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FLICKR FRIDAY - GT FINAL
The GT Pulse might be the only other aluminum frame I would consider trading my bike for. I’m a sucker for the trip-tri.

(via RASkut)

A funny thing happened today. I was doing the daily blog crawl (photo news, cat videos, track bikes, cat videos, celeb nip-slips, cat videos and so on) and ran into a picture of my bike. I’ve been BLOG SNIPED! haha

I guess it’s a testament to how dead this blog is; strangers are now picking up the pieces. It almost leaves me longing for the days of unemployment (read: lack of a job, not government cheese). Van Nuys, 105 degrees, no AC, nothing but time. The Boss said it best, glory days. Seriously though, on the depressing scale Van Nuys, CA ranks a close second after Genoa, Colorado. That place will blow your mind.

To abbreviate the blog I had planned on posting here… sometime in the distant future:

For whatever reason Americans (Angelinos especially) view bikes are disposable, a childs stepping stone to maturity. You learn to ride it and then leave it in favor of a car, or a bus pass.

I was lucky enough to grow up in a small town. The roads were relatively untraveled (compared to L.A.) so the kids all had bikes. At thirteen there was no greater freedom than getting the crew together and riding BMX bikes ten miles into town just to see what was happening.

Riding bikes is fun, fast, and healty for you and the environment. Not to mention it’s easily the best way to explore a city. In my mind there are only two reasons for not riding a bike, at least recreationally. You are either too scared, or too lazy.

Why aren’t you riding a bike?

Come tax time, unless I can find a way to deduct it, I’m gonna REALLY wish I hadn’t sunk so much money into this bike. Cycling can become a sickness. But it’s such a great sickness to have.

Thanks for the props cycleangelo.

(Source: cycleangelo)

Posted October 15, 2010 at 2:18pm in slow day at work blogging again stranger danger || home