1.5.25.2008

Pictures from Friday. I had the day off and got to ride around in the
morning. Had a quick lunch of cold leftovers, I don't know why I like
cold leftovers so much but I do. Then went on an adventure to ride on
the metro link and get the fuji to bigshark. So it took about an hour to
walk the three to four miles to the closest metro link station. If I
know the bus routes it would have been faster possible. However it was
more fun watching the looks people gave me while pushing the fuji
along. So the first ride was short and uneventful, I should use it more
often I think. The good news is that they fixed me up with the new
wheelset then and there, I expected to just be dropping off my bike and
then have to pick it up after a few days. It gave me the chance to
browse and find my next purchases... as if I needed an excuse buy bike
stuff... sundays another day off so that means I can give the fuji
plenty of attention.

1.5.20.2008

Today was a good day off, with some urban hiking this afternoon.

1.5.15.2008

Yeah + for safety or maybe a ++ Well I finally got a new helmet to
replace my old cracked specialized. It is the Giro Ionos comfy and
safe. Also I picked up a pair of ankle reflectors to add to my ufo
look. Tomorrow will be the first official ride of "level 9" safety.

2.5.13.2008

Randoms: More lights, to be like a rolling ufo
A house that I liked the roof, in the soulard neighborhood
An annoyance named stubbs...

1.5.13.2008

So for those few that I've talked to about the run in with a car that I
had. Only damage done was to the wheels. So a new wheel set is needed,
which hopefully should covered by the drivers insurance. So here's some
(poor quality) camera phone pics of the wheel, the last being on the
rack after my shop check.

1.5.5.2008

I rode to forest park on thursday did a couple of laps around the park.
4 miles to the park then 8 miles per lap. What a great way to spend a
beautiful day off.
Pic# 1: maklind and manchester, cagers disregarding the train safety
areas
Pic# 2: police horse, forest park mounted division stables
Pic# 3: scenic meandering section of the trail
Pic# 4, 5, 6: one of the lakes, BJC hospital in the background
Pic# 7: korean war memorial
Pic# 8: the jewel box and the large reflecting pool
Pic# 9: vandeventer place gates
Pic# 10: detail of the cast iron spire that's directly in line with the
tree in Pic# 9
Pic# 11: tree
Pic# 12: the jewel box again
Pic# 13: one of the small reflecting pools, 2 canadian geese, and a
statue of a monk
Pic# 14: flowers
Pic# 15: a tree in bloom
Pic# 16: shiny shiny box in the sun
Pic# 17: turtle park, a different but totally sweet park full of
concrete sculptures
Pic# 18: the serpents head, 20 feet of this sculpture was stolen a few
years ago
Pic# 19: the original tail section
Pic# 20: turtle
Pic# 21: hatching turtle
Pic# 22: turtle on a hill
Pic# 23: a turtle with a funny nose
Pic# 24, 25, 26: snapping turtle, my favorite
Pic# 27: snappy's foot
Pic# 28: the fuji waiting for me to finish taking pictures