Gifford Pinchot – Feb. 2005 Early Tuesday morning last week, my father passed away at the age of 76. He was an army veteran, machinist and toolmaker by trade. In his spare time he was a master woodworker, gunsmith, marksman, photographer, astronomist, birdwatcher, cook, … and eternally curious student. He loved to work, loved to [...]

While prepping for the Rando ride this month I took the time to make a script which numbers waypoints and splits track segments into chunks that the Garmin Etrex Vista can handle without truncating them. It’s rudimentary, but if it helps someone get over the hurdle of converting exported Bikely .gpx files with cues into [...]

Got a few lunch rides in this week, but I was out of town all weekend, so nothing to report there. Trying to pick up just a few more miles this week to get me on par with last year at this time.

Boring stuffs. I got out for my weekly ride to the store. This week I was watching some drips form under the kitchen sink. After I got back from the short loop grocery store ride I did some exploratory surgery by taking apart the p-trap and finding out what I needed to replace. Then I [...]

Down 3.8lbs for the week. – Good Another 10mile-to-the-store on Saturday ride. – Ok. Off to the relatives for a good time at Easter – and 3.8lbs o’ candy. – Mmmmeh. One of my desires has been to get out in the morning at the pre-dawn hour to take photos when the world is quiet [...]

My wife said she needed some things from the grocery store, so I forced myself to wake up for a change and go outside. Threw on the panniers and did the ‘feeble-figure-8′ which consists of a loop around the art museum, up Roland and back again. Just under 10 miles at a decent average. Gotta [...]

25 minutes with some metal polish from VO and a felt cone attached to a moto tool. The old STX cranks look better than they ever have. I lost my before pic, so no before/after. Test commute with the new headset, cleaned up drivetrain, tuned up brakes, and Nashbar Half-Clips. Pretty smooth, pretty smooth. I [...]

For those of you who don’t follow the Surly… Skip’s Tips

Day 2: I was up around dawn and out for a hike to the store, for photos, and a gallon of milk. No one had been up the street with a plow yet. The closer to the main roads I got the more traveled it looked. Roland Ave, usually a hotbed of activity. I made [...]

I rolled into work this morning and removed my headlamp as I always do because 1. I don’t want some kid yanking it and 2. Rechargeable batteries don’t like sitting out in the cold. In retrospect, it would probably have been better for me to just leave it on my bike rather than bring it [...]