Damn Joel, you're making me miss my fix in a big way. I haven't ridden it since around September, when I discovered that the reason it was so hard to ride was because my sealed hub was totally shot and full of evil and friction. I really have to get some scratch together for a new hub.
Love the story, love metaphors, but my bike obsessed mind needs more juicy details. A full visual description... I need colors, components, gearing, the works. Tell me more!
Ever been blown away by a track bike? My first ride on a track bike recently flipped my lid, kid.
I'm going to mix some metaphors here, because it's fun and sometimes humorous. If my Raleigh M-80 with a chain that needs lube, brake pads that need a deglazing, a broken shifter for the rear derailleur and some heavy hard-case semi-slick tires is a 93 Chevy Blazer, then my boy TJ's track bike is a hot knife. This thing transfers energy from your body to forward motion so cleanly that you'd think you were riding your bike in outerspace in a vacuum-sealed chamber. Well, maybe I just made up the vacuum chamber thing is a stretch I made for this post, but I did think of the hot knife when I was trying out TJ's bike.
So what happens when you get so nice and then go out riding with a courier on his off-hours? You get blown away, and you make sure the ride is just a short jaunt to sit down and continue to get nice in the neighborhood park.
Abstinence is not the answer, my mountain and roadie friends.
"28-year old track bike virgin gets some"
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hot knives are hard to sit on. ouch!
May 8, 2008 at 9:01 AM
Damn Joel, you're making me miss my fix in a big way. I haven't ridden it since around September, when I discovered that the reason it was so hard to ride was because my sealed hub was totally shot and full of evil and friction. I really have to get some scratch together for a new hub.
May 8, 2008 at 11:54 AM
Love the story, love metaphors, but my bike obsessed mind needs more juicy details. A full visual description... I need colors, components, gearing, the works. Tell me more!
May 8, 2008 at 6:04 PM
yo,
that karma dude seems like a bike perv eh??
May 8, 2008 at 11:23 PM
Well as long as they are over 18.
May 9, 2008 at 9:15 AM