100 Things I Did This Morning Before 8:30 a.m.

Wake up Get up Go to the bathroom Check gmail Post response to comments on wildbell.com from friends Mr. Rollers and Manny Post another retort to latest deathless bike-hating troll here on YouTube Check cnn.com; read various stories Get a cup of coffee Drink it Assemble and plug in new cordless portable WaterPik (required 16-hour …

Missed It By That Much

Agh. While my trip to the Bike Kitchen tonight was entirely excellent in that with the excellent assistance of the supervising cook the crown race on the fork got set (the crown race is the little ring that the bottom headset bearings roll on) and so did the top and bottom headset cups. The only …

Dramatic License

In the wake of the recent uptick in citations being issued to cyclists on unregistered bikes, my Giant OCR roadie is now legal. After work yesterday I rode it over to LAPD Central Division on 6th Street and Maple in the heart of downtown’s skid row — the only police station* in the entire city …