The piercing seems like it's healing really well. But once in a while, I catch it with a comb or something and it becomes immediately clear that healing well is not healed. Ow ow ow!

I'm trying to get myself looking nice to bring my bike to the shop. The last time I had it in, they said that the headset bearings couldn't be fully secured correctly ( Read more... )

I'd decided I was going to use Testors enamel paints for the stripes on my bike. I took Miriam to school today and ran some errands, including a trip to Michael's to get a brush and possibly paint thinner (unless buying mineral spirits at a hardware store turned out to be cheaper).

But while I was there, I saw that their permanent indoor/outdoor ( Read more... )

Someone on the Facebook Solitary Cycling community made a post asking the people who are "still" using manual gear shifting instead of electronic systems why they are doing so. This person does not seem to occupy the same existence I do, or even a neighboring one. I did not leave my answer, which is that my bike is 24 years old and those systems ( Read more... )

I got my bike set up on the trainer today and watched two episodes of Bloom into You while pedaling. That worked pretty well, except that, as I realized after finishing, I sweated so much that there were puddles on the floor. I'll have to get a mat or something for this. And a fan for some breeze would be nice! But putting the bike on and off the ( Read more... )

I had a sticker on my bike helmet reading "I don't have a gender I have anxiety." I really loved that sticker: it became my favorite one on my helmet. But I've realized that I do have a gender, and, in fact, I always did. It just took a long time to figure that out. So it's time for that one to go. But I'm preserving it on a piece of paper to go in ( Read more... )

I'm trying to figure out if there are TVs that let you turn off upscaling completely. This would mean that, if you are watching a SD source on a 1080 TV, you'd have black bars around the edges. Similarly with a 1080 source on a 4K TV. Most people talking about these things online seem to think that that's such a ridiculous thing that nobody would ( Read more... )

So my bike is back home with a new derailleur that isn't black! They also used the blue casing that I'd bought to do the work myself so there are two more things that aren't black! I would have liked pink casing, but the only stuff I could find is made by Jagwire and is pricy. They adjusted the headset bearing for me but couldn't completely remove ( Read more... )

My favorite bike, Longing, is finally here with me in Canada. It's not exactly like seeing an old friend after years of absence, but I have an appreciation for the simile ( Read more... )

We asked whether there is bike parking at the apartment buildings we're looking at renting in in Regina. "We don't typically put out bike racks," said the rep.

I've only lived in the Netherlands for a bit over a year, and I haven't even done much biking around, but I'm already so used to the bike culture here that that response feels really weird to ( Read more... )

I went out on Endurance, my Gazelle bicycle, this morning and rode around the edge of a recreational area called Het Twiske. It's full of cows, canals, little farms, bike paths, bird watching areas, people and their dogs, and more. It was a nice ride; I'll probably do it again now and then.