what was that? is that all there is? who is this? this is it.

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adopt a storm drain

October 26, 2010

someday a real rain will come
and silence a neglected drive train

drown it out with water    or whatever
or just take the earbud volume  a bit higher

as if ignoring it       will make it go away     
stodgy mechanics and creeping decay

it’s a few zip codes removed 
from the Zen master way

but as you know        it’s hard
to quiet the mind and get to work on time

in dark October predawn rides
on janky worn out bike parts

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white cable housing said...

I'm so Mario Cipollini ago

Posted October 26, 2010 07:58 PM | Reply to this comment

old man said...

I'll never cease to be amazed that you run a 1X7 or 1X8 setup or whatever without a chain guide of some sort up front..must work though I suppose, else it wouldn't be there.

Posted October 27, 2010 08:47 PM | Reply to this comment

old man said...

I'll never cease to be amazed that you run a 1X7 or 1X8 setup or whatever without a chain guide of some sort up front..must work though I suppose, else it wouldn't be there.

Posted October 27, 2010 08:47 PM | Reply to this comment

pilder replied to old man...

it works, or it worked well enough (that's an old picture, and now I'm all single speeds at least in this zip code). The occasional dropped chain keeps you on your toes or on your face. A little wake up call once in while, a tangible reminder of the good old days when chain tension was proper and cassettes were as new as the chainrings and there was no double sharkfin flip flopping. But most of the time I was just riding slowly on the sidewalk between 1111 and 1201.

Posted October 27, 2010 10:03 PM | Reply to this comment

Ate-ee-juan forest said...

Hey man, Randy says we need to stop runnin this thing like a social program and start runnin it like a business. There's just no fuckin allegiance with you guys.

Posted October 29, 2010 12:46 AM | Reply to this comment

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