Adjusting My Minderbinder

1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder: I want to serve this to the men. Taste it and let me know what you think.
[Yossarian takes a bite]
Yossarian: What is it?
1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder: Chocolate covered cotton.
Yossarian: What are you, crazy?
1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder: No good, huh?
Yossarian: For Christ's sake, you didn't even take the seeds out.
1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder: Is it really that bad?
Yossarian: It's cotton!

With all the seat binder bolt talk of the last day or so I can NOT get Milo Minderbinder out of my head. And for some reason the name Minderbinder makes me think of the term gender bender, and that makes me think of Seinfeld, and that makes me laugh. Just like Catch 22 and Lt. Milo Minderbinder. But then I start to think about the followup to Catch 22 called Closing Time and THAT book sucked. Sucked hard. Then THAT makes me think of that song Closing Time. And that song like the book, SUCKED! I know, therapy is probably a good idea.

What does NOT suck, is that at least for today it seems my Shaft (Salsa Shaft, purv!) is good to go in the E.M.'s binder. Rode in the dirt today for an hour and a half with no shaft slippage. And the bike felt aces! Once my new wheels are on and I get some of the other upgrades done, it will be T.I.T.Z.

The shop looked at the Dos Niner today and fixed it up. Bent hanger and wheel out out of true from when the chain got stuck betweenst the spokes and the cassette. Once I pick it up I can can get E.M.'s new wheels built up.

Read a great line on Young Sam's blog today that he wrote back in March- "My advice: Don't race when you are really out of shape. It makes you feel bad about yourself." Not sure if he's talking to me or not, but I'm taking his advice. LOL! Then again, if I didn't do all the things that make me feel bad about myself, I'd never leave the house. Wait a minute....

From the looks of it even though I felt like a fat turd on the bike today, I'm gonna hit more dirt tomorrow. Part of me wants to go for a quick loop on the mountain, but part of me wants to hit Boyce again, so I can stop by the shop for the Dos.

Just a couple/few weeks 'till XXC #7! Geeked. Cool articles, some new features, and contest with some cool prizes from some super cool sponsors! But 'till some races are raced, and some stories are written, there will be tweeking and riding.

Later.