hump day sunset

snow cat

brujita tries out her paws on snow for the first time. finally we got a really good snow. if it's going to be damn cold we might as well have lots of fluffy snow to make things pretty, right?

flying flakes

lunes

here's to the days getting longer.

desde san pancho

awww, thanks for the lovely card meli! :-)

the hills of manchuria

it's been a while. with these bitter cold temps of late, i've been spending time inside working on a few bike projects, hanging with the cat, and watching a few flicks from my VHS (yeah i'm still on VHS) collection. this is a scene from one of my favorite movies, Urga. it's the surreal part toward the end... a young girl plays for a stranded russian truck driver who is staying with her family (sheepherders in inner mongolia), he has the music of an old army song "the hills of manchuria" tattooed on his back, and she plays it for him as her little brother watches... and then the camera pulls out to one helluva shot of the mongolian steppes. oh and there's even a bicycle in it :) anyways... i hope everyone had a nice holiday break, happy new year!

a cold wait

maintenance sunday

it's like 12 degrees outside which means it's a good time to stay in and do maintenance. brujita has a thing for brake cables.

cold... but picturesque

first fridays

hittin the lanes

pump up the volume

it was cold at the CX races in Pioneers Park last weekend but at least there was music to help warm things up. DK and his buddies were a rockin' during the mens1/2/3 race.

miller time

i didn't do so hot in the hustle last night, it was cold and windy and i went the wrong way right from the start, but still... anytime you spend an evening with friends on bikes it's a good time.

margarita'd out

the first "maratón de morales" was yesterday. it involved riding to all of the morales restaurants in lincoln and drinking margaritas (y cerveza tambien!). that's six stops. we started at la tapatia downtown, then south to las margaritas, then to el toro, then to mazatlan and mazatlan II, and finally back downtown to finish at la mexicana. the weather was perfect. besides one crash and some flats i think everyone had a blast, though i think i don't want to drink another margarita for quite a while.

haunted hustle

i hope everyone had a fun halloween. i had a blast at the haunted hustle/alley cat race on friday night. there were lots of peeps there, including: a ballerina, a tron girl and a toddler in pigtails, a witch, the wolverine, an alluring hag, and yes... even beetlejuice was there! thanks to kat, the two l's (liz and lis), and everyone else involved in putting it on. what a fun night!

splinterfest

rachel checks out one of the legacy phoenix models.


when he isn't riding his mountain bike he helps build pipe organs. here jon explains the innards of one of the smaller models.


alix and lauren get the lowdown on pipe construction.


hmmm, looks like alix and lauren beat us out there.


heading south on the jamaica trail.

on sunday rachel and i rode south of town to attend Splinterfest (aka the Bedient Pipe Organ company's open house). we wen't the only ones to bike to the event (we ran into alix and lauren as they were going for a road ride and told them about it so they met us out there). it was interesting to learn about all the craftsmanship that goes into building these timeless instruments. thanks to jon (aka johnny T) for giving us a personal tour.

2am tikka

afterhours chicken tikka korma? yes!

flying home...

rachel is learning quickly... trying to stay warm means go faster! it's definitely longsleeve jersey weather from here on out.

harvest time

it was a good week

monday... went for a ride that ended in the dark


tuesday... pecha kulcha & film festival downtown, and tacos at 3am with a good friend.




wednesday... at the mill (lots of coffee needed on humpday).


thursday... had some fun on the alleycat race that ended at the usual bar.


friday.... art openings.



saturday... dj'ing for lincoln calling.


sunday... dusk miles with rachel.