Thursday, March 17, 2011

Time Travel and my weekend.. lets hit 88

So its been about a week since my last blog.. and i guess its high time i fill you in on my last week/weekend... today we are going to hit 88 mph and go back... back to the Future!

 So let's recap starting with friday:
 Friday i traveled up to dayton/ fairborn to links and kinks bike shop, that my buddy Bryan owns. We worked on a bike for the Spring Break Bike Polo Tournament in Lexington. Took almost all day to powder coat the frame and fork, find a headset that would work... also picked up a new bike for parts and the wheels off it! So friday night i tuned up the bike and worked on packing everything for the weekend.. The frame is Halloween Metallic ( a high flake orange) and the forks are Tuscan Black (flat black)

This dude changed my tire
 Saturday, so up at 7 am.. pack the car with my bike, bag and the dog.. drove over to my moms to drop off Elvis for the day.. and take off to Lexington for a Huge Weekend!!! The drive was great, sunny, and didnt seem to take as long as i thought it would.. maybe becuase i was excited and i was jammin out all the way down I-75.. Arrive in Lexington at the polo courts , which by the way are AMAZING, around 11 am.. i was the 3rd one there... borrowed a mallot from someone and started warming up. I have not played polo in about 3 to 3.5 years.. and i was rusty, i mean REALLY rusty!  I decided to run my bike Fixed gear, no brake, Big Mistake! shouldve kept it with a brake and freewheel.. i would have been better playing and had more fun... also wish i wouldve put a more comfortable saddle on the bike.... anyways.. after about 9 hours of polo with people from all over the USA... pittsburg, atlanta, chicago, ann arbor, cleveland, cincinnati, st.louis, new york.. it was a huge event.. roughly 60 people!! well by the end of the day i was so tired, sore and ready for a massage and a hot tub! Decided to head back to cincy to change parts out on my bike for the big tourney on sunday... this was to be my undoing... and most likely one of the most costly things to do.. Heading back from lexington... on 75n i knew to avoid potholes... so i stayed to the left.. but after about 40 minutes of driving i was pretty damn hungry.. after not really eating all day.. i decided to change lanes.. as soon as my front passenger wheel started over the dotted line.. BOOM! huge pothole.. and instantly knew i was fucked!
 So sitting on the side of the road i called roadside assistance since i dont have a jack in my car... well while waiting i looked at the damage: Split Tire, Bent Rim, Blown Strut, fucked control arm... and all my bushings needed replaced... not a happy camper by this time... but finally the BIG good ole boy came and changed my wheel for me... and hobbled back home.. after leaving lexington at 9:30 and arriving back to my house at 1:00am ... made for a long day and knowing i wouldnt make the tournament the next day was really bumming me out...
 Sunday.. woke up not feeling good... drank 2 gatorades and seemed like i was just dehydrated and that was a relief! didnt really do much either that day..
 the rest of my week has been pretty tame.. nothing really exciting going on!
 But today is St.Patricks Day.. i used to love this holiday!i mean what other reason is there to get blatently drunk and act a fool? besides Oktoberfest, this is the party day of the year... oh yeah New Years too... But this year its different.. 1: i dont drink anymore 2: im not irish 3: im not really excited about it,
I mean tonight is going to be fun just watching all the drunk ass people on Mainstrasse acting a fool, puking on themselves, getting aressted for pissing in the streets, fighting , and other stuff.. I love watching people when you know something is going to happen! Im pretty excited to see how many people have green puke all over their shirts, pants, shoes.. and how many of them are getting carried out by their equally drunk friends... hhahaha this is actually making me excited for St.Pattys day..
Well im gonna hop back into my Delorean and hit 88.... becuase i gotta get back in time...... gotta get back in time ( huey lewis and the news does that song for those who dont know that, he also is the judge at the tryouts for the high school bands in the gymnasium that marty's band trys out for)





 Later!

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