Not much time to post today as I am off to work soon. Workin on restoring a Raleigh 3 speed right now as well as this puppy (a Monark from the 50s), which is currently in rust-bucket condition. It has a New Departure coaster brake hub, which I took apart the other day. Pretty sweet when it’s all glammed up, but I know I’ll never get it to what it once was:

My mommy is getting her first TT bike. Initially I sorta tried to discourage her from such an outrageous purchase, but now I am all for it. She wants to get aero and win and all that. She deserves it as she rides a hell of a lot more than I do, and she has done her part to help a lot of other ladies get into cycling. I guess her LBS is giving her a super good deal on this one:

You guys seen this blog? It’s written by the wife of a British dude who says ridiculous things in his sleep. I decided that regardless of whether or not they are making this shit up, it’s still worth reading. Effing hilarious. If it is real, this guy has one hell of a subconscious. Here are some of my favorite sleep talking utterances:

“I want to be a cowboy. I don’t want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!”

“Jump. You can jump with goats. Boy does he jump high. They jump really high.”

“I’d like to tell you what a wonderful person you are. But that would make me a septic gash of a cunt who quite frankly had no concept of right or wrong.”

“Don’t leave the duck there. It’s totally irresponsible. Put it on the swing, it’ll have much more fun.”

“Well if I’m the douchebag, you’re the contents, Titfuck!”

“Look at the size of your bath. I can pee in it and you’d never notice.”

“I’ve got a badger, a dog, a cat, and a sack. Now that I’ve got ‘em you can fuck off. All mine.”

“So this is what it feels like to be a gummy bear… I can’t walk though, I have to rock… I think i’ll call myself BerNARD. Not BERnard. BerNARD. And I’ll be a golden gummy bear.”

I’m off to work on some rust buckets by rubbing aluminum foil on the rims:
Polishing steel

“A simple and inexpensive way to remove rust from and polish steel surfaces by hand is to rub it with aluminium foil dipped in water. The aluminium foil is softer than steel, and will not scratch the surface. As heat is generated by rubbing friction, the aluminium will oxidize to produce aluminium oxide. Aluminium has a higher reduction potential than iron, and will therefore leach oxygen atoms away from any rust on the steel surface. Aluminium oxide is harder than steel, and the microscopic grains of aluminium oxide produced creates a fine metal polishing compound that smoothes the steel surface to a bright shine.”

Have a great Friday everyone!

-L