Hope Mono Mini’s.

Floating rotors.

Syntace carbon bar.

Syntace stem

Fuck IE. IE is shit. Firefox 3 is out. Download it, use it and abuse it NOW.

Found: Sydney’s best dumplings. Hands down. Din Tai Fung

Electrician came today and I was without electricity for a few hours. I twiddled my thumbs for a second… no internet, no TV… what the fuck am I gonna do now? I stared at the Reign for a few minutes, the rear wheel came off, then the front, then everything else did too. I’ll be packing it tomorrow and off to Grip it goes for a re-spray.

Got a shitload of parts today for the Ti Project. Best to check Flickr for the pics.

Today I am missing the band. Here’s a video taken recently. A 15 year re-union. My guitar sounds shit… I can’t sing… but man it was fun. Miss these guys heaps, miss the music, the energy… maybe one day we’ll finish our recordings (older 1993 songs recorded at Troy Horse Studios here).

Went for a ride today at Loftus Oval with Christina, we met Felix at the carpark and had a great 2hour climb to the top. Both Christina and Felix did so well, myself included as I made it through some technical parts that I’ve never been able to clear as well as the first massive climb on the fire trail (I finally feel at home climbing on the Reign!).

Love how the Vet sign mimics to Mobil sign.

Felix was grinning ear to ear.

Suga did so well.

The view at the top.

Happy with the ride, starving… what better a way to fend off the cold weather with a hot bowl of Ichi-ban Boshi Ramen?!

My sisters’ husband Richie’s new Trance which we picked up a few minutes ago from Maroubra Cycles. I’m so glad he didn’t get a $1k hardtail, but instead forked out that bit more to get this bike which will out last a hardtail in my opinion.

Ti goodness! I also finally (It’s been sitting there in a massive box in the entrance of my house for months!) got my Mugen exhaust fitted today by Beau and Brad at Westside Mufflers. Car feels more responsive and the exhaust itself is so much lighter than the stock item and only just loud enough to let me know there’s an exhaust back there.

I used to dream about owning this gear when I was a kid. When I saw this brand new, never used vintage Shimano Deore XT M735 front derailleur on eBay I couldn’t resist. Sold for $10.60! She’s light too at 129g (lighter than all that new school shit, even lighter than XTR!). I’m planning to whack her on the Ti frame :)