{"id":87614570,"date":"2009-09-23T08:33:10","date_gmt":"2009-09-23T16:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geckotemple.com\/blog\/?p=87614570"},"modified":"2009-09-23T08:33:14","modified_gmt":"2009-09-23T16:33:14","slug":"pedaling-my-butt-around-town-ill-be-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.geckotemple.com\/blog\/?p=87614570","title":{"rendered":"Pedaling My Butt Around Town (I’ll Be Back)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sleep: Daily routine of unconsciousness with vivid hallucinations, and possibly followed amnesia about the experience. – XKCD<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\t \t\t\t\tI had a blow out last week during the ride in, and have been slowly getting everything I needed back together, which has been “fun” (did you know there’s thread count <\/b><\/i>in tires just like for sheets?)  Nilo<\/a> was kind enough to bring a new tube to our lunch, and so I made it back home that day, but then I realized that the flat had been due to a mis-aligned brake pad that was touching the tire during stopping just enough to cause a small hole and finally to pinch the tube itself.<\/p>\n

So now I’ve got a new tube ($Lunch), new tire ($21 @ MEC), installed my “Mr. Tuffy<\/a>” tire liners (woo, extruded <\/i><\/b>plastic!) which I’ve had for ABOUT three years but hadn’t installed (maybe now’s a good time, AFTER the blowout?)<\/p>\n

After pulling apart my bike, Arwen’s bike, and removed Ripley’s training wheels (they were just slowing him down, I think, in the grand scheme of things), I managed to get everything working properly again.  Need to go look up how to finetune my brakes, ’cause right now they’re a little, uhm… let’s say… passive.  I need them to be able to lock up both tires so I can do that cool move where you lay the bike down and slide under the flames-a-burning semi as it hops sideways down the six lanes of traffic and…<\/p>\n

Wait, I think that’s something from Matrix<\/a>, isn’t it?<\/p>\n

I’m saying that when you are ready, you won’t need<\/i> to brake.<\/p>\n

I want to be able to hit my brakes hard enough that my bike disappears from underneath me, and I highside<\/a> into the back of a Smart Car<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Okay, let’s take a look at the numbers, shall we?  Survey SAYS<\/b><\/i>!<\/p>\n