Putting glasses on like a sweater

Skating across the ice-thick and strong

Winter clears the snow-sometimes.

Lux-RIP

Lux Interior of The Cramps called their style "Psychobilly" whatever it was-it was good. I saw a little parallel between The Cramps and White Zombie. The B-Horror movie stuff and Americana. Watch a little of it...Lux was 62, not bad for a punk.

I stole the photo from here.

excercise

Erosion is a good thing sometimes, it can strip away the fat and allow the good to appear. Rolling across the ice isn't always stable, I need the erosion to wait a bit to keep the snow, that offers traction. Ice? Not so much. Descending long hills on a sheet makes me tune brakes every night, make sure they work when I need them to. Scrubbing a ton of speed on 50 feet of clear road before the ice restarts.

Panang

Getting into the mode is easier. It all adds up, sums aren't the totals on the balance sheet, the numbers are less exact for now. It counts differently. The pieces to finish the puzzle are underneath.

Uphill

No Hurry

It took a bit to pry open the locks, then the chain disappeared and the bike went up. Each climb after that was better. Charros at the end was like riding up a flight of steps. Getting into the place for 20-30 minutes was great. Cozy and warm like laying by the fire, instead shielded and happy, ticking over the cadence.

Whole

Getting more careful and not just putting out random efforts. Method is important, so far no breakdowns, visual, aural, clear view of the road, it's long you know? The parts are staying whole. Preventive maintenance. 

Monday thoughts

I think I can officially start the 2009 season, not that anything I do is official, it's not, really. Cross worlds were yesterday, I read a bit about the race and tried to find video but failed. Apparently Ryan hit a camera boom, that sucks-I guess being that tall you're prone to odd things. KFC had a good go (3rd is pretty impressive), The rainbow jersey will come to live in Colorado at some point. I need to unstick my seatpost, maybe a concotion of WD-40 and Liquid Wrench wil do the trick. The Kitchen isn't the best workshop, But it's all I have, I can only wash the bikes outside, working on them in 15 degree weather is a bad thing. Maybe I'll save my pennies and get a work stand. The studded tires and fenders need to go on too, that should be the first effort of the week but instead I'll get splattered because I'm lazy, but I rode to work today, different lazy, I think.

Diverse

Not enough time to hit all of it, that'll come, I think there is about 30k total, I did probably 20. Not bad but today it's the trainer. My shoulders are weak, my legs and lungs better.