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So let’s just say I been getting a little roughed up in the soft spots down below since I recently adjusted my seat. However I can’t just put my seat back to how it was because it is much better positioned now and I can ride more aggressively and it gives me a better posture. I was reading around that it could be from riding with cotton, which is usually what I’m wearing. I have been commuting for like 6 months now in cut off jeans and it’s never been a problem. More reason to believe it is related to the damn seat positioning.

So in hopes that the seat can stay where it is and I can get some crotch relief I purchased a pair of gel padded biking underwear. These can go under any regular pair of shorts and hopefully will work out for me. It is the next logical step (well I guess adjusting the seat would be, but hey…) They actually feel pretty cool and I can see why roadies would dig on dressing up in cycling gear. Although the gel chamois makes it feel like I am wearing a tiny diaper under everything.  I will be giving them a chance today. I may report back depending on how great or terrible the whole thing is.

Pretty cool movie, it’s an intermediate learners guide to conspiracy theory. It touches on a few topics that were new to me. Mainly Agenda 21, Codex Alimentarius and the Kyoto Treaty. The thought of a secret society planning the planets depopulation from 6 billion to 500 million was a bit mind blowing.

It also reminded me of other stuff had forgotten about like Fluoride and the effects of living in fear based society on genetic human evolution. If any of this is true it is safe to say we are fucked and must embrace the idea of dystopian blue jump suits, soylent green and Orwellian newspeak. It looks really bleak and it’s only like a year and half away from starting:P

Picked up some goodies a few days ago from… get this… Amazon. Let it be known I have never ordered a thing from Amazon, ever. First time yo! And the best part is I didn’t even click on my own link to get credit on my affiliate account (dumbshit!)

Anywhoo, I picked up a new chain, seat post clamp and a huge black… water bottle (the shit was only $2.99!!)

The chain is a Spanky’s Tweet Tweet chain, I got the black one. It looks tough, has half links and is black. It looks really black like that stuff foot ball players but under their eyes or burnt cork. That being said I’m hoping that the chain looks like the one in the above pic with something of a thick black coat of paint rather than being anodized like the red and blue. Maybe the black is also anodized and it just looks better who knows. Either way my bike has been doing me well for over 9 months so it deserves a little love.

Next is this hefty hefty seat post clamp. The Surly Constrictor is friggin massive and flat black so I’m down. I’m super into hefty, I want my bike to be a tank. Flat black everything is the way to go. I read around before buying it and it’s a good clamp if you are a fat ass and you keep pushing your seat down or if you are not a fat ass and your seat is sliding down on it’s own. I don’t really have any problems with my seat post slipping but my current clamp is dying, it is wound very tight and the screw is sticking out of it even though there is no exit hole for it. It’s a P.O.S. and needs to replaced so this part will be greatly appreciated.

Lastly for no reason other than the fact that it was $2.99 I picked up this massive 28 oz water cannon! I believe a regular old bottle is like 11 oz so this thing is over twice the size. Really, I don’t ever see myself needing that much hydration. While the thought of aiming a massive bottle at my face while on the road is pretty awesome I really bought it because the lid on my hot pink bottle has bitten the dust and I think I can take the black one off of this one and apply it to the pink one. If toy collecting has taught me anything it’s that you can make some plastic do just about anything you want if you hit it with a hair dryer for a little bit.

And a good bye treat, if you don’t think this is funny I don’t wanna know you. I apologize if the skanky pizza girl is offending to you but I found it more appealing Howard Sterns stunning visage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7UNG8a33AQ&NR=1

I touched ground in SD from Tennessee. It was pretty awesome. I’ve always been to Tennessee in the winter so everything was always dead and really cold. This time however with spring in the midst I got to see some beautiful greens, yellows and purples.

Tennessee usually means a few things. A few trips to Walmart, a few trips to Chili’s and a gauntlet of food that isn’t available on the west coast and you bet your ass every one of those random eats is washed down with the sweetest of sweet tea. I shit you not I watched this lady pour an entire pitcher of sugar into one of those tea dispensers… yet I still went back for refills. We did some Cheebuger Cheeburger, Cracker Barrel, McAlister’s, Steak N’ Shake, Sugar’s Ribs (fuck me this was sooooo good) I think that was the bulk of it. Oh and I brought some grape heads and orange heads and some fried peanuts that you can eat with the shell (salty, greasy craziness) ~ Thanks Kim! It also means trees with seeds, no whippets and cheap booze! I had a good time and I missed my bike but the week went by super fast and before I knew it it was back home to my dull day to day.

The general purpose of being there was Xty’s sister Sharla was getting married. The wedding was held at Booker T. Washington State Park, it was pretty awesome with its massive river and many trees an shit. Xty totally snuffed some child for the brides bouquet (sigh lol) Yeah… so back to chrons and bike rides =_=