Get on your fixed gear bicycle and ride!

I still feel that varable gears are only for people over forty-five. Isn't it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailer? We are getting soft...As for me, give me a fixed gear! --Henri Desgrange, L'Équipe article of 1902

Sunday, April 22, 2007

Random

Simmons stopped by the shop and I installed some fenders and a second layer of bar tape on the Poprad for him....my hands are still a little numb from pulling and wrapping that tape......looks good if I do say so myself, he said he'll post some pics..........I installed the origin8 (on-one mary handlebar copy) on the old monocog 29er, I'm liking them!!! I should finally have the new steel flight monocog 29er later this week.

I interviewed with local schools last Thursday, I find out where I'll be teaching this week sometime.....really dislike playing the waiting game.

GF/EGF is celebrating recovery from the 'Flood of 1997'....there was an AWESOME fireworks show Friday evening, tonight, Sunday the 22nd, there is a rib feed for the first 8,000 people, as well as a free concert by Los Lobos following, should be fun!

Friday, April 13, 2007

Gotta LOVE spring time

I haven't updated for quite some time.....Kim and I had fun visiting Winnipeg a couple of weekends ago, we checked out the WAG and The Forks; if you are in town and want a great meal go eat at the Bistro Dansk. April 6th we went and watched the Blue Man Group How to be a Megastar 2.0 in Fargo, fun visuals, highly recommend catching one of their shows. Mike Relm opened the show. He was using the turntable and synced Napoleon Dynamite's dance scene to AC/DC's Back in Black, it was excellent!! Also, the Drew's Office Space "O face" remix was hilarious!!! When the show was over we checked out Dempsey's Irish Pub downtown on Broadway; nice place to hang out, listen to some music and attempt some Riverdance.

Oh, and today I interviewed for the resident teacher program at UND and was accepted! So, while taking grad classes for the next year I'll be a practicing Special Education teacher. The lucky school will be chosen on April 19th. I'm gonna be all interviewed out after next week!

I'm trying to decide between the new Monocog Flight 29er frame, or the purty brown of the plain jane Monocog 29er....suggestions/votes anyone?