the step up which is the lamest decent size jump I have ever done.

Whoah it is almost 2 am.

None-some pictures though

This is the photo that bummed me out. I am so losing my hair! Oh well what am I going to do? I didn't know I had lost so much though. I was messing around with the camera the other day taking lots of pictures of nothing and this is one that I got. Bummers.






This is Simon.He's my buddy. He likes to try and eat my food though. And he likes to puke on the floor where I can step on it in the middle of the night which totally grossed me out for about a day and a half. I was very paranoid for the rest of the night.







This is Elizabeth. She told me yesterday that she wants to maybe try Sea Otter Downhill in 08. I really like this photo because you know exactly what she is thinking when looking at this dh section on the now closed Jump Trail.





This is me. I have grown a lot.






Ugh. This is the bike room. And there is not enough room at all. We have 8 bikes, I think. i am not sure how to organize it so it will work the most efficiently. I get frustrated at the lack of room in there. That weight bench takes up a bunch of space but it gets used. I guess we could just put a couple bikes in the hallway or the living room and we would be fine but I was trying to get all the bike stuff in one area. I will have to look at it later on. It is already noon.

Metcalf and the Turner

Went to Metcalf and rode for a short while. I got there late, 5 pm and I only had the gas that was in the tank. I rode the beginner track and the tt track and the atv track. Found out that there is a circle track in the middle of the tt track. That was pretty fun. Nice little berm going around the majority of it so you can get some speed going. I wasn't really going that fast but it seemed fast to me. After that I went back and rode the beginner track. 2nd gear. I might have caught some air on a jump but I am not sure. How sad is that. I need to set up a camera next time or have someone else there to tell me. I had my new fox 360 pants and they felt good.

I put the new shock on except I lost one of the bolts so I need to go to OSH and get a new one. It sure is a pain in the butt to put it that shock in. I also need to work on the chainguide. Need to JB weld a little bracket or something. i just want it to be on there really good instead of pretty good.

Tomorrow-- BMX track in the afternoon to watch the races and maybe nothing in the morning.

E said I could be her trainer. With some restrictions. If E is reading this DO NOT EAT THE OREOS you took. And while Judith is doing the triathlon you could be doing some exercise too.

Santa Clara PAL BMX

I was thnking of racing but ended up just practicing. I brought the Cheeta and the cruiser. I only rode the Cheeta though but it sure rode nice. I had fun riding that bike. The track isn't that great. You never get off two wheels. There were a bunch of people because of the bigger races today and tomorrow. I felt fast but I don't think I was faster than normal. I would just ride the first and second straight mostly and pull off or putt through the third and ride the fourth.

Not sure what I am going to do today. I kind of want to go rde the dirt bike but it is always a hassle. I do need to go to my moms anyways though to work on the Turner. I got my shock yesterday. Hope it works all right. It feels like it weighs a ton though.

Weights and Calabazas and Maywood

We rode over to Maywood this morning. What a junk pile that place has become. Beer bottles, beer cans, beer containers, cigarette boxes, remains of a small bonfire between a jump, paint on the trees, paintball everywhere, etc.

I lifted weights for the first time in a long while. Felt good. Even did my abs which sucked.

Went over to Calabazas with my Cheeta. Wampler was there which sucked. Somebody crashed pretty good he said. Whatever, go away. I just rode everywhere but the main pack. I had fun. Cheeta seems really fast but maybe it is just rougher? It is nice to ride a light bike but I have to get some new brakes for it. Too sketchy with what I have. A lot of people were there. I rode the front a lot and improved some which was cool.

Top Chef will be on fairly soon so I have something to watch. Well I do have a bunch of dvds and also tapes of X Games to watch...