Sunday, August 28, 2005

Watch Out. The Guns Will Getcha....

Sun finally came out here again after yesterday's piss down-bore fest. Took the Salsa out on the road today, full knobbies n'at. Rolled for about 1:40. Stuck to all the country roads. I don't fill like as big a dork if I ride the back roads. It's the town roads that I feel like I'm sitting still. Nice ride, shifts we're on the money (thanks Tom).

Thought I was gonna have a "throw down" with a dude driving a Conversion Van that would NOT pass. I waved him around... nuthin! I pull over slow and he stops... I give out a "what the fuck?" and motion for him to come over... He rolls down the window and just as I'm ready to let fly with a storm of F-Bombs, there's a freaking 90 year old woman in the passenger seat and the dude is a little, Amber-Vision wearing, Moe Howard hair-cutted little Van Man. Dammmmmn. So I apologize, and say "hey I just wanted you to go around" he says "sorry, it was tight and I had an accident going around on a narrow road before..." yada, yada, yada. I felt dumb, the dude was just a tad backwards. Shoulda just stopped to begin with and let Van Man around. That will teach me. At least I didn't have to go and get my ass kicked a week before the race.

Did you check out the F-ing Spam I got yesterday.. What the F? Gotta stop that somehow. Even Kerkove was busting my balls about it. Had like 9 Spams. Tried to delete some.

Next few days look like Katrina is gonna put down some liquid. Tart!

Kabush won the Vermont NORBA and took the series. My fave chick Shonny V took the overall NORBA and Allison "ADvantage" Dunlap won today. Nice way to go out.

Random: Is the 29er the Hard Tail's comeback? I mean there are FS 29ers (Sologoat's Asylum, Fisher, etc.) but 90% seem to be hardtails. No wonder Mountain Bike Action seems to not like the 29er! I kinda dig 'em but I got too much cash wrapped up in my 26's and road bike. Like to try Salsa's with the short travel rear... oh well.

Later.



posted by Jason @ 5:03 PM   5 comments

5 Comments:

At 10:59 PM, Blogger mtnmcnett said...

If it's not made by Titus, MBA won't like it. Heh heh.

 
At 12:15 AM, Blogger Adam Lisonbee said...

I think the 29er is helping the hardtail. I have a Fisher X-cal coming this week. I am very excited about getting out on the trails with it. I havnt ridden a hardtail since '98, but the 29er HT just seems to scream "I'm fast!!!". I didnt think I'd ever give up FS and tubless tires. But for the 29er I am giving up both :0

Oh and to stop the spam, there a couple things you can do. In your Blogger preferences there is a checkbox where you can activate word authentication. This will requre the poster to type in some randomly generated word before they can post. Also you can try out a comment service like HaloScan. I just installed it on my site, and it seems to work pretty well.

 
At 8:15 AM, Blogger Jason said...

mtnmcnett: I even own a Titus and sometimes think that MBA must OWN part of Titus or something.

Adam: Anxious to see the new build. Not sure I'm going 29er anytime soon, but I'm still a fan of the clean look and excellerations of a HT. And thanks for the SPAM info, I'll investigate.

 
At 1:45 PM, Blogger mtnmcnett said...

jason:

I think RC has a vested interest in Titus. Perhaps he just has a personal relationship with the owners/management. It's hard not to notice him wearing a Titus jersey in every picture or recommending a Titus whenever someone asks a question about anything. It's not a terrible thing, but it is one of the myriad reasons why I don't read that mag.

 
At 7:02 PM, Blogger Jason said...

mtnmcnett: Dito for Specialized they never met a Specialized they didn't like. Buying full page adverts helps with the five star ratings too! HA!
Again, Specialized makes some damn good products but EVERY review.

later.

 

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