I DIDN'T Ride My Bike Today, Cuzz....

Herz, there's a section on the left side of the pic where you could have dropped in, no problem. You brought your bike, right?

 

Kids were lazy in the morning, then the theater added another showing of Last Jedi, so what can you do...

 

It was too windy for me.

 

Yep. Mmhmm....

 

I surfed.

 

I haven't ridden my bike in a month due to Pateller Tendinopathy (extreme tendinitus) in my right knee. I'm getting pretty pissed about it at this point. Hopefully I can get back to pedaling soon (within the next month +/-)

 

Saturday night, I rode the Streetcar up Canal to Carrolton to City Park and got lost. Eventually found my way back to the streetcar and back down to Canal and Chartres. At 11pm. With my wife and daughter. My streetcar should have been named Desire....or Stella.

I rode on a couple of 737s today and I am back in the OC.

 

-The local bike shop called after rebuilding my dropper and said my frame is cracked at the headset. I'll find out how bad the crack is later today when I pick it up. I'm second owner so no warranty from Santa Cruz.

 

Ouch... Sorry to hear that. I understand the logic behind non-transferrable warranties. It still sucks, though...

 

True.....but sometime they will offer a crash replacement at a discount.

 

I called and Santa Cruz is looking for a frame for me in their new warehouse. Their computer system showed that they had a black frame and will cost around $ 450.00 and or possibly a blemished frame for cheaper but they have to find it first- I saw my bike today and it has cracks on the very front of the frame around the headset collars just in 2 places top and bottom. They look like stress cracks that run about 1/4 inch. Not that bad to my eyes- They held back completing the remaining work I had authorized so I asked them to finish and I will pick up tomorrow. They offered me a Demo bike which I turned down for now. I still have yet to install that fancy DVO shock. Hardware showed up yesterday. Doh! What to do? New bike? Or keep running this one and keep a tube of epoxy in my back pocket. I'll be back on the trail Friday and will keep an eye on the cracks.

 

Get rid of that frame. I don’t even want to think of the possible consequences of a head tube failure

 

Ouch! That sucks. Best of luck for a remedy.

Remember, any sudden failure of a front end part could yield horrible consequences.

 

I agree with these guys.

 

It will be replaced with a new frame soon. Thanks-

 

Carbon is strong... Until it's not!

I wouldn't ride it...

 

I may as well post here now. Off to deliver the rest of Christmas.

 

Santa Ed! You shoulda worn a big white beard.

 

Drivers are not allowed to have beards.

 

I ran 6 miles of hills down by the ocean this morning. Was definitely chilly! My running shorts / short-sleeve shirt didn't seem like they were going to be enough... until I finished my first mile of climbing... at which point I was sweating buckets. I drove home with all the windows of my car open

Days like this remind me why I like California. I used to run in December and January in Chicago but I can assure you it was a different experience altogether. It's why I like riding hills so much - it feels effortless compared to running in a Chicago winter

Merry Christmas to all!

 

Was supposed to ride this afternoon with @horsebikerider ...but then I got a call that my help was needed assembling my niece's Xmas present. So instead of riding I spent the afternoon building a trampoline....then testing it out.

 

Trampolines are a blast and they make you laugh.

 

How big was it and how hard was it to assemble? I delivered several of those over the past couple of weeks. Each one consisted of three big heavy boxes with a lot of parts!

 

It was 1 box.....weighed a ton. 14' round from Walmart. It wasn't difficult.....if the guy reading the directions read them correctly.

 

This is literally one of the best segments of television ever.

 

This one gesture almost makes up for years of shaky fathering!

Lisa is a genius!

 

That's a perfectly cromulent statement.

 

I rode that ride it is pretty fun, also did the Vieux Carre, Actually I started by Esplanade. St Charles to Carrolton is great, good pavement, giant oaks keeps you in the shade most of the way.
Happy lassie faire in the Vieux Carre trails

 

In the emergency room with the wife from 12:30 this am to 5:00 am. Bronchitis/asthma, pretty bad. Coughing led to severe lower back pain. Better now, but obviously I was too drained to get on the bike. Now we're prepping for the family get-together here tomorrow. Kids and grandkids will be here. Christmas is good!!

 

I'm very sorry to hear that. Glad she is better. Hope your holidays are great.