JimBeam

JimBeam

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  • welp, it finally happened to me-- right hooked by some lady distracted driving (which she fully admitted) not fun. nothing broken, sore left leg from impact, left wrist from falling. didn't hit my head on anything, which is good bc she was movin'. d…
    in Bicycles Comment by JimBeam April 2017
  • I ride my bike to work and home, that's about it. Miss me with that below 25F weather though, can't feel my feet. Commuted in the snow a couple times-- slow & slick. The streets are a mess. Mexico has better roads than Seattle. Especially Delrid…
  • i agree yui. byron scott is the worst. terrible coach, he could destroy any early rebuild they've got going. Steph Curry is on pace to drop 540,000 three pointers. Heard it here first. harrison barnes turned down 16M per before this season. If he …
  • hibbert to the lakers, lakers likely trading away the future (in draft picks) for him. i guess it doesn't matter to them w/ kobe's deal finally done after next season, they'll be able to make some big money offers to FA's, I suppose.
  • w/o quote box: i wasn't comparing aldridge to cousins. cousins is better all-around. i'm just saying your weak-ass lakers aint getting cousins, so you better learn to like lemarcus, man. (cousins will go to denver or some other BS where he…
  • you don't like aldridge? he's top 10 at his position in the L and has come a long way and put on 35 lbs since he was a scrawny rookie in '06. dude is physical as all hell on offense-- just bullies his way to his spot against larger PF's an…
  • I think the thing that people find so irritating about LeBron is that he is so damn talented and dominant that he shouldn't have to be such a princess/whiner/coach underminer/whatever. As far as his game on the court goes for this Finals seri…
  • I move out of the Bay and a week later they actually for reals win the Finals... jerks. Well, I'll miss the parade, and I had nobody to get faded w/ when they won it in my new city (my wife is not much of a weeknight party type,) but god damn…
  • a young arvydas sabonis
  • CBear said:more mexican eggs. that's definitely one thing i miss about living in san diego-- not just mexican food in general (i don't want to ignite a burrito war, but so cal objectively kills northern cal all day in this department, and i gr…
  • I've made the same mistake before. The pcb's in technics are pretty fragile and the solder starts to harden up pretty quick when you de-solder to pull tonearm or RCA wires. if you ever find yourself making this repair again, get one of these …
  • i put some cork grips on my wife's bike as the plastic grips were hardened and uncomfortable. i think i'll order a new tire for the front as it still has the factory miyata tire and the 30+ year old rubber is pretty stiff and unforgiving. trying to …
  • this thread all the way back on page six? for shame! I'm hoping someone has some new bike stuff to post about. All I've got is "got a flat today on the way to work." all in all, not bad (1 flat in approx the last 1500-1600 miles). I ran ov…
  • that GSW/TOR game was nuts. coach pulled valenciunas because he couldn't keep up with the track meet. kerr went pretty small (because he had to with both centers injured) and that strategy paid off. That 21-5 run that the raptors had in the l…
  • Big Basin and Portola Redwoods state park (may be a shorter drive to get to, depending where you're at) are both awesome. BUG REPELLENT, YO.
  • had to ride around the financial district in SF today during rush hour running some errands before riding home. holiday traffic/lost tourists/poor saps trying to get out of their cubicles and go home/mall traffic/uber driving idiots = insanity. I…
  • yuichi said:Right now the Dubs are the best team in the league. Memphis will be a big test. Motown, I'm gonna be at Oracle Areana on Jan. 2nd. Upper level seats. vacationing and need something to do related. i'm at that same game. wh…
  • hope the recovery continues to go well, mang. I bought my wife an early 80's Miyata mixte for cheap, slapped a new chain/freewheel on it, rebuilt the front hub, cleaned it up a bit and it's golden. She hasn't been on a bike in nearly a decade…
  • finished the SOMA build last week. commuted on it all week. It's awesome. still getting some control/handlebar adjustments worked out, and I've got some cheap-o pleather wrap on there now. I'm planning on re-wrapping with a brown gel/cork combo o…
  • rootlesscosmo said:Ray Rice gets 2 games for laying out his lady. Aldon Smith prolly facing 4 for not hurting anyone. We good tho. Aldon Smith: 9 games. Justice has been served to the tree he killed with his SUV. The ne…
  • getting there, slowly. next up is cables (dark brown VO set purchased), cut steerer tube, cut seatpost, bar wrap and a full tune. I'm digging the oatmeal coloring of the saddle. I'll report on the comfort after I've been able to take it for a pro…
    in Bicycles Comment by JimBeam August 2014
  • jjfad027 said:meistromoco said:jjfad027 said:Nice!! I'm going for 10 days in Nov for the first time. 2 days in Bangkok, 2 days in a treehouse up north, 3-4 days in Phuket, and back to Bangkok for a couple nights. Any advice/rec…
    in Thai Jam Comment by JimBeam August 2014
  • it's been hot garbage so far, but the dodgers did come out of the all star break with their rotation lined up specifically for this series. mostly because don mattingly is a squinting shitstain. and now we have zito2.0 peavy taking the mound to s…
  • those VO long reach calipers look nice-- I like that they're polished rather than coated. I do think they're out of my price range, for now at least-- I'm trying to keep the entire build under $1200 total, which I've been told is pretty ambitiously …
    in Bicycles Comment by JimBeam July 2014
  • started my first build-- I'm pretty excited about it. I went with the SOMA ES frame and matching fork because it's got the more relaxed road geometry I was looking for (I was originally looking to cold set a vintage frame to 130mm, but figured I'd s…
    in Bicycles Comment by JimBeam July 2014
  • yeah, the headset press work was likely to be handled by the LBS. facing though: so-necessary? I guess I can have the LBS check on it and chase the BB while they're at it. As for expensive tool stuff I don't already have, I've had good ex…
    in Bicycles Comment by JimBeam June 2014
  • i've decided to jump in feet first and build. haven't settled on a steel frame yet (still need to sit on a few more pre-builts at the LBS, so getting there...) I'm going to try to cobble together a groupset from ebay/new parts. Clearance stuff, e…
    in Bicycles Comment by JimBeam June 2014
  • CBear said:I just went through the same process for a long time. What's your budget and what size frame do you normally ride? I'd be happy to make some suggestions or check bay area CL for you. The Surly Cross-Check is great, can be set-up pr…
    in Bicycles Comment by JimBeam June 2014
  • I've been bike commuting since last summer on a $150 CL Trek hybrid. I'm guessing it's about 10 years old. In that time, I've learned a lot of general bike knowledge (as is common with cheap-o bikes, I've broken and replaced the BB, pedals, a spoke,…
    in Bicycles Comment by JimBeam June 2014