Diving, Roatan island, Honduras
Geared 24″ Mountain Unicycle Riding
I finally got a geared hub for my 24″ Mountain Unicycle (muni) and gave it a ride last weekend. What a treat! The thing is blastingly fast. I rode a 6-7 mile loop in the Soquel Demonstration Forest called “Braille Trail”. It has a huge climb; most people walk it. I powered up it with a few lame dismounts (mainly due to me not being as fit as I usually am). I didn’t notice the extra weight in the hub at all! Riding down the single track was a blast; I tried to keep it in high gear as much as I could. Some bikers saw me and said “man you are cooking on that thing!”. They passed me once, but I quickly caught up to them whenever they stopped. I had to downshift a few times on the steep inclines and some of the really steep downhills. I did at most 1-2 foot drops; I’m trying to keep it in one piece until after our unicycle tour of Africa next June.
The next test was the following day. See if I could keep up with a group of our usual Coker riders on “Rob’s ride”. Sure enough, it was fairly easy to do. It felt like I had to exert a little more power than usual — that may have been due to the rolling resistance of the muni tire, and the gearing. But it wasn’t hard to keep up.
Photos from Nathan for Sunday’s ride: http://nhoover.smugmug.com/gallery/6637666_SutW5
A video of me cruising along: http://nhoover.smugmug.com/gallery/6637666_SutW5#423349592_eN8yQ
And it fits perfectly on the back of a Harley:
Thanks for the pictures, Nathan!
Iphone art
The next big project…
….built-in “knee wall” dressers for the upstairs!
Here’s a couple of pictures from SketchUp. I will give anyone the models, if they are interested in seeing how I designed them.
I purchased a bunch of wood from aura hardwoods yesterday, and I’m hoping to start building tonight!
It’s a happy and a sad day.
I’ve known all along that Obama would win. I’m glad I was right!
I’m sad that Prop 8 passed. Everyone should consider it a sad day for America when we start removing people’s rights and start discriminating against people. Saying two people can’t get married is discrimination. Maybe some day we will look back and realize our mistakes that we are making. We’ve made them before, and we know they were wrong. Women not being able to vote. Slavery. It was wrong for the morman church to back Prop 8 — especially considering most of the funding came from outside of California (ie: Utah). We should have a clear separation of state and church, but apparently we don’t. And apparently a civil union between two people (which is what marriage is) is something the church wants to control within the state. Its not fair, and it is a sad day in America.