What are you doing up, man?rjhudsonSeptember 27 2006, 07:56:28 UTC
Naw, The Bike Kitchen must be across the bridge. Properly speaking, we're not in San Francisco. We're in the East Bay Area, I guess. Cindy, after picking the bike up, actually missed an exit and wound up over the bay, in the city. An hour and a half, gone forever. . .
As far as bike maintenance goes, maybe I have some basic knowledge. I don't know really. Cindy is somewhat of a bike collector, and she's very knowledgeable about makes and models and so on. . .
Fuck!
Actually, one of the first things we ever did with one another was break down her 1974 Schwinn Bantam, fucking polish it, retool it, and get it nice and sweet looking. It had spent a lot of time outdoors and was looking pretty weathered. We went over the chrome with WD-40 and scouring pads. We even shined the coil! We had taken the whole thing apart in my basement. For about two weeks, this bike was spread out over this sheet. That bike looked bad as Hell, when we were through. (Although, she got sloppy one winter and its condition reverted to the rusted out piece that we'd initially worked on.)
So, through her, I guess I must've learned a few things. Otherwise, she'll probably keep an eye on it for me. I know I'm supposed to oil it up six times a year.
I've given some thought to tricking the fucker out (a couple fenders, some chrome, maybe, this and that) but the rate of bike thefts is so high. . . I dunno. I plan on keeping it locked up and saying my prayers.
Why, what's on your mind?
Oh, yeah, what're RSI problems? How do I wanna keep my wrists?
Re: What are you doing up, man?hal0nSeptember 27 2006, 09:19:09 UTC
heh, i'm always up at 4 am... when else would i write a physics paper..
RSI is repetitive stress injuries. the most widely publicised is carpal tunnel. road bike geometry is such that it places a large amount of weight on the hands and there is a lot of high frequency low impact vibration from the front tire transmitted through the bars. so, it's prety important to keep your wrists straight..
the pic on the left is the thing to avoid. since the wrist is bent, all of the forces (upward vibration through normal force, and downward force of the body weight, etc) act against each other at that point instead of being transmitted through the rest of the body.
As far as bike maintenance goes, maybe I have some basic knowledge. I don't know really. Cindy is somewhat of a bike collector, and she's very knowledgeable about makes and models and so on. . .
Fuck!
Actually, one of the first things we ever did with one another was break down her 1974 Schwinn Bantam, fucking polish it, retool it, and get it nice and sweet looking. It had spent a lot of time outdoors and was looking pretty weathered. We went over the chrome with WD-40 and scouring pads. We even shined the coil! We had taken the whole thing apart in my basement. For about two weeks, this bike was spread out over this sheet. That bike looked bad as Hell, when we were through. (Although, she got sloppy one winter and its condition reverted to the rusted out piece that we'd initially worked on.)
So, through her, I guess I must've learned a few things. Otherwise, she'll probably keep an eye on it for me. I know I'm supposed to oil it up six times a year.
I've given some thought to tricking the fucker out (a couple fenders, some chrome, maybe, this and that) but the rate of bike thefts is so high. . . I dunno. I plan on keeping it locked up and saying my prayers.
Why, what's on your mind?
Oh, yeah, what're RSI problems? How do I wanna keep my wrists?
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RSI is repetitive stress injuries. the most widely publicised is carpal tunnel. road bike geometry is such that it places a large amount of weight on the hands and there is a lot of high frequency low impact vibration from the front tire transmitted through the bars. so, it's prety important to keep your wrists straight..
the pic on the left is the thing to avoid. since the wrist is bent, all of the forces (upward vibration through normal force, and downward force of the body weight, etc) act against each other at that point instead of being transmitted through the rest of the body.
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