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  1. Today I wore cutoffs over my favourite Louis Garneau shorts
    so as to have pockets (my jerseys are all hanging up to dry
    after laundering.) Sometimes the fringies on my cutoffs
    tickle, like there's a large, fuzzy or leggy bug crawling
    up my leg.

    Last night was a little chilly, and I was just going to go
    for a short distance, so I took a pair of trousers out of
    the to-do laundry pile and put them on. After a couple of
    kilometers into the ride I felt a strange load in my pants.
    Scary. I steered into the relative privacy of a dark, back
    access lane to see WTH was going on. I eventually found a
    spot where my movements didn't trip somebody's automatic
    security light. It was just a balled-up pair of socks that
    somehow got stuffed down the trouser leg. Whew!

    Much of this afternoon was lightly drizzly -- the kind
    you can feel, but it doesn't make anything wet. I just
    luvs the coolness that a light sprinkle brings on a
    sultry[ish] day.

    Now that Friday afternoon's rush hour is upon us, the
    precip is slowly intensifying. I expect the streets
    will get pretty slick, perhaps leading to more than
    the usual share of traffic collisions. Especially
    since the streets have been dry for so long. So I'm
    gonna lie low until the rush hour traffic subsides.

    Maybe after dark I'll go on a blinkie-hunting ride.
    Riding in the cool night air is often inspiring, and
    sometimes lucrative. I know some good spots with
    rough pavement that'll shake all kinds of stuff off
    a bike.

    cheers,
    Tom

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  2. Fri, 13 May 2005 16:07:37 -0700, <[email hidden]>,

    (Tom Keats) said:

    Now that Friday afternoon's rush hour is upon us, the
    precip is slowly intensifying. I expect the streets
    will get pretty slick, perhaps leading to more than
    the usual share of traffic collisions. Especially
    since the streets have been dry for so long. So I'm
    gonna lie low until the rush hour traffic subsides.

    A HandyDart hauled my gibbled self to Science World for the start of
    the MC3 ride at 18:30.

    I wanted make the effort to be with some of the people who had visited
    and been mindful of my needs over this past month.

    The stationary bike has acquired bar-ends and 80 extra kms. It is
    boring but the blood circulation in that leg feels improved after a
    cycling session. Foot and ankle are still bloated but the leg is
    starting to stretch out again. Weird muscle spasms relaxing at night.
    I'm off pain medication. Pain is rarely bothersome for long.
    --
    zk

  3. "Tom Keats" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Today I wore cutoffs over my favourite Louis Garneau shorts
    so as to have pockets (my jerseys are all hanging up to dry
    after laundering.) Sometimes the fringies on my cutoffs
    tickle, like there's a large, fuzzy or leggy bug crawling
    up my leg.

    Last night was a little chilly, and I was just going to go
    for a short distance, so I took a pair of trousers out of
    the to-do laundry pile and put them on. After a couple of
    kilometers into the ride I felt a strange load in my pants.
    Scary. I steered into the relative privacy of a dark, back
    access lane to see WTH was going on. I eventually found a
    spot where my movements didn't trip somebody's automatic
    security light. It was just a balled-up pair of socks that
    somehow got stuffed down the trouser leg. Whew!

    Much of this afternoon was lightly drizzly -- the kind
    you can feel, but it doesn't make anything wet. I just
    luvs the coolness that a light sprinkle brings on a
    sultry[ish] day.

    Now that Friday afternoon's rush hour is upon us, the
    precip is slowly intensifying. I expect the streets
    will get pretty slick, perhaps leading to more than
    the usual share of traffic collisions. Especially
    since the streets have been dry for so long. So I'm
    gonna lie low until the rush hour traffic subsides.

    Maybe after dark I'll go on a blinkie-hunting ride.
    Riding in the cool night air is often inspiring, and
    sometimes lucrative. I know some good spots with
    rough pavement that'll shake all kinds of stuff off
    a bike.


    Very amusing post! I am still laughing. "luctrative"? spare parts hunting? I
    have never thought about that, but I doubt that I will find what I am
    looking for. A new bike!

    Ken

    Quoted message said:

    cheers,
    Tom

    --
    -- Nothing is safe from me.
    Above address is just a spam midden.
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  4. Tom Keats said:


    Today I wore cutoffs over my favourite Louis Garneau shorts
    so as to have pockets (my jerseys are all hanging up to dry
    after laundering.) Sometimes the fringies on my cutoffs
    tickle, like there's a large, fuzzy or leggy bug crawling
    up my leg.

    Last night was a little chilly, and I was just going to go
    for a short distance, so I took a pair of trousers out of
    the to-do laundry pile and put them on. After a couple of
    kilometers into the ride I felt a strange load in my pants.
    Scary. I steered into the relative privacy of a dark, back
    access lane to see WTH was going on. I eventually found a
    spot where my movements didn't trip somebody's automatic
    security light. It was just a balled-up pair of socks that
    somehow got stuffed down the trouser leg. Whew!

    Much of this afternoon was lightly drizzly -- the kind
    you can feel, but it doesn't make anything wet. I just
    luvs the coolness that a light sprinkle brings on a
    sultry[ish] day.

    Now that Friday afternoon's rush hour is upon us, the
    precip is slowly intensifying. I expect the streets
    will get pretty slick, perhaps leading to more than
    the usual share of traffic collisions. Especially
    since the streets have been dry for so long. So I'm
    gonna lie low until the rush hour traffic subsides.

    Maybe after dark I'll go on a blinkie-hunting ride.
    Riding in the cool night air is often inspiring, and
    sometimes lucrative. I know some good spots with
    rough pavement that'll shake all kinds of stuff off
    a bike.

    cheers,
    Tom

    How do you put up with the post-riding-in-the-wet drying/cleaning/lubing hassle?

    Up until this spring I rode no matter what the weather and dried/cleaned/lubed
    only once a week. When I finally noticed (duh!) what an awful beating the bike
    was taking I stopped riding in wet.

    Michael "fair weather" C.

  5. "Tom Keats" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    In article <[email hidden]>,

    Zoot Katz said:

    Fri, 13 May 2005 16:07:37 -0700, <[email hidden]>,
    [email hidden] (Tom Keats) wrote:

    Quoted message said:

    IIRC there's some herb (I think one of those whose name ends
    with 'wort'😉 that's reputed to facilitate bone-fracture healing.
    I dunno about its efficacy, though.

    You mean comfrey? I think it's also known as "blackwort".

    --
    Warm Regards,

    Claire Petersky

    Personal page: http://www.geocities.com/cpetersky/
    See the books I've set free at:
    http://bookcrossing.com/referral/Cpetersky

  6. Quoted message said:

    How do you put up with the post-riding-in-the-wet


    drying/cleaning/lubing >hassle?

    Quoted message said:


    Up until this spring I rode no matter what the weather and
    dried/cleaned/lubed only once a week. When I finally noticed (duh!)


    what >an awful beating the >bike was taking I stopped riding in wet.

    Quoted message said:


    Michael "fair weather" C.

    http://www.icebike.org/Equipment/maintenance.htm
    Here I would like to recommend waxing the bike, with regular car wax.
    This makes the frame much easier to clean after a winter ride covers
    the entire bike with gunk, grit, and salt. The wax makes it difficult
    for stuff to cling and easier to wash or brush it off.

  7. In article <[email hidden]>,

    Zoot Katz said:

    Fri, 13 May 2005 16:07:37 -0700, <[email hidden]>,

    (Tom Keats) said:

    Now that Friday afternoon's rush hour is upon us, the
    precip is slowly intensifying. I expect the streets
    will get pretty slick, perhaps leading to more than
    the usual share of traffic collisions. Especially
    since the streets have been dry for so long. So I'm
    gonna lie low until the rush hour traffic subsides.

    A HandyDart hauled my gibbled self to Science World for the start of
    the MC3 ride at 18:30.

    I wanted make the effort to be with some of the people who had visited
    and been mindful of my needs over this past month.

    The stationary bike has acquired bar-ends and 80 extra kms. It is
    boring but the blood circulation in that leg feels improved after a
    cycling session. Foot and ankle are still bloated but the leg is
    starting to stretch out again. Weird muscle spasms relaxing at night.
    I'm off pain medication. Pain is rarely bothersome for long.

    I'm glad you're getting out & about, and getting the chance
    to do some pedaling. Now all we gotta get to, is putting
    the two together <grin>. I hope you'll be back awheel in
    time for at least the more interesting Bike Month events in
    June. All in good time. Keep healin'.

    IIRC there's some herb (I think one of those whose name ends
    with 'wort'😉 that's reputed to facilitate bone-fracture healing.
    I dunno about its efficacy, though.

    cheers,
    Tom

    --
    -- Nothing is safe from me.
    Above address is just a spam midden.
    I'm really at: tkeats [curlicue] vcn [point] bc [point] ca

  8. In article <[email hidden]>,

    Ken said:

    Very amusing post! I am still laughing. "luctrative"? spare parts hunting? I
    have never thought about that, but I doubt that I will find what I am
    looking for. A new bike!

    I've found some of those, too. Well, not /brand new/.
    My current main ride is such an acquisition. Its state
    when I found it included 1 non-drive-side rear wheel
    spoke which somebody un-did and bent around. And the
    chain was threaded in an impossibly weird way through
    the rear der. It was also lacking a saddle and rear
    shifter and front brake inner cables.

    Today I rode past an abandoned StairMaster type excercise
    machine, but I shined it on. I wouldn't mind getting a
    free BowFlex, just 'cuz I wanna see if I can modify one
    to shoot harpoons.

    I've been finding lots of AAA cells lately. Most of them
    still have a good charge. Suits me fine, because while
    I don't mind buying AAs, for some reason I find paying
    good money for AAAs odious.

    cheers,
    Tom

    --
    -- Nothing is safe from me.
    Above address is just a spam midden.
    I'm really at: tkeats [curlicue] vcn [point] bc [point] ca

  9. In article <[email hidden]>,

    Michael said:

    How do you put up with the post-riding-in-the-wet drying/cleaning/lubing hassle?

    Up until this spring I rode no matter what the weather and dried/cleaned/lubed
    only once a week. When I finally noticed (duh!) what an awful beating the bike
    was taking I stopped riding in wet.

    I guess Vancouver bikes are tough :-)

    Actually, I think I replace brake pads more frequently
    than I would in a more arid climate. I don't want
    gritty pads prematurely wearing my rims down, and pads
    are cheaper and easier to replace than rims.

    And I do my own bearing overhauls and wheel truing.
    Wheel bearings in March and September. Bottom bracket
    in March, September and December. Headset when it
    seems like it's about time for it (maybe every couple
    of years, or longer.)

    Fenders help a lot.

    cheers,
    Tom

    --
    -- Nothing is safe from me.
    Above address is just a spam midden.
    I'm really at: tkeats [curlicue] vcn [point] bc [point] ca

  10. Sun, 15 May 2005 17:44:56 +0930,
    <[email hidden]>, "Claire Petersky"

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    IIRC there's some herb (I think one of those whose name ends
    with 'wort'😉 that's reputed to facilitate bone-fracture healing.
    I dunno about its efficacy, though.

    You mean comfrey? I think it's also known as "blackwort".

    Apparently aka "knitbone".
    --
    zk

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