tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91547440088691450192024-02-06T20:56:13.431-08:00Beats, Bikes and LifeWhite Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18445220191424855331noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154744008869145019.post-89687795154427040712013-07-24T19:37:00.002-07:002013-07-24T19:37:17.413-07:00Fatback!My hands still hurt from my <a href="http://accpbg.blogspot.com/2013/07/let-us-prey.html" target="_blank">crash</a> the first time <a href="http://singlespeedpirate.blogspot.com/2013/07/be-careful-bro.html" target="_blank">"riding"</a> this beautiful beast, so I'm gonna keep the typing to a minimum and do a large picture dump instead. Huge shout out to Nick at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FatbackBikes" target="_blank">Fatback</a> for a very seamless transaction and for answering all of my (many) questions. I'm absolutely pleased with everything about the bike, the wheels, hubs... everything. Stoked x 1000! <br />
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Rockers. MF Rockers dude. So nice.<br />
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Top tube bend for my knards.<br />
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Light, just over 4 pound weight for the frame with rockers and seat collar.<br />
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Tubeless wheels. So easy to set up. So necessary.<br />
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Hadley hubs, made for Fatback in the USA. Quality. <br />
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Weight. 27.5 pounds as you see it. <br />
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Reflective rim strips. Picture me rolling. <br />
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Oversized head tube. It's future proof and the future is now!<br />
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Post mount rear brake mount. <br />
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Rack mounts for racks on racks on racks.<br />
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Made in the USA. F*ck yeah!<br />
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<span id="goog_1463496347"></span><span id="goog_1463496348"></span><br />White Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18445220191424855331noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154744008869145019.post-12797619858806271522013-05-12T20:23:00.000-07:002013-05-13T10:12:49.761-07:00Back up in this mutha! - The List - Wilson Lake RecapBACK UP IN THIS MUTHA! <br />
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Ayooo! It's been a long time since I updated this blog, but I'm putting it back on on my list of things to do. The current plan is to update it every Sunday with the previous weeks happenings and the music I'm currently listening to or intrigued by, or whatever. Bookmark this site and check back. I promise you'll f*cking love it. <br />
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THE LIST<br />
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Also on my list, was to stop buying so many things (bikes and otherwise) and to start riding more and riding new trails at new locations. I've got some of that down already as the <a href="http://singlespeedpirate.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-cedar-cross-images.html" target="_blank">Singlespeed Pirate</a>, the Pirate Posse and myself just completed <a href="http://cedarcross.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">the Cedar Cross</a>... all 115 miles of it. Fred power! A week or so ago I rode Wyco (a local KC trail) for the first time and today I rode Landahl (first time there as well) with a group of friends and acquaintances. All were amazing. All have refreshed me and at the same time made my mundane job seem like a pit stop in between adventures. That is the way it should be. Work to live, not the other way around. <br />
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WILSON LAKE<br />
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My trip with Handleballs aka Corbin Dioxide to Wilson Lake, KS was epic. With our tired legs from Cedar Cross, C-Diddy and I decided to go to Wilson and ride the mountain bikes instead of spending 3 days in the rain on the Katy Trail. Great call!<br />
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We rolled out around 9:30 on Wednesday and putted around KC as I looked for parts to adjust my improperly tuned suspension fork. After we located some gum and some JB Weld we rolled out. The landscape was the typical midwest/Kansas affair. The scenery that everyone thinks ALL of Kansas/Missouri looks like... which it doesn't. Whatever. The massive wind turbines and cows and horses are pretty good scenery for the 4 hour-ish drive from KCMO. <br />
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We finally got to Wilson Lake, located the trail head, claimed our spot and wasted no time getting down to business. We clipped in and rode around 17 miles before heading back to take a post drive/ride nap. After that, we went back out for a quick 8 mile jaunt before coming back and setting up camp before dark. Also before the rain and the flash flood of wind and sh!tty weather showed up. Day 1 was a wrap.<br />
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When I woke up, it was super cold and sh!tty and I remembered I didn't pack pants or anything warm. It was the worst and uhhhh, never again. I eat some oatmeal Corbeezy had cooked up and went back to lay in the tent until it got warm again because I'm a big pussy. The sun finally made an appearance and we were feeling it's energy. We clipped in and rode the whole trail system in all of it's awesomeness. We took another quick break before heading out for a little bit more trail action. The weather was starting to get bad again and we decided to jet back to KC and wrap up the adventure. <br />
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This trip was awesome. It was only a small distance away from KC, MO but the scenery and trail is so completely different that it was well worth it. Highly recommended. I'm still stoked.<br />
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Earl Sweatshirt. This dude is the best out of Odd Future minus Frank Ocean. Sort of horrorcore, shock rap and I don't bump this on the regular, but Chum has been popping on my Slacker radio channel and I dig it every time I hear it. Second video posted purely for the craziness. <br />
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For some reason this is my jam the past few days. Part of the Black Hippy collective, Ab Soul is always on some other sh!t and that's why I dig it.<br />
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Shout out to Danny Brown in the Patagonia hoody too! Haha...<br />
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And Bohemian Grove just because the beat is sick and it's my favorite song on the album. "I coexist in places you would never know existed"..yes. "she's on my jock...that's reasonable"..also, yes.<br />
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<br />White Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18445220191424855331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154744008869145019.post-33030625162153530712012-10-03T07:23:00.001-07:002012-10-03T07:31:12.941-07:00Lake Perry (demands your respect)Yesterday the stress of my move and recent car trouble ($$$) caught up to me and I needed an outlet. I dug through my things and gathered my mountain bike gear. I loaded up the VW with it's bent rear/right suspension arm and drove the white beast with it's rubbing tire on a trip out to the Lake Perry mountain bike trails. What a day! The weather was perfect for a ride and there was hardly a hint of wind, which is strange for Kansas.<br />
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I have a long history with Perry Lake. I think I've probably ridden out there for 9 years or so in total. It started on a Klein Attitude, super stiff aluminum hardtail. I had my hair long in a pony tail and was racing a lot for East Carolina University.<br />
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A couple years later I sold the jarring aluminum of the Klein in favor of a sweet Reynolds 853 steel Gunnar Rockhound. I had that bike for several years and eventually converted it to singlespeed using a White Industries ENO rear wheel. After that I briefly rode a Cannondale hard tail that was too big for me and reminded me that I love steel framed bikes, but also introduced me to the Lefty suspension fork which I enjoyed. Next I picked up one of the original Surly Karate Monkey frame and forks after being intrigued by one at Bonktoberfest. The KM introduced me (and countless others) to 29 inch wheels. s</div>
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I soon grew tired of the fork end drop outs and wanted something a bit lighter and livelier. I had Eric Baar of Ground Up Cycles weld me up a custom frame built on the dimensions of the Karate Monkey with a few changes. Eric was welding for Wily Cycles at the time. It was a beautiful bike that I still regret selling to this day. Filet brazed wonderfulness with a Phil Wood eccentric bottom bracket and all the good parts. It had some super nice Jeff Jones titanium "H bars" which he had just introduced to the world. Brooks Swift seat, Moots post, King hubs and headset etc. </div>
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Fast forward many moons. So many things have changed in my life. I came full circle from selling off everything cycling related in my life to owning enough tools to run my own bike shop. Having zero bikes to owning the two titanium bikes of my dreams. Living at the beach in South Carolina working on a parasail boat with my lifelong friends to living back in Kansas with only my family and a few close friends that I met along the way. It only seemed right to revisit Perry Lake and give it another go. </div>
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Perry is (to me) the ultimate test. It tests your patience and your fitness. It tests your bike. The fit. The pressure in your tires. The settings on your suspension (if you have it). Your technique on climbs and your technique on descents. It's fast in parts and extremely rocky and slow in others. It's completely beginner in certain aspects and unbelievably chunky and sometimes scary in others. If you ever slack off and stop respecting the trail, it'll bounce you off your path and you'll be wishing you didn't second guess it. If you're not in the right mental state to deal with it, it can be very frustrating. Some of the switchbacks are so steep and rocky you just have to laugh. I walked a few sections. I dabbed. I racked myself on the top tube. I crashed. I hit my knee on the stem so hard I let out an extremely loud F*CK! I rode past all the spots on the trail that I remembered and also rode through some new sections that weren't there the last time I rode. I smiled and laughed a lot. Then I finished and had a sense of complete calm and accomplishment.<br />
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Overall it was a perfect day weather-wise and a perfect ride. My hats off to Lyle for the excellent work on the trail. If you get the chance, take the trip out to the Perry Lake mountain bike trails and test yourself</span></div>
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<br />White Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18445220191424855331noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154744008869145019.post-90262103671047554362012-09-29T18:00:00.002-07:002012-09-29T18:02:08.633-07:00Bling! Bling!I decided to surprise my baby today with a little something special. She's always been there for me so I had a friend whip up some custom headbadgery to show my appreciation. Copper and silver go together like <a href="http://youtu.be/sssqBjaTzOU" target="_blank">ebony and ivory</a> and I thought it would compliment the titanium and anodized orange parts well, as did my cohort who made the head badge. Indeed it does looks good and my beautiful titanium lady has never looked better. You know what they say, a happy bike makes a happy life.<br />
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I don't want to jinx it until I turn it a few solid work weeks, but it looks as though I have a job at a bank headquartered in KC. Big things. Signed the job offer and faxed it in. Drug test on Monday...so how do I get this heroin out of my system?! Today, tying up loose ends and doing work to get ready for the move back. Stoked to be back in that KC cycling community and to be closer to friends a family. Jah bless! Give thanks!White Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18445220191424855331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154744008869145019.post-43898129555824040082012-09-19T21:15:00.000-07:002012-09-19T21:16:13.283-07:00Brother Ali- Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color (Album Preview)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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56 minutes of soul from one of the dopest rappers currently making music. An albino african american with something to say about the current state of things. #headphonemusic #modernpoetry<br />
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My uncle Paul passed away recently. I always felt a special connection to Paul. We shared a love of music, engineering, recording, gear. We also both had a lust for fine scooters. I'll miss his laugh and his attitude. He was really just a cool ass dude. Like the coolest guy I've ever met maybe. He was just dealt a rough hand health wise and made a few bad choices in his life (maybe that was why I related to him as well). He had a million stories to tell and I wish I had more time with him to listen to them.<br />
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Uncle Paul was an amazing musician who played jazz clubs with Randy Jackson in New Orleans when they were both young. He played at the Apollo in NY met Downtown Julie Brown, was on MTV. He was in a band called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakfast_Club_(band)" target="_blank">Breakfast Club</a> that had a number 7 hit on Billboard. Worked with/for Jimmy Iovine. Etc. etc. etc. He was a kickss photographer as well. Rest in Peace Uncle Paul.<br />
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I had a phone interview on Friday thanks to a friend from the MBA program at KU. It's definitely a better job opportunity and I hope I get it.<br />
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Life is crazy. Doors open and close. Hearts brake and hearts heal. As my friend <a href="http://www.singlespeedpirate.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Burnsey</a> often quotes, "don't get so busy making a career, that you forget to make a life." Get yours while you can. <a href="http://www.singlespeedpirate.blogspot.com/"></a><br />
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After work I gorged on some fried chicken and sweet tea and then rode out to Skullbuster for a semi-race-pace 12 mile loop. Good for the soul, body and mind. I guess that's why they call it "dirt church".<br />
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Had a day off today and was planning on 30+ miles of riding or two plus laps at Skullbuster. Woke up late..because it was dumping rain. Proceeded to put around town and get some things done while the trail (hopefully) dried up.<br />
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Once out on the trail I realized it was still pretty sh!tty. I knew the backside of the trail was gonna be better so I dabbed and rode my way through the muck. It really wasn't that bad, I wouldn't have ridden the trail if it was, but it's been so long since I rode in muddy conditions it was a re-learning experience.<br />
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The tire setup I'm running, Ardent 2.4 up front Ikon 2.2 in the rear did okay I guess. The Ardent weighed like 30 pounds by the end of the ride and the rear tire shed mud like a...no wait, it DIDN'T shed mud. I might be looking for a set of mud tires (Maxxis Beaver?).<br />
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I also broke in my new Sidi Dominator shoes which were noticeably stiffer than my old Shimano's, also lighter, but didn't fit as well in the heel. I had some "lifting" so I'm going to either swap out the Shimano insoles or try to find some of those nifty Specialized BG fit insoles.<br />
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Overall I think I'm in decent shape for not cycling frequently (at all really). I've been doing a "cross fit" of pushups, situps, pullups (varying grips) and playing basketball after work. Just trying to stay active doing SOMETHING/ANYTHING everyday. Reading. Making new goals for myself. So far so good.<br />
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<br />White Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18445220191424855331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154744008869145019.post-22780852845106775382012-09-07T19:18:00.000-07:002012-09-07T19:18:03.562-07:00Mike C. with the goods!Mike Curiak dishes up the sweet video (once again) and makes me want to move to Colorado like a mother******.
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<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/49001647" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/49001647">All the best of late summer in Colorado.</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user191910">LaceMine29.com</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
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Check out his website at www.lacemine29.comWhite Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18445220191424855331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154744008869145019.post-53719937879882031782012-09-04T20:28:00.000-07:002012-09-04T20:29:10.283-07:00RIP Rick Kerr ... a fellow cyclist<a href="http://www.kentucky.com/2012/08/31/2318857/friends-to-build-ghost-bike-in.html" target="_blank">http://www.kentucky.com/2012/08/31/2318857/friends-to-build-ghost-bike-in.html</a><br />
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Well, didn't know Rick Kerr, but I saw his death on the news tonight. It's always sad to see a fellow cyclist die and it seems like it's all too common these days with ADD and ADHD and cell phones and textaholics and zombies and meth'd out Redbull crackheads speeding like crazy. Just a reminder to ride your bike defensively and always be as safe as possible. I guess sometimes there is nothing you can do though. RIP Rick! :-(<br />
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About 6 years ago my parents were hit on the Cottonwood 200 charity bike ride. They almost died and not a day goes by that I don't think about them and remember how I felt when my grandmother called to tell me what had happened. I'm so thankful that they are alive today and can truly say that they are my backbone and just really amazing, great people. I'm lucky they are still around today, but my heart goes out to anyone who has lost a fellow cyclist.<br />
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<a href="http://cjonline.com/stories/053106/kan_kansed.shtml" target="_blank">Editor of Kansas! remains hospitalized</a><br />
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Be safe out there!White Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18445220191424855331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154744008869145019.post-35668461516272024312012-09-01T13:29:00.000-07:002012-09-05T18:02:37.691-07:00SOLD 20" Kona Raijin frame I got greedy and bought two of these puppies. Deciding to sell this one for a score. <b>$1,400 shipped</b>. Includes the Salsa seat clamp and the original seat clamp as well as the dropout with derailleur hanger for gears. Frame is gently used at less than 100 miles, and has not been registered. My personal favorite bike of all time.<br />
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24.5" top tube. 70 degree head angle. Short chainstays for snappy handling and bunny hopping the shit out of logs.<br />
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Retail for 2013 is $2,000...save $600 plus tax here!<br />
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<br />White Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18445220191424855331noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154744008869145019.post-27077815527823624882012-09-01T13:22:00.001-07:002012-09-01T13:22:11.431-07:00Carver Fork repaint...install...review? Ok, personal life is...going. Slowly getting over the girl and currently nursing a hangover from last night. I was going to sell the Salsa La Cruz ti frame, but have decided to hang onto it until Kona comes out with their titanium Rove model which I'm hoping will actually happen. I posted on their Facebook wall a while back and they said something to the effect of "we'll see" with a little winky smiley face.<br />
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I decided to go with the mullet brake setup since I'm in Kentucky and mullets are the hairstyle of choice. I first ordered up a Whisky 7 carbon disc fork for 1-1/8 steerers but that thing was a pig with it's aluminum steerer so I sold it for what I paid and decided to try out the Carver all carbon 1-1/8" cyclocross disc fork. Carver is the house brand of Bikeman.com.<br />
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First off, this thing is ugly (to me at least). I was hoping the sticker would be outside the clear coat. No go. The "sticker" is actually painted/screen printed or some other method that is not easy to remove. I bit off more than I could chew I suppose and had to dive in head first. I went and picked up some paint and went to town.<br />
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Originally I decided to do a matte black on both ends and fade the middle, but laid the paint on too thick and had to sand that all down and just go matte black over the whole thing. Finished up with a satin clear coat. Looks pretty boss I think. Certainly better than the CARVER going up and down each side.<br />
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Review...it's a carbon fork. Nothing much to note. Stiff and light. Mounts a disc. Done deal. Oh, put a Paul mini-moto on the rear as well and that thing is cool as hell. I'll take more pictures of the full La Cruz build once I put more miles on it. Currently sits at just under 22 pounds. Not bad. Think I gained a pound adding the disc, but should be better in the slop and gravel. I can setup BB7's like a champ so it feels great. Blah, blah, blah! Here are the pictures.<br />
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<br />White Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18445220191424855331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154744008869145019.post-56436789793014427372012-08-31T20:09:00.000-07:002012-08-31T20:09:06.767-07:00Grap Luva - 7 minutes of sound<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Grap Luva...Pete Rocks brother getting busy on the SP1200 12-bit sampler. For those that don't know this is THE classic hip hop sampler. 10 seconds of sample time TOTAL! That's it, 10 seconds. Plus you can only have a max of 2.5 seconds assigned to a single pad. So, a super expensive sampling "computer" from back in the day, responsible for some of the best hip hop songs in the history of the genre. Originally meant to be a drum machine only, used and abused by hip hop heads to make beats. Speed up the record, pitch the sound down once it's in the machine to squeeze a few more seconds of sample time out of it. Distortion and artifacts occur from the pitching back down of the sound and BAM classic BOOM BAP GRIT. </div>
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"I'm a spaz, I'm a freak, I'm a fucking psycho...I can't function normally in society" -The Gaslamp Killer</div>
White Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18445220191424855331noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154744008869145019.post-20540089082309411642012-08-21T19:55:00.003-07:002012-08-21T19:55:47.339-07:00Flying Lotus- Fly First (Documentary)<br />
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Blaze the weed up and stream this to your Apple TV. An awesome Flying Lotus mini-documentary that starts in Louisville, Kentucky...right down the way from me. </div>
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Why did nobody tell me about The Forecastle Festival?!?! I would have been down there for sure. D@mn dudes!</div>
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F*ck yeah! Today was awesome. I had to work from 10:30am to 3:30pm and as soon as I got out of that hell-hole I loaded up the VW and headed for Skullbuster. The weather today was most excellent, low 80's down to high 70's toward the end of the ride. <div>
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This is only my second time riding Skullbuster so I did some adventuring, just trying to figure things out direction wise. I started out on this fire road and just putted around to get warmed up. </div>
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Today I brought the Fuji camera and my huge Camelback aka makeyourbackhurtabout1milein. It was worth it though...just for this turtle pic. </div>
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While heading back down the fire road to enter the trail I rode up on some horses. I stopped and started walking, but still startled one and when I thought it was about to stomp my face in, I froze completely! Haha! Those things are huge when you're up beside them like that. Sort of scary. The dude (and his daughter) were super-cool and he apologized for the horses actions, saying it was only 3 years old and still had some socializing to do. I wish I could have gotten a picture of them, they were so pretty. If I had one I'd put a horn on it and tape some wings to it's sides and call it Pegasus. I'd commute to work on that puppy rain or shine! </div>
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I recently graduated form the MBA program at the University of Kansas. I moved to Lexington, Kentucky to pursue a relationship with a woman I met in Myrtle Beach, SC while working on a parasail boat about six years prior. I had the hardest time finding a decent job in Kentucky, but I did fall in love. Sometimes I guess love isn't enough. About a week ago <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5r5OE_u5m0">she dropped the bomb on me</a> and told me that she didn't think I was "the one" and she broke it off. She said she "needed some time to figure herself out", which I thought made sense. Maybe I'd get another chance at love and we could right some of our wrongs, work some of the kinks out, grow stronger together and persevere? Well, silly me, not understanding girl talk. Apparently, "I need some time to figure myself out" means that she wants to date the dude who came into her office every two weeks and hit on her repeatedly while I was at work trying to save up for a wedding ring. Awesome. Big shout out to her co-worker Jennifer for encouraging that, because I know she did. *Exhale*<br />
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Needless to say, I have some spare time on my hands so I've been riding my bikes more (and feeling sorry for myself) and also figuring out which possessions in my life are necessary. I'm planning a move somewhere, though I haven't decided where, and need to lighten my load. In the mean time, I'm gonna ride the shit out of my Kona and explore the local trail systems.<br />
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The current cycling quiver includes a "<a href="http://www.handsomecycles.com/bicycles/devil.php">Handsome Cycles "Handsome Devil"</a> in a size 59cm.<br />
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A <a href="http://salsacycles.com/bikes/la_cruz_ti_2011/">Salsa La Cruz Ti</a> in a size 59.5.<br />
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and a <a href="http://www.konaworld.com/bike.cfm?content=raijin">Kona Raijin Ti</a> in a size 20". (see below)<br />
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<b><u>Thinning the Herd</u></b></div>
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I've decided that one bike has to go and after much debate, the Handsome is on the chopping block. I'm breaking it down and either going to build it up and sell it complete or part it out. I've been using the devil as a commuter bike, and just my general, jump on the bike and roll around town ride...but I put too nice of parts on it for me to leave locked up outside for too long without worrying-which sort of defeats the purpose. It's a great bike, classy looking, fits a 29x2 in the rear (and the front with the Salsa fork) but I've got big plans for the La Cruz. So the Devil has got to go!<br />
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<u><b>Raijin!</b></u></div>
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The Kona Raijin is essentially a titanium version of the Kona Unit. It has slightly different geometry, short stays, slacker head angle and other minor differences. I've ridden Kona mountain bikes for the past two years and have determined that the 20" model with a 24.5" top tube fits me like a glove. With proper seatpost extension I'm just about over the rear wheel and have enough of the titanium seat post exposed to mellow out the trail a bit. Most excellent.<br />
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My first ride on the Raijin was true love. The Raijin is light, flickable, rails downhills and goes uphill just fine. I have it setup with a Chris King headset, King singlespeed wheels laced to Stan's Flows, XT disc brakes, Thomson stem, Moots post, Maxxis Ardent 2.4 up front, Ikon 2.2 in the rear. I also installed a Praxxis PF30 conversion bottom bracket because PF30 is stupid. It's basically, the best of the best, which is a result of years of bicycle part hustling and working shitty jobs. Anyway, I'm stoked on this bike and can't wait to put more miles on it. Holler at your boy!<br />
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