Stefan don't hate Caedmon. Remember to ask yourself what jesus would do. WHAT JESUS WOULD DO! I think what she meant was that even though I was talking a lot I wasn't taliing shop about bikes cause I find such talk to be boring. I love bikes but they are basically 2 circles of rubber, 2 triangles of steel and a length of chain. As long as my bike doesn't break down. I'd rather talk about the scenery, people, radio etc. I don't want to talk about mileage or maintenance. A lot of peopel I meet have these biking computers which always make them crazy cause they spend all their time measuring the grade or looking at their RPM's or 7 day rolling average of mileage or whatever. I'm proud to not be a real cyclist in the sense that I don't go in for all that.
I'm in Ness City which used to be an oil town. I stayed last night in a place called the Derrick Inn in a motel that looks like it was built in the 70s for oilmen. There are pictures of gushers everywhere but they don't really do much for me. Dan became allergic and then has had bike trouble so he is staying here for the day, I would just as soon get out and into colorado and i can't help him so i'm riding a lone for a while it looks like. Western Kansas has three towns named after horace greeley, the socialist editor of the NY tribune from the old days, the towns are Horace, Greeley and Tribune. I think today I will ride through Modoc which is also the name of Jake's favorite villain. I'm now going west on highway 96, a state route i think. i see very little of interest. one thing i saw yesterday was a dead turtle that had been run over in the street and had apparently dragged its crushed body to the side of the road to die. it was heartbreaking.
Pete I knew you would clear up the jake brake stuff. Pete is alwasy the best source for turcker related knowledge. I watched a show on CMT last night called 'trick my truck' where hardworking truckers get their trucks customized by a team of mechanics. I feel like pete would be really into it. I realize that the reason truckers relate to country music so much is cause it is more likely to deal with trucker-like themes such as alienation, loneliness, rambling etc. because of this, it makes for the best music for driving cross country.
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well, i think you can be a "real" cyclist without being into all that hardcore bike porn stuff. i mean, you are riding the thing across the country.
also, i think i had more to say, but the mental image of the turtle just broke my goddamn heart.
hey, hey! Taking a break from searching for an apartment and swinging back to your blog I see that my (admittedly) flippant comments about you were not taken in the spirit in which they were written, Phil. I had nothing but admiration for your courage and almost insane determination. I certainly never biked at night, without a map, no less. I don't consider myself a serious biker either. A lot of them are snobs. Anyways, I like your writing, keep it up, and I will keep checking back...don't forget to tell Gyllian I say hi when you get to Ordway.
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