December 24, 2014
Dear Reader,
What has been happening lately in this world of ours? Hmmmm.
I see. I did not know that. I am blissfully unaware of most events that
are outside my immediate vicinity, you see.
This outlook is common during this busy time of year here in the USness
of Mexico’s piñata con tilda. Why just
the other day I was bicycling carefreely down the multi-use trail and across an
intersection when I noted several vehicles bustling along several seconds after
the traffic signal had clearly indicated that the time for restful sitting
still had befallen! "What mayhem is
this!?" cried I to my faithful steed, who
did not reply but instead stood soggily and stoicly blinking multudinous
Christmassy colours of glad tidings.
Yep. People be crazy.
Well, if you are reading this, it is my understanding that
you have probably survived the Christmas melee (avec accent!) and are likely to succeed in
reaching the coveted New Year of 2015 and possibly even the much sought after
Year of the Female Wood Sheep which will begin on February 19, 4, 3, 2015 early February. Congratulations!
As I struggled to convey to you in my most recent post,
there is a way to receive virtual credit for your bicycling expeditions here in
the town of Om. Aha! Yes, you can simply access this website and
begin logging your miles for the Omaha Winter Bicycle Challenge and making yourself feel that feeling! Yep.
That’s the one!
Hey have you heard that there are now portly bicycles with
front forks so that you can mushily ride over and through brambles, brush,
belligerent badgers, and broken branches with aplomb and a buzz and without the
usual possibility of flying in a predictably unpredictable direction upon
encountering these former obstacles? Here it is, and soon it is my understanding
that it will perform appropriately at temperatures below freezing, which is
important for those drivers of plentifully proportioned Pugzies.
At this point you might well be asking yourself, why is this
man still typing? And that is a good
question. Tough, but fair. Hey, look at these tyres!
One is old, one is new. One is also the Maxxis Overdrive Elite! The other is the humble Maxxis Overdrive. Yes, I have finally always embraced the USian
strategy of elitism. My tyre must be
superior to those other lowly tyres which might allow riders to become dehorsed
at awkward times and places and possibly flattened by a plump bicycle,
bicyclist, Clydesdale, and/or Hummer.
Here is my review of the original Maxxis Overdrive. I will further bombast the blogging sphere
with my notions as to why the Elite is so much better than you or your flimsy,
unreliable tyres upon which you have lavished so much trust, affection, and
unrelenting Turtle Wax. My first impressions are the following:
- I nearly had a fit trying to mount this tyre upon my needy rim. It was a Rhyno Lite rim, which is a full-figured rim. I cursed. I muttered. I pinched a hole into my tube. I bitched to Mrs. Snot who acted concerned. I read this pearl-for-swine of wisdom: The crucial point he makes on the video is that the tire bead doesn't stretch and is the limiting factor in getting the tire on. Thus you need to push the bead into the well of the rim on the sides opposite to the last bit you're trying to get on. I also set the tyre inside for a day and tried to calm down.
- It seems to be quite grippy upon cold and wet pavement, which is what I was hoping for.
- It has an especially thick center part of the tread, which hopefully means good puncture resistance and long wear. Especially since it was such a bitch to get on the rim that I left off my usual Mr. Tuffy tyre liners.
Hey! Shouldn’t there
be a bicycle movie at a local theater!?
Let me look into that. Nope. Not that I have been able to discover. Possibly a
bicycle event of some other sort? Nope. C'mon!
Here is a blog about "transportation bicycling" here in Omaha, that I have not until recently witnessed.
Well, now it is Christmas and I wish you a very happy and fulfilling one. Let's bicycle!
BS of O - yeah!
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