Finally!

I finally got around to doing something I should have done months and months ago!   I decided this morning that when I got off work I was going to take my bike over for repairs!  As my last post proclaimed, “In with the new,” evidently meant, into my house, not onto my bike.   In addition to getting the new tires installed, I’m also having them look at my front wheel speed sensor, which I believe is the problem (my speedometer and odometer stopped working last summer).   This means that I have no idea how many miles have passed since the displayed 41991 miles.  My front brake lever is messing up too, not activating the brake light properly.  So hopefully all will go well, and the damage won’t be too significant to my wallet! 

One thing of note, when the mechanic during checkout got back from the bike to get the mileage, he said, “That’s the most miles I’ve seen on an SV!”  And I think I’ve got another 5-10k miles that haven’t been registered!  Take that you fair weather riders!:)

*Notice* Re: Photos not displaying

This is just a notice to anyone looking at my blog…I’m sorry that the photos aren’t showing up.  I’ve been posting photos on here since I started this blog, by using a link to the actual photo on my Smugmug account.  Well, this has been been a problem lately.  Photos haven’t been showing up consistently, and right now, I’m noticing that the smugmug website is actually down.  I’ve been hesitant to upload photos to WordPress, not knowing what limitations they had, but found out that they allocate 3gb of space, so uploading photos shouldn’t be a problem. I’ve tried it tonight with several posts using different programs to upload the post and photo directly to the WordPress site.  It seems to be working, so I’m going to go with that.  In addition to simply finishing up my posts regarding our Utah trip, I’m going to have to go back and modify current posts, and upload the corresponding photos.  It may take a bit, but please keep checking back, and hopefully you’ll see some fun/cool photos you hadn’t seen before.  Thanks as always for looking at my blog, and if you enjoy a post, leave a comment, it at the very least lets me know if something is wrong, or something is right, either with content or performance of the blog.  Thanks!  Anders

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So I was was on my way to work on the SV the other morning at 5:30a.m.  I pull onto the freeway, accelerating down the onramp.  I’m I’m not sure how fast I was going (my speedo/odometer still aren’t working), but I would guess about 60mph, from the engine speed and gear I was in.  Over the noise of the bike and the wind, I hear this really loud screeching/scrapping noise.  What was that!?

I look in my right mirror, and see my right side case sliding down the road, behind me.  I immediately slowed down and stopped on the shoulder.  I walked back in the dark and retrieved the case, which apart from being a little scraped up, appeared to be otherwise intact.  It didn’t come apart, and no structural damage was noted.
Though it could have been a lot worse, especially if they bag had gone out into a lane of traffic, or hit a vehicle in the air, it was pretty funny to see it sliding down the road in the mirror!

Afterward, I think I can remember this vague thought in my head, when I attached it to the side rack, that the “click” when I attached it, sounded odd.  Possibly because it didn’t fully engage the locking mechanism.

I guess the main point, is that I have not only lost a helmet off a cliff while it was on my bike, now I’ve also lost a piece of luggage from my bike.  What else…?:)

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So I was was on my way to work on the sv the other morning at 5:30a.m. I pull onto the freeway, accelerating down the onramp. I’m I’m not sure how fast I was going (my speedo/odometer still aren’t working), but I would guess about 60mph, from the engine speed and gear I was in. Over the noise of the bike and the wind, I hear this really loud screeching/scrapping noise. What was that!?

I look in my right mirror, and see my right side case sliding down the road, behind me. I immediately slowed down and stopped on the shoulder. I walked back in the dark and retrieved the case, which apart from being a little scraped up, appeared to be otherwise intact. It didn’t come apart, and no structural damage was noted.
Though it could have been a lot worse, especially if they bag had gone out into a lane of traffic, or hit a vehicle in the air, it was pretty funny to see it sliding down the road in the mirror!

Afterward, I think I can remember this vague thought in my head, when I attached it to the side rack, that the “click” when I attached it, sounded odd. Possibly because it didn’t fully engage the locking mechanism.

I guess the main point, is that I have not only lost a helmet off a cliff while it was on my bike, now I’ve also lost a piece of luggage from my bike. What else…?:)

met of mine and a piece of my luggage fly off my bike:)

 

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Gang Green Rocks It!

Last night was pretty fun! We went into the championship game against a team we lost to twice, before we finally won near the end of the season. We were all stoked to be playing and couldn’t imagine loosing this game, to these guys!

We came out skating, putting the first goal of the game in the net around four minutes into the game. Four minutes later, the Ligers came back and scored a tying goal. We were kinda irritated about that, as we didn’t give Kevin much support on it. Two minutes later, the “Mexican Line” got it going again, with Juan Scoring a nice goal, and that line scored the next 3 goals, putting us up 5-2 in the 3rd period. The Ligers scored once more, but that wasn’t enough! Jay scored a final goal with about a minute left to put us up 6-2, and we finished the game, with the bench celebrating onto the ice!:)

2008 GSHL Div 8 Summer Champions – Gang Green