Decided I needed a geared all weather bike. The Litespeed certainly fills that void easily. Pulled the old Dura Ace 8 speed, and XT deraileur, put on some used Dura Ace 9 speed I had from the other road bike.
Swapped the alum bars for some used Easton Carbons. Peeled the decals for a stealthy look. Added Fenders, a new SRAM 12/23 cassette and 9 speed chain.
Across the 100th street bridge. The nicest way to get over the 405. 
Then up Hollywood Hill for the "Top Shelf" run. 
Up 135th SE, headed toward Trilogy.
Up and over Tolt.
Cascades were visible today...Nice. Down the 202 to Duthie Hill road. Duthie hill up to Samm Plateau, QFC for a quick bite then along ELSP.
Back into Redmond via Marymoor.
Across the 72nd(?) Street Bridge
When you see the Chesapeake's butt, you know the ride is over. 
Roger and Mt Pilchuck in the background.
Finished with energy to spare. Weather was perfect and it was a pretty nice ride. Local borders is closing out all their CDs to sell only pop crap. I picked these up for 30% off....
Either junior or senior year. In my football jersey, no doubt.
Mark and Me...Where was this? I have no idea....When was it? I THINK it is junior high. Holy Shit.
Scott and Mark....Q. What is the easiest way to take a Harley apart?
A. Start it
Q. What do Harleys and dogs have in common?
A. They both like to ride in the backs of trucks
Q. How do you know when a Harley needs oil?
A. It isn't leaking
Q. What is the difference between a Harley and a vaccuum?
A. The position of the dirt bag
It's looking a little gloomy....I suspect the bad weather is a coming.
Maybe it will clear up...No body on the rail trail on a day like to day...Snow forcasted. 
Rail Trail Action Shot
I pass through Carnation, get a coffee (which she didn't do right, which pissed me off, but instead of having her redo it, I just let it bother me. What a dumb ass.) and head up Tolt.
This is a spot on the road where I stopped to fix a flat I got probably 100 yards ago. Is that the karma for being pissed off about the coffee drink? Probably.
I decide to climb Ames Lake, like 100 times before. but on my way back on Union, I decide to detour, cut through a couple of subdivisions and end up back on Ames Lake again. Good. Now I know more of the Broadhurst subdivision. 
I use my usual bypass road.
Back on the side road of the 203....This spot always floods.
No problemo as it's barely past my rim.....I've ridden it MUCH deeper.
The dark gloomy weather coming? Here it was. BB sized hail. Nice.
It's OK as someone was home, waiting for me to return.
So the Guerciotti I bought of craigslist showed up via UPS a couple days ago. Not bad, but not as nice as I had hoped. It's got a couple of really nasty patch spots, one on the back side of the seat tube that is horrible.
Overall it's a nice frame with a matching fork, and it's the correct size, but not totally sure I'm gonna keep it. I think I'll just offer it up on craigslist.
I'm really in search of a nice track frame, but since they are popular now they are super hard to find.
WOW
After watching your waistline very closely, scientist found that just a little jiggle around the middle can increase your risk of six different cancers.
“But the main thing to focus on is keeping your overall body weight down,” said Dr. Anne McTiernan. The recommendation is to shed those unwanted pounds. Weigh now what you weighed when you were 18 years old.
“If you are normal weight when you were 18 the goal is to stay within 5 to 10 pounds of that weight and not do what most Americans are doing which is gain weight over time,” said Dr. McTiernan
Do you? :) I do now. Plan to stay there
Nuff said twice. Big snow yesterday, big snow tonight.
Spent 2+ hours shoveling our driveway, and the sidewalk of the old folks home next door. First day was OK....today was tough.
Nuff said. Big snow yesterday, big snow tonight.
Spent an hour shoveling snow.
