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• upgrades from santa 1 min read - Jan 4, 2020
  Finally got the new pedals, bars, and bar tape Santa brought me on the Gravel 820. Switched to Crankbrothers Doubleshot pedals because they’re flat on one side & usual egg beater clip on the other. That way I can cruise around campgrounds without having to worry about changing shoes unless I want to.
• There was a pro in my morning Zwift race! 1 min read - Nov 23, 2019
  Apparently Ben Swift, pro track rider for team Ineos (formerly team Sky) was in the Zwift chase race I did this morning!
• Crazy Stage 19 of the TdF 1 min read - Jul 26, 2019
  What a stage on the TdF today! Amazing racing in the Alps, and they just had to stop the stage short because the last valley they have to go though has so much snow on the road it needs to be cleared! Watching the riders try to figure out what’s up is crazy!
• Time zones are hard. 1 min read - Jul 9, 2019
  I’m not gonna know what month it is, let alone what year, by the time I wake up at home on Friday. (Or when I land on Thursday night either)
• Camping for the long weekend 1 min read - May 26, 2019
  Feels so good to be out in the woods (mostly) for the long weekend. It may just be a little pavilion by a pond, surrounded by trees half a mile from down town. But it’s peaceful. And it’s easy.
• Long Live the Open web! 2 min read - May 24, 2019
  I’ve been trying to get back in the habit of blogging again. I finally have a setup I’m reasonably happy with (git/Hugo workflow, I should do a longer post on it), now I just need to do more of it. I’ve been seeing guys like Daniel Jalkut and Brent Simmons encouraging people to maybe think about blogging more, and I figured I’d use it as an excuse to babble on the subject a … read more
• Hugo 1 min read - May 15, 2019
  Switched the blog to use Hugo instead of Jbake today. Soooo much faster to generate the site, and a ton of theme options. I think I have everything working right, but let me know if you see something wonky.
• I Love the Tour of California 1 min read - May 14, 2019
  It’s always such a good race, and it’s great to see some of the big names in cycling racing here in the USA too. That, and I just love seeing a big pro peloton cruising through a typical American suburb, complete with minivans and SUVs parked in the driveways.
• Good Month for new Anime 1 min read - Apr 9, 2019
  Looks like it’s shaping up to be a great month for new anime! The first episode of season 2 of One Punch Man just dropped today on Hulu. And the second half of Attack on Titan season 3 is due to drop the end of this month!
• Project Bike Adventures 1 min read - Mar 14, 2019
  So I’ve been working on taking parts off of my old Raleigh road bike, and putting them on my even older Trek 820. It’s mostly been going pretty well. Turns out the 3x8 road shifters I have are compatible with the 3x7 drivetrain my Trek has. Unfortunately, the long pull v-brakes had to be replaced with cantilevers, but that wasn’t too expensive. The real kick in the teeth was last … read more

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