Tupac Gets His Own End Display in B&N

I was browsing in the bookstore the other day when I saw this...

I didn't know there was so much Tupac literature out there. I also didn't know there were enough Tupac fans in Charlottesville to warrant an entire display. I have nothing against him I have just never been a huge fan, pre- or post-mortem. Now if there was a De La section, I would be all over that!

Don't wear your shorts more than once!

I was in the bike shop the other day and some guy came in to buy a new pair of shorts...pretty standard stuff. He was saying something about having three pairs and he doesn't get to wash them every week so they get a little funky. Then he did that thing where your like...

"Heh, you know how guys are, you just smell them to see if their clean. It's not like girls who wash everything, then put them away and they always have clean stuff."

I was doing my best to not look at him like he was some sort of freak of nature. Doing repeats with your bike chamois is a straight, fast road to swamp crotch. I didn't think it was my place to correct him since he certainly had his own way of doing things. The bike shop employee did enough when he said "You are a braver man than me!"

Maybe the guy wears briefs under his shorts. Who knows?

The new Cockpit

So I am pretty excited about the new bike. The only problem is that it wasn't really "mine". I had to add some personal touches to make it feel like my own. Most of the obvious changes are in the steering department.

Since I never used the drops anyway, I just decided to go with some Time Trial style bullhorn bars. I know there's a lot of brake levers...but I am still pretty new to the fixie thing.



The levers at the ends of the bars are just Tektro 4.1's or something. I didn't really want levers at the end of the bars but I figured I could always take them off next time I wrap the tape. The bars on the tops are the drilled Salsa crosstop levers. I thought the reach would be a little to far for my liking, but everything sits just right.

Even with all of the brakes...it still looks pretty streamlined. I also took the rear rack off for now.

I am also trying out some new pedals. They are on load from a fellow fixie rider. Sally might recognize them but this particular rider doesn't get out on his bike much anymore...but he still spends plenty of time with his Cadence.



Now I just have to find some matte black fenders!

Here is the (new) bike...

As my favorite anonymous poster alluded to, I owe you guys some new pictures. I have already retired the super commuter in favor of another bike. I am sure Sally will know the deal right away. I don't have a lot to say about it yet, but I wanted to get some pictures.

By the way, I am doing a horrible job of living the car-less lifestyle but that's because the forces have been conspiring against me. Things should be better now...

Here is the bike

So, here we are 3 days into September and I haven't used the car yet! Well, that's because I have been out of town for for the last 5 days but, it's still a good start. I can already find scnearios where I am going to have to lug crap around town, but I am still hopeful.

Anyway, here's the bike that will be getting me around town. It's a 1996 Schwinn S96.3. Well that's what the frame is anyway. The headset is the only original thing that is still on the frame. Everything else is either upgrades or hand me downs.

Tomorrow is the first commute, I'll check back in, in a couple of days.