I thought I was prepared, I really did. A little back story first...I have been riding my bike into work for the last few days. I have been really enjoying it for the most part. The first half of my ride takes me through my neighborhood, Minnehaha Park, Fort Snelling and across the Mendota Bridge over the river. The second half isn't quite as scenic. It is a ride along and on 55 and 149. Traffic on my left going 55mph+ but it does have a pretty good shoulder for the most part and everyone has been giving me a ton of room.
The ride is about 10 miles each way and takes me about 40-45 minutes on my mountain bike, 35 if I really push it. Well this morning I took off a few minutes later than I have been since it was a little chillier this morning but there wasn't any wind so I waited until it went up a few degrees. The first half of my ride was beautiful as usual and went by pretty quick even though I was taking it pretty slow enjoying the ride.
The second half was far less enjoyable...In fact, it sucked. As I am riding down 55 I noticed the rear tire was getting a little mushy so I kept riding until I found a little business park to pull into. I pull in, get on the grass and give the tire a squeeze. ppppssssssstttttthhhhhhh......fuck. No big deal, I am good at changing flats, I can do it in a few minutes at the most. So I reach into the bag to grab my C02 pump and hook it up to my valve and give it a blast. ppppsssstthhhh...fuck. Alright, I have another C02 cylinder in here....fuck. No I don't. Well I guess I get to push my bike through the business parks to Quik Trip where there is a free air station. Sweet, it is only about a half of a mile or so...wait, no, it was .75.
I get to Quik Trip, pull up to the air pump and get my spare tube out. I look at it, and it looks a little skinny...oh shit. Wrong tube, it is a 27x1.5 and my mtb is a 26x2.20...for you non bikey folk out there that means that it is too big around and too narrow. Fuck it. I don't want to walk the other 2 miles to work. So I shove the tube in there and fill it up. It is a little lumpy and really slushy as the tire moves in corners when the tube does not. It gets me to work and I have learned some good lessons...I am bringing a better pump and looking at what tube I am carrying as a spare...
Route: Google MapLabels: bike, commute, flat, fuck
So you remember last year about this time when I got hit by a car? No? Read about it here:
Smacked.If you do remember well it has been a year(today) since the accident. It doesn't hurt or cause me any problems since really after it healed. But I still have a nice scar as a reminder to never trust anyone in a car when I am on my bike. Well this is a reminder to watch out for cars. Stupid cars.
-pete
Labels: accident, bike, car, leg
Congrats to the Twins, Wild, it was close...We'll get 'em Friday.
So I think I got the toilet all set for the most part. Pictures
HERE! I would like to get a shorter hose for between the tank and the shutoff valve. But I am going to schedule the visit from the city to see if it is now up to code. Wish me luck. :) BTW, the Buzzsaw Brown rocks, very tasty, too bad you can't get it around here. :( Stop by if you want one. :)
Lates-
Labels: beer, house, tasty, toilet
Did some more work on the toilet tonight, drilled out some bolts and hacksawed some other parts, now I just need to clean it up a little and install the new stuff. MikeyB is right on about the Full Sail Session. It is great, even the bottles rock. I drank are few during the deconstruction. :) Here are 3 of the caps.
Get yourself some. They are worth it.
Go Twins! 3-0!
Labels: beer, house, tasty, toilet
After reading a post over on
MNBeer that there was a new brew in the State I decided to head over to their website to see where I could pick up a 6er.
Brau Brothers. I found it at the MGM in Bloomington, it wasn't in their refrigerated section so I looked to see if it was in the beer shelf area. It was, they had the 5 different brews that they made, now was decision time...which to get. I went with the one that had the most sold. The
Pils. I got it home and placed it in the fridge, let it sit for a little while and then decided to tackle the toilet repair in the basement. Now there was nothing wrong with the toilet in the basement, functionally it worked just fine. The City thinks differently.
I needed to replace the siphon valve in the tank. Well, everything in there was looking a little dated so I bought the kit to replace the whole thing. I got through 2 of the Brau Bros. Pils and had most of the tank disassembled so I quit for the night. Haven't done much else with this so far, the tank is bolted on with rusted out, crappy bolt that I am going to have to drill/grind out. Should have it done by this weekend.
My comments on the Brau Bros Pils:
Good, tasted like a Pils your buddy made in his basement, only better. I liked it and wouldn't mind having a few of their other beers. Over all 3.5 outta 5.
Other notes: Go Twins!
Labels: beer, brau brothers, house, tasty, toilet
