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Build a bike or just buy one?
I want to get a better road bike eventually but I am on the bubble about buying the components and putting it together myself or just buying one from a bike shop. The cheap and easy way out would be the latter option. You can get a complete bike for far less than if you buy all the components yourself and assemble it. Plus, you have to buy a few specialized tools to get it done right.
But if you buy a complete bike and decide to upgrade parts anyways, or you have a very specific idea of the parts you want on your bike, buying the complete bike could be less cost effective. I know I don't really need a carbon fiber frame, but most bike companies don't spec their aluminum bikes with higher grade components. I'll just have to keep thinking about it I guess.
September 23, 2009 at 01:42 AM
Bronchial Infection
I have had bronchitis for the last week. It has been kicking my butt. It's making it very hard to get enough rest at night. It seems like as soon as I lay down, I have coughing fits. I'm definitely on the upswing of this illness, but I just want it to go away. I want to sleep and breath normally again.
September 13, 2009 at 02:45 AM
Unemployed
Well, in case you didn't hear about it, I quit my job over at Target. What's my new job? I don't know yet. I'll probably just get another retail joe job as a mean time, but I don't know what I want to do for a living just yet. I have been selling Legos on BrickLink for several months. It's good for a few extra bones every month, but it hasn't reached critical mass where I could actually pay the mortgage. I am interested in so many different things that it is hard to focus on just any one. I like bicycles, architecture, graphic design, warehouse organization (I know it's weird, but I really like doing that), interior design, Lego, landscaping, cars, or whatever else strikes my fancy at the moment. On which one should I focus?
September 8, 2009 at 09:22 PM
Car Pin Stripe Removal
I finally got around to removing the pin striping from my LeSabre. It was really easy. The pin striping was the decal kind so I just waited for a sunny day when my car was sitting out in the sun, and pealed it off like masking tape. I peeled it slowly just to make sure I didn't peel up any paint either. It came up very easily but most of the adhesive was still stuck to the car. To remove the adhesive, I just used Turtle Wax Bug and Tar remover. That's it. Since I have such a light car (silver), there were no problems with paint fading. It looks like it never had pin striping. The reason I'm posting this is that I thought pin stripe removal would be difficult and potentially damage my paint. It did not and as long as you pull the pin striping up slowly and on a warm day, you shouldn't have any issues.
July 9, 2009 at 09:36 PM
Energy Drinks
I think I have become addicted to energy drinks. I can't seem to get out of my morning funk unless I have 16-32 oz. of the stuff. It's expensive too. The drinks I like are always $.50-$1.00 more expensive than pop or Gatorade. They also crank my blood pressure up later in the day. I'll be sitting in front of the computer hours after I have had the drink and my ears and face will get hot. Drinking these isn't the worst thing I could be doing, but it's certainly not the best thing either.