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Happy Birthday Biscuit Boy.

yeah the gloves are massive. It is a nice bag but I know Ortlieb is highly rated for a lot less money.

The pannier I have works really well and has a nice computer compartment and lots of supply holders on the inside. I fit two 14oz boxing gloves, wraps, Oakley radar case, Kryptonite Fuggedaboutit u-lock and chain, iphone, polar water bottle and keys last night. The best thing is I am carrying it as a briefcase today and it does not look out of place. I am going to take advantage of the REI sale this weekend to get some grocery bag panniers I think. What are you commuting on, the Niner?

Did my first massive 1.6 mile commute this morning. Not sure I needed quite as much crap as I bought for this commute so I am going to have to come up with new places to ride the commute bike. Locker was a Dinny nightmare, full of spider webs so I had to clean that all out this morning. They look great from the outside but are really not much of a locker when you get inside. Has anyone bought the Garmin 1000 yet? I am thinking about upgrading my old 800.

I am happy at about 64 degrees.

That is a crazy ride. I am contemplating driving to the gym as it is 86 here. The gym is only half a mile, but hot is hot.

Happy Birthday Raffy.

I ended up changing to a Vaude pannier after looking everything over at the shop. German brand, seems pretty nice and very well laid out on the inside to carry everything I could ever want to take to work. I might get something else to just carry groceries or something at some point. Going to jam all my gym stuff in shortly and head there, if the rain stays away.

The dynamo front wheel was not done yet so I am going with my old MTB headlight for the moment. Too lazy to carry this thing downstairs to weigh it but I would guess 40 pounds.

I stream 320 on Spotify desktop. It is only available to Premium members though. I didn't even know there was a web player.

Also will not jam up if your pant leg gets caught in the apparatus and won't put grease all over your pants as you pedal. Great for commuting. Seems to be a much smoother overall operation and the silent ride is pretty nice.

It will be locked in a locker at the train station but on a rack at the Gym. The bike locker is keyed so I would not need a lock.

Ended up buying the Spot Acme in Mercedes Grey with fenders, rack, Brooks vegetarian seat in grey, Dynamo front hub, Schmidt Edelux II dynamo front light, XTR disc brakes and some sweet panier bags from Basil. Now I need to buy locks, what do you guys use?

Yeah, I was also going to check with your shop to see if they have a Scott SUB Speed like Gene's in stock. I am thinking carbon belt driven is the way to go for this bike.

Yeah I was looking at those until I saw the recent recall for breaking peoples faces when the forks break. I am going to some hipster bike shop in DC tomorrow to look at Spot Acmes and Breezer bikes. http://thedailyriderdc.com/

Contemplating a Budnitz No. 1 now. Seems like a fun town bike that would appear to be very well made. I can even get one with Di2 shifting for the Alfina integrated.

I typically did not yell at people to get out of my way at parades, but there were many "accidental" well placed elbows to the side of heads when people annoyed me.

That is interesting. I have several local shops that sell the Uptown but none seem to have the Beltway in stock.

Went and rode a Cannondale Bad Boy 1 today. Pretty nice bike for my commute option. Little bit of a front suspension with lock out but basically a minimalist setup with Deore and SLX and upgraded hydraulic disc brakes over the 5's Avids. I have not really found anything in the shops that is well built and basic. The Shinola bikes are really well made but goofy looking. They actually ride really well.

Trying to choose between a couple of guitars. Neither of which I can try out locally. Guitar #1 - Gibson Nashville Custom Shop '59 Re-issue ES-335 in Cherry Guitar #2 - Collings I35 Deluxe Carved Top with Lollars Humbuckers. The Collings would actually be a bit cheaper and I really like the looks better I think. It would also come with the lifetime warranty which would be nice. You guys ever played either guitar, have any advice?

I am pretty sure I looked into taking a bike at one time, but it seems like the number of trains that have the walk on service is pretty limited. I am definitely going to try to ride some this weekend, but nothing serious.

I was actually thinking Cross Chek SS from Surly or maybe a Karate Monkey so it could be used for light MTBing as well. Maybe I can go all safety and buy this carbon belt drive Trek.

Going to try to get out on the bikes this weekend. I also need to shop around for a new commute bike. Might head over to Chris' store to see if they have anything. I also found Bikekinetic over by one of the Guitar shops that carries Salsa and Surly.

Happy Birthday Chris.

You know Brent, today happens to be National Buttermilk Biscuit Day. I am guessing if you went out at lunch there would be several places serving biscuits, to everyone at your table but you.