these little clips are the secret to the whole operation. in the past i used screwdrivers or spoons to pry the tire out. these little beauties hook around the spoke to keep it in place while moving on to a different spot.
and here's the real secret to the whole operation, latex gloves. the chain can be real greasy and i don't like greasy fingers so latex gloves are a must.
after putting them on i took a test ride and everything was right with the world. it seemed like i could go faster with less effort from my tired old legs. the next day i gave them the real test. i went to the top of a hill in our local cemetery and started coasting down the winding roads. this is something i do often just for the hell of it challenging myself not to use the brakes going around the corners. i always keep track of how far i end up coasting along the lower road that actually is a bit of an incline. the new tires took me about the exact same distance and the old knobby mountain bike tires. fuck me!
it would appear that i fell victim to the hawthorne effect when i first tried the new tires. the fact that the tires were new and different made me sense that they were faster. so it goes.
i love you sons of bitches.
76 comments:
Ha! I don't think I've seen that video before... and I've seen a lot of Monty Python. Thank you!
I don't mind changing a front tire, but those rear ones scare me.
I wear latex gloves to do yard and house work too.
I had not heard of the Hawthorne effect... so I had to look it up. Now I've learned something new. Nice.
Ah, ye old Hawthorne Effect. Another blast from the past and stacks of moldy wax.
The issue is not the knobs, but the surface area presented to the road.
If you want efficiency, you must get skinny tires and inflate them to insane pressures like Hunter S. did to the great white shark in Vegas... Experimental tires.
That suspension fork isn't doing wonders for your road efficiency either. But it probably helps your elbows and shoulders a bit.
silly - yeah, those latex gloves are an integral part of the omelet. it's so nice to just pull them off and not have to scrub away the grease.
bob - if i had a nickel for every time i heard about the hawthorne effect in university i'd buy a new pair of sneakers.
thims - i had my tires inflated as much as i could from the gas station air pump but that's not rock hard. i often do a coast test at the skate board park to see my tires need more air.
MOST POWER TO HIM, JOHN BIGBOOTIE!
I don't think your experiment is conclusive because coasting could be different from peddling. Maybe you should consult a biking website.
I've never seen that Monty Python skit - I'm sending it to a friend of mine who used to run a bike shop.
And even if you don't coast any farther, if you still enjoy riding on the new tires better, seems like a good switch to me.
The riding of bicycles, with or without new tyres, causes the ruination of the organs of matrimonial necessity. I do not recommend it; unless, of course, one no longer has need for them.
I thought the 'Hawthorne Effect' involved the wearing of a alphamorphic rag of scarlet cloth?
Interesting that you of all people(s) would think that. "A" for Aquarian.
Is that the infamous BMW in the background? Looks pretty clean to me.
".....Is that the infamous BMW in the background?...."
Yeah!
And the Pilgrim installed Hyundai hub caps to fool the car thieves - they're quite thick in Canada you see.
Sorry for not clicking to enlarge, but I lost faith in that after your you-know-what pic hit the airwaves.
By the same token, not all in Canada are thick.
May I be excused now? Scarlet Cat awaits.
Is it my fault you 'clicked-to-enlarge' my quivering and yielding, yet thunderously powerful, thigh area in that photograph of me and Drew - wherein I am wearing my fabulous retro Mary Quant, and do to my positioning, one clasp on the welt of my real silk stockings is visible?
Thank you, Anais Nin.
And Drew wouldn't touch you with someone elses Hyundai.
Hey Beavis, she said click to enlarge, hehe.
You forgot the fucking umlaut!
Anaïs Nin.
Drew wouldn’t touch anybody unless there was a bounty involved. And, so far at least, I’ve no price on my head.
".....And, so far at least, I’ve no price on my head....."
You do now.
ALTF is the one in the red.
And you're the one in yellow.
Question is:
Which of the two bounties would Drew prefer?
Sure there is. You are the Brett Favre of Blogger!
Fucking Wiki THAT!
THIN
ICE!
So lucky I'm drinking right now.
More like the Tim Tebow
My research tells me that Brett Favre isn't upset that he was a bounty target for the New Orleans Cunts.
THIN
ICE!
?????
I know that song............
Yo, VIP
Let's kick it
Thin, Ice, baby
Thin, Ice, baby
All right stop, collaborate, and listen
Dr. M.'s back with my brand new invention
Drew Brees grabs a hold of me tightly
Flow like a harpoon, daily and nightly
Keep researching Farve. You have some stuff in common. And not just being old douchbags in need of employment.
Wait. New Orleans WHAT'S????!!!!!
If I am 'old' then so are you - we were born no more than 18 months apart.
You're right about the douchebag though.
I am not, however, in need of employment - my English tutor sees to all my needs. Well, him and the UN.
You heard me, ermmmm.... read me!
hey, aren't you ladies supposed to be telling what a great mechanic i am?
aquarian - one day you might achieve a little success and trade your english tutor in for a good accountant.
I do not measure success on an Epicurean scale, but rather a Stoic one.
Accordingly, I am as successful as fuck already!
And good, or even bad, accountants are only valuable if you accrue Income Tax liabilities - my avaricious income is not considered 'Earned or Investment Income' in any Western Tax jurisdiction.
You're a great mechanic!
Now peel me a grape!
You have the most curious comments in here billy.
peel me a grape? who do you think you are, diana krall?
silly - yup, and i don't even have some toothless old fuck insulting me these days!
The Hawthorne Effect is pretty fucking boring next to the Blowjob Effect.
Carry on.....
i still want an apology.
billy pilgrim said,
"....peel me a grape? who do you think you are, diana krall?...."
Who?
Nah, just a gal who likes her grapes peeled.
I may have to swear off your blog until after 12 noon. The visual inspired by having to read the words "gumming a tit" has ruined my morning.
BBC said,
"....This toothless old fuck can still change a car tire over with a couple of tire irons....."
The incongruity of the verb phrase notwithstanding, why do you need 'a couple'?
This weak and insipid girl needs but one tyre iron to effect a change.
What gives?
".....go wash your fancy rigs....."
Is it just me, or is it possible to discern which 'Lethal Weapon' series instalment you are watching based solely on the number of times Mr. Glover exclaims "Riggs! Riggs!" during the film?
leslie - the offending comment from bbc is gone. would you like the other one deleted as well?
until gumby apologizes i'll delete any comments that offend people of good taste and good standing.
At least the new tires look cooler.
".....i'll delete any comments that offend people of good taste and good standing......"
The implication being Leslie is someone of good taste and good standing?
Oh dear.
I recognise that you billy pilgrim, as the Blog Administrator, have the sole right to determine what constitutes a status of 'good standing' here - based on your own subjective and objective criteria I reckon.
I do not dispute this.
I must, however, dispute your inference that the fair Leslie is someone of 'good taste'?
To her credit she's saponaceously oleaginous to the touch - perhaps, but she has a decidedly 'Non U' proclivity to embrace and wallow in the felicity of blood sports.
For this alone she should not be trusted.
tex - raised white letters! like bf goodrich raised letter radials from our youth!
aquarians - i also consider myself to be a person of good taste and good standing. in the past i bit my tongue and looked the other way when mr charming tossed a few barbs my way but until the old fucknut apologizes my finger is on the delete icon.
Looks like we'll have to drain Lake Pontchartrain:
http://gma.yahoo.com/rogue-dolphin-alone-katrina-menaces-lake-area-132602544--abc-news-pets.html
May I apologise on his behalf?
I mean the poor cunt needs two tyre irons to change an automobile tyre.
Have we no compassion?
His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama Of Tibet says:
"....Without question, anger and agitation make us more susceptible to illness. On the other hand, if the mind is tranquil and occupied with positive thoughts, the body will not easily fall prey to disease. True compassion is not just an emotional response but a firm commitment founded on reason. Therefore, a truly compassionate attitude towards others does not change even if they behave negatively. Let me emphasize that it is within our power, given patience and time, to develop this kind of compassion. Of course, our self-centeredness, our distinctive attachment to the feeling of an independent, self-existence works fundamentally to inhibit our compassion. Indeed, true compassion can be experienced only when this type of self- grasping is eliminated. But this does not mean that we cannot start and make progress now.
By 'self-grasping' His Holiness is referring to Leslie's incessant slapping of the little man in the canoe.
Lake Pontchartrain to drain?
This is truly bad news.
This is where Leslie practises her 'Birth of Venus'- à la Botticelli - routine with Drew.
You see, Drew wishes he was a Dolphin. He channels the doppelgängers/spirits of quarterback Bob Griese, running backs Larry Csonka and Jim Kiick, and wide receiver Paul Warfield to better himself.
Leslie relishes the fact that Botticelli used male models for his female images and she fits the bill nicely.
It's hurricane season, Thimscool. Lake Pontchartrain will likely drain itself before September. And there's a storm named Leslie on the roster this summer, so we'll see how lucky BBC is. Maybe he'll get his wish, and New Orleans will be washed away in my name and his head can explode in an orgasmic display of brain lesions and rotted gums.
Getting your money's worth from Google today, aren't you?
Drew is a career Saint. Miami had their chance.
thims - so long and thanks for the fish!
aquarians - people have been apologizing for him all his life. i've received countless emails from kind people apologizing for him and thanking me for putting up with his nastiness. i think it's time for mr cook to grow a pair and man up.
Hurricane Leslie said,
".....his head can explode in an orgasmic display of brain lesions and rotted gums......"
Wallowing in the felicity of blood sports yet again.
Non U.
Through and through.
Query?
You are fine with being compared to one, or more, of Botticelli's male models?
Mr. pilgrim,
Have any of those kind christian souls ever apologised ironically though?
speed demon..be careful..bones get brittle at your age..hahah.
This joint has gone to the dogs. Dogs I says !
And, if I do say so myself harry, billy keeps a mighty fine kennel.
Best in Class!
Best in Show!
aquarians - some of the souls aren't so kind. it's a pretty safe bet to say his detractors outnumber his supporters. yes, as ruby often says; our house is a very, very fine house.
yellowdog - if things get too fast i might start wearing a helmet.
harry - well yeah, it's always been a site for dogs. ruby is the monarch of the glen.
Wait... you're a donorcyclist?
Fuck you, you're not getting an apology from me.
And I'm toothless, not gum-less.
Fat tires for dirt, skinny tires for paved, it's just that fucking simple.
Pilgrim, what did he say to/about you that's worse than what you've called him?
Have you switched back to that blueberry cinnamon coffee again?
Can I get you a Midol?
sonny gave me some ethical coffee beans and they're ok but i'm dying to try the carmel kiss coffee i recently purchased. i can't decide if i'm going to have my morning coffee at the edge of the universe or the end of the universe.
as for mr cook, i will speak the truth quietly and clearly; and listen to him, even the dull and the ignorant have their story.
OK, but if you get your head split open when an immigrant student driver panics and knocks you into a ditch then all I can say is thank god you're and organ donor.
And the edge of the universe is the beginning of the universe. If you can wait till the end, that would be best.
Your undying support of that wretched lunatic is bewildering. He's devoted at least 2 posts (totally unprovoked) to viciously insulting BP, then turned off his commentsto avoid a rebuttal, only to resurface here and keep it going. It's one thing for BBC to lob his pathetic verbal assaults at me, but BP has been more than tolerant and friendly to him, and his reward seems to be attacks on his lifestyle choices and crude sexual comments about his wife.
It's cool if he's your little charity case and pet project, Thimscool. He's still an asshole, and an asshole that is right now cheering on the burning of Colorado and the loss of peoples' homes.
pilgrim-
I see I'll have to work harder to insult you and if there's one thing I hat it's working, especially working hard.
Wanking now, well that's right up my a..alley.
Yeah, my alley.
What?
thims - i'll wait for the dolphins to come back for more fish and ask them about the universe.
leslie - i haven't seen mr cooks insults on his blog. i briefly dropped by his self congratulatory collection of nonsense and didn't see any recent insults.
harry - i like a good insult if it's clever.
1) BBC is definitely an asshole most every day!
2) Cheering the destruction of other "monkeys" makes him a curmudgeon. Having met BBC, I feel pretty certain that he would help someone that was actually suffering a calamity if he could. I think he just acts the curmudgeon to insert some scar tissue around his bleeding heart.
3) Crude sexual comments about someone's wife would usually be reason to demand an apology, I'd agree. I didn't see that happen, but I'm not saying it didn't. Anyway, the apology should be at least as sincere as the insult...
4) Why do y'all expect BBC to act any differently? If you are seriously offended then when you get up of your fainting couch you can ask him to fuck off and I suspect he'll leave. I've seen it happen a couple of times, and eventually he stays away from where he's not wanted. I think he stopped bugging YDG after making himself persona non grata there. Same with Woozie.
5) Who gives a shit?
thims - we've been down this road a few times with mr cook. i imagine he's loving the attention he's getting and that's fine with me. if he can tone things down and get over his fixation with genitalia then he's welcome. maybe you can tell him that he's not the only kid in the sandbox.
I dont expect him to act any differently, he's a shithead. And most people have bleeding hearts, they just have better coping skills.
You also insist he's an honest man and claim you didn't see the comments proving he isn't, even though you stepped in to defend the person he was attacking. You just might be as bonkers as BBC.
tcool,
# 1- not most every day; EVERY day.
If mr cook is anything besides opinionated it's reliable.
2- agreed. I'm sorry I didn't horn in on your game of
pool a few years ago, we three could have torn the town a new one.
3- I frankly don't understand this idea of demanding
an apology. Pass.
4- " y'all"? Include me out please.
5- ahh, the "nut" of your post. I know at least two, probably five, possibly a bakers dozen who would answer " GIVE a fuck?" you must be joking.
...er, change the fuck to a shit.
Thank you.
...shows ya where harrys fucking mind is at.
What?
if someone does or says something extremely nasty the aggrieved party has every right in the world to ask for an apology. more important than the apology is the reaction of the offending party.
this is all cyber space bullshit. nothing said or done on blogger has should have any impact on our lives. mr cook certainly doesn't need anyone coming to his defense. he gets the fact that it's bullshit and is probably enjoying this little pissing contest, as am i.
pilgrim-
"aggrieved party"?
Sounds like you migh watch too much TV " news".
You'll have to be more specific, just getting ones panties in a wad just ain't quite enough. Personal insults are either to be ignored or satisfaction demanded thereof.
I have a right to not be offended.
BWAHAHA.
Huh ?
harry - i apologize if i offended you.
after 25 years of marriage i can apologize with one hand tied behind my back and my shoelaces tied together.
pilgrim-
I DEMAND satisfaction.
Who do I talk to aboot that?
I suppose practice makes perfect eh?
sorry harry, one apology per person per day. if my insensitivity is still causing you distress let me know tomorrow.
Monkey see and monkey do...
Someday we'll live on Venus
Men will walk on Mars
but we will still be monkeys down deep inside....
venus, mars?
not me, i'll be off in search of the sirens of titan and tralfamadore is out of reach for conventional space travel.
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