The guy Pulvenstein pawned off on me finally managed to get me to come out for a ride. The back story is that this guy was always asking Pulv to come and "practice pist bike". We rode him with him after the MASH thing and he didn't seem so bad until the mails at 12:00 pm started to roll in. Perfect for when your trying to get some sleep between the cubs crying fits. I have to admit I caved when he invited us for a group ride. Unwilling to go alone I asked four eyes and skinny legs to escort me. I should have read the warning signals when the start point was a parking lot. The ultra hip training grounds for veloballet masters. We showed up late and nobody was there so we thought "the ride" had started. I called the guy and he told us that they were at another spot so we met them there. From there on in they just went from Uni to park to airport looking for a good spot. The whole time I thought we were meeting other people or we were gonna have some sort of sprint race where I could hustle some cash. I don't mean to sound stuck up but with most of the field running 2.5 or 2.6 gear ratios I thought I could clean the fuck up. They ended going to about 3 different spots and just sitting and talking about bikes. What a waste of an afternoon. Even four eyes was pissed at their lack of knowledge. One dude had to get other people to change his flat tire and put the wheel back on.
I thought this was funny as fack because when the camera came out everyone scrambled to collect their bikes and messenger bags. I guess they thought I was gonna post it on mixi or something cool.
Tomity is a Keirin pro, whether over the hill or not, he didn't take it lightly when people asked about when he used to be a pro. I mean c'mon! The guy comes out for a ride and they sit around smoking asking dumb ass questions.
You know the scene has to be bad when a guy with a bike like this is pissed off at all the rich kids talkin about parts. He wasn't feeling the questions or blank looks when he answered them. It was more of a " ok..... now you ask me about my bike" day.
Hiroe was bummin on the whole "Hey whats your set up?" questions as were we all. Nobody knew she was riding a 3.0 gear ratio and that she can whip their ass.
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hahaha you look mad funny in that group photo - where's johno?
That was such a waste of a nice day and I was really bummed about the crew. They all live really close by so we have the potential to do some really cool group rides but they consider anything over 5km a marathon..............more to come in the Friday 40(km) post.
musashinomori kouen is so tight.
I love that whole area south of the kokubunji ridge... nogawa, musashino park, the cemetary... wow
That one ride I took you on a while back is one of my favourites.
That old man's handlebars look sick!
Did you notice that his right front bolt is a tool? He designed it and machined himself. that way you don't have to carry it and you can tighten it..without it! Sweet sweet oppai no machi
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