Remember that scene in Richard Linklater's 1993 masterpiece Dazed and Confused when the school year finally ends in anonymous town Texas in 1976? You know, the final bell rings, kids throw their books at their teachers, paper suddenly blasts off into the air as if struck by two sticks of dynamite, the school doors stay ajar as moppy-haired kids wearing polo shirts and bell bottoms leap and scream in delight at the potential of freedom provided by three months off for summer break. Remember that? Well, that's not at all what it's actually like.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
February Lynskey Helix OS Special at The Bike Center
The top of the line Helix OS racing frameset made by titanium specialist Lynskey (and the frame of choice of yours truly) is on sale this month at Middlebury, Vermont's, The Bike Center! Normally $4195 gets you just the OS frame in bare satin finish, but with this special pricing you get a hand-brushed frame, and Enve (formerly Edge) 2.0 fork, and a 100 ZS 44mm headset. Click here for details
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Still Kickin'
25 degrees here, a couple of fluffy inches there, what color wax do I use on my skate skis today? All fitting observations for a motivated cyclist in training, right? Eh, no. Okay. My first race is a good four months away and honestly, I'm thinking more about report cards due in late January and how I'm going to explain the dog vomit spewed into my car's rear seat latch mechanism by my otherwise healthy, happy and beautiful dog, Ellie. Winter has been in and out so far this year, like many recent years. And, like many recent years, it has me regretting not buying a Prius one day and opting for the V6 whatever the next. Okay, no, I'm not that shortsighted. It is almost debilitatingly frustrating when you ski in 22" of snow one day and then three days later it's rainy and 75% gone. Add to that that you have to drive back from vacation to go be a teacher again and, arrgh, I swear I had thoughts of driving straight into one of many endless groves of spruce trees and ending it all. But I digress....
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