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Don't really have anything to essay about, so instead just going to journal.
( content warning for mentions of food and COVID-19-adjacent matters )
We've been kinda aware for a while that we will sometimes encounter a thing and want to talk about it with a specific online friend group. Like, "huh - we'd want to CW this if we posted it on fedi, and it feels a little too blunt for the friend of ours on IRC, but it might be appreciated by the folx on this Discord server! Probably not that other Discord group DM we're in, though."
...but in this particular case, that particular Discord has a dedicated channel for politics talk and it obviously belongs in that channel - and we have that channel muted, because the conversations happening there drive our stress through the roof. And we don't really want to drive-by with it.
Anyway, have a comic about living in Seattle during the present police riots.
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This morning I thought I might ride out the trail again, and I pulled a bike out from under the tarp. I had been riding my three-speed, but I'd busted up the rim (quite a while ago, actually), and it's not a good idea to ride on dented rims.
That said, it is entirely impossible to ride with a frozen bike chain. Fortunately, I had most of a jar of bike lube and an extra-large dose of TLC* to apply, and after well over three hours, the bike was in rideable condition, and I took it out to the trail to run down to Bethesda to buy some ice cream** and a new wireless hub.
More than one person told me that the bike looked like it was in great shape, so I must have done something right. :)
(Sadly, one of the sprockets on the rear derailleur is missing one or more teeth, so I may not get away without spending some money.)
Anyway, it was quite an experience. First, this bike is very much a road bike - it bogged down in gravel quite badly. Second, it's a ten-speed with a very funky derailleur system, so I had the devil's own time getting away from fifth gear for uphills and slow starts. Third, the controls are arranged quite differently (drop handlebars, down tube shifters), which left me quite nervous and timid. Third, I'm not really fit enough to take the bike to where it should go - I was struggling to keep it moving and moving in the right direction, even.
But it was pretty good, nonetheless. Tomorrow, I'll take out the other rust monster and see how I can make it run.
* TLC = Tender Loving Care. With a pair of pliers and a lot of sweating, I must say.
** Sadly, the ice cream shop (Giffords) was closed when I went by, so I ended up buying a Dunkin' Donuts iced tea and bagel.
That said, it is entirely impossible to ride with a frozen bike chain. Fortunately, I had most of a jar of bike lube and an extra-large dose of TLC* to apply, and after well over three hours, the bike was in rideable condition, and I took it out to the trail to run down to Bethesda to buy some ice cream** and a new wireless hub.
More than one person told me that the bike looked like it was in great shape, so I must have done something right. :)
(Sadly, one of the sprockets on the rear derailleur is missing one or more teeth, so I may not get away without spending some money.)
Anyway, it was quite an experience. First, this bike is very much a road bike - it bogged down in gravel quite badly. Second, it's a ten-speed with a very funky derailleur system, so I had the devil's own time getting away from fifth gear for uphills and slow starts. Third, the controls are arranged quite differently (drop handlebars, down tube shifters), which left me quite nervous and timid. Third, I'm not really fit enough to take the bike to where it should go - I was struggling to keep it moving and moving in the right direction, even.
But it was pretty good, nonetheless. Tomorrow, I'll take out the other rust monster and see how I can make it run.
* TLC = Tender Loving Care. With a pair of pliers and a lot of sweating, I must say.
** Sadly, the ice cream shop (Giffords) was closed when I went by, so I ended up buying a Dunkin' Donuts iced tea and bagel.
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Have you ever been scrolling through your old Livejournal entries and hit one that made you just go, "what the bleep "?
It was a gorgeous day today - ~15 °C, clear, calm - so this afternoon I went on a walk! The general idea was to scout out the potential bike-to-school path, which is south on Sligo Creek Trail, then north on Northwest Branch, so I walked to and about a mile down the former before I turned around.
On the way back, I timed myself over the "1.0 mile" between the two road crossings. From which, I calculated that xkcd was right about the velocity of a walking pace (except that 1.5 m/s is 6 kph - but I walk briskly). And also determined that 1 km ≅ 0.622 miles, which is almost correct.
Go me!
On the way back, I timed myself over the "1.0 mile" between the two road crossings. From which, I calculated that xkcd was right about the velocity of a walking pace (except that 1.5 m/s is 6 kph - but I walk briskly). And also determined that 1 km ≅ 0.622 miles, which is almost correct.
Go me!
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