Boring first video

 "If you can cut yourself - your mind - free of what other people do and say, of what you've said or done, of the things that you're afraid will happen, the impositions of the body that contains you and the breath within, and what the whirling chaos sweeps in from outside, so that the mind is freed from fate, brought to clarity, and lives life on its own recognizance - doing what's right, accepting what happens, and speaking the truth - If you can cut free of impressions that cling to the mind, free of the future and the past - can make yourself 'a sphere rejoicing in its perfect stillness', and concentrate on living what can be lived (meaning the present)... then you can spend the time you have left in tranquility.  And in kindness,.  And at peace with the spirit within you." - Marcus Aurelius

Mountain Bike Computer

 "Circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations.  Events happen as they do.  People behave as they are.  Embrace what you actually get." - Epictetus.

First road bike ride in a long time

"Wealth consists not of having great possessions, but in having few wants." - Epictetus

Biking Accessories

 

 "The best revenge is not to do as they do." - Marcus Aurelius

 Below: Self-deception.

Upcoming project

"Everyone prefers belief to the exercise of judgement." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Masi Gran Corsa - out of cold storage

 "All cruelty springs from weakness." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca

I pulled the old bike down off the mezzanine recently, and ordered a bunch of parts (box, bottom right).  It sat there with flat tires and a thick layer of dust until I had a couple of days to get around to refurbishing it.

The Bicycles: Centurion Le Mans and Masi Gran Corsa

 "Be your own master, and look at things as a man, as a human being, as a citizen, as a mortal creature" - Marcus Aurelius

Not Lance Armstrong

"No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity.  For he is not permitted to prove himself." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca

A buddy of mine recently sent a photo of myself that I'd never seen before.

I'd guess this was taken in 1987-1988.  Looks like we were loading or unloading bikes for some cycling event or group ride.  Judging by how pale my hands are where the gloves fit on, I'd been riding a lot.  Trusty can of Copenhagen in the rear shirt pocket, too!