Mean Joe Queen - Amature Mooto-X Pilot

Busy week so far. Got some cool new bike bits from Paragon Machine Works. Customer service was fantastic. I had stripped one of the slider bolts on the Moots. It was a softer steel and my 5mm hex wrench wallowed the hex head out leaving the bolt securely fastened to the dropout. I hit it with a hacksaw and turned the hex head into a big ol'flat head screw driver head and managed to get it out, though not without drawing blood first.
Anywho, my boy J5 had a similar issue and was telling me about some Ti replacements that he purchased that are not likely to strip. I called Paragon. The guy apologized for the problem and offered me free replacements. I paid extra for the upgrade to the Ti bolts and he even threw in some fancy new thumb screws and 2 day shipping for my trouble.

I've been racking up the miles this week. Rode to work Sunday and Monday. 45 minutes to work and 2 hours to get home, took the scenic route. Took Tuesday off. Wednesday i rode the the super cool Mooto X Slider from the north welcome station down the north/south trail at LBL and back. 62 miles total. 7 hours 48 minutes including about 30 minutes of trail work and a 10 minute break at the golden pond. Pretty tough ride with only the iPod for company. Also rode 30 miles on the road bike this morning bringing me to just over 15 hours saddle time for the week(if you include my trail work which was just hopping off the bike and throwing limbs).

Notes from the week:
-"The Chronic" will always be in the play list rotation when doing long solo rides.
-you appreciate a company more after you've had a problem and they take good care of you. It's like even though their part might have failed I'll be more likely to buy their product over another company who's product may have never failed. Strange.
-tick bites itch more than mosquito bites
- I'm not allergic to ALL bees.
- the more you ride the more you eat, and since food is human fuel are you saving any money riding a bike? I mean I'm eating thousands of calories a day.
-gummi bears rock!
-quesadilla is spelled with a "QU" and should never contain bologna.
- I need to stop wearing my wedding band cuz it keeps falling off and since it's Ti, much like the Mooto X, it cannot be sized.
-riding to work allows me lots of ride time without dipping into too much Wifey time, after all it's all about the balance.
- If pacing behind an Amish buggy don't be surprised when you get spackled with horse shit.
-66 Days until Metallica comes to Nashvegas. Lamb of God is opening up. Rock on.

That is all.