Archive for March, 2005

Tape

Thursday, March 31st, 2005

I finally got around to wrapping the bars on the Trek. This is my first time ever wrapping a handlebar, and, all things considered, I think I did ok.Here you can see how I mummified half of my 48cm Noodle bars with cloth tape. I ran out of tape partway and had to start another roll. Maybe I’ll wrap the other side tommorow.

Mummified Noodle bar

After the smashing success of Dr. Mudflap, I decided it was time to make one for the Trek. I was too lazy to dig out the Dremel, and I didn’t have any milk jugs handy.

So, I made one out of duct tape.

Ghetto ass mudflap

The weatherman is calling for Monsoon conditions the next few days, so we’ll see how it works.

Trainer Ride

Thursday, March 31st, 2005
I did my thing on the trainer today. I listened to just about an entire episode of LUGradio during the ride.

Elapsed Time: 00:49:45
Max Speed: 21.0mph
Average Speed: 15.6mph
Distance: 13.00 miles

Study Break / Trainer Ride

Tuesday, March 29th, 2005
I took a personal day from work to stay home and study for my discrete math exam. After a few hours my brain started to hurt, and the Lemond was right behind my chair feeling neglected, so I ground off 11 miles as per the plan.Elapsed Time: 00:41:56
Max Speed: 22.2mph
Average Speed: 15.8mph
Distance: 11.04 miles

31 Weeks!

Sunday, March 27th, 2005
Holiday stuff and rain kind of screwed up my weekend rides. I have 2 major exams this week, so I’m not optimisitc. On the bright side, I saw a frog hopping across the road today, so It’s officially spring. School/moving will be over soon, and then there will be no excuses.

I rode 40.64 miles this week, which is better than last week, and better than Klinutus’ 25.21 miles, but still is pretty pathetic.

I commuted to work twice and I rode to the bank once, so that’s about 18 miles worth of Jihad.

The odometer on my car reads 67,271 miles. I’m not sure if this will turn into a useful statistic or not, but I’m going to record it anyway, in case I decide to measure Jihad as a percentage instead of in absolute miles.

Wista gets Fixed

Saturday, March 26th, 2005
Wista is back from the vet. She was spayed, so we don’t have to worry about neighborhood alley cats knocking her up. Not that she’s allowed outside the house anyways.They also found worms. Yuck. Now we have to make another appointment for worm medicine. I’ll get a picture up as soon as she crawls out from under the bed. (Of the cat, not of the worms)
She’s still a little groggy.

Update:

As promised, here is a picture. Both cats seem enthralled by XScreenSaver. It’s not really visible in the picture, but that’s the Apple2 hack.

Cats love screensavers