friction shifting big fat gradation control knobs on each thumb on a continuum moving this way or that if you want your coffee black or a bit more black or blacker still shifting is overrated the easier it is the more you’ll do it the more you do it the more you depend on it get used to it expect it reach for it every day every minute every time you’re bored or lonely or hungry or horny like smart phones make you stupid and facebook makes you ask me about my learned helplessness Sheldon Brown would say dig a little deeper and push the gear you’re in just over that next hill I say cheers Sheldon Brown I say if you’re cold put on a fucking sweater merino wool of course if you’re hot take the sweater off not everyone can ride around in climate controlled bullet proof pope mobiles full-on seven cogs nestled up against a cassette spacer on a 8-9-10-11 speed freehub body frictioned out like notes on a trombone more than enough to play a tune in town with a 50-34 up front to pull a kid in a trailer or loads of shit in a backpack daydreaming pushing Crocs up any old hill in the 98122 this here is a first day photo op for my newest pink Trippy Grips because they’ll never ever be this clean again unless they stay indoors like their blue cousin seen below the carpet never matched the drapes but the kegerator matches the cargo bike on your left
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