One Year Ago Today

sram'd

sram ran that fucker back; i would imagine there will be a special holiday card next year for the fine folks who may have been left behind by the new red launch.  that's fine, just fine. 
now, they're talking hydraulic road brakes.  standard rim-type brakes with hydraulic actuation.  that's fucked up.  what is the porpoise of that?  that seems very much like an answer to a question nobody's asking, kinda like the heinous 4-bolt chainring standard shimano started, except shimano is way too smart to introduce something as uselessly goofy as a hydraulic road brake.  shimano would do a new standard to kill off some competitors, no problem, but go with something that offers no benefit, especially to shimano?  no way.  (the funny thing is, the hydro calipers look pretty okay in the photos, considering what they are, especially compared to the nasty new red cable calipers.)  now the road disc brakes are probably inevitable.  disc brakes are everywhere in our lives, and the road disc is the continuation of the mountain bike disc, whether it's necessary or not.  will we get to a world where the silver campagnolo record and chorus differential brake sets are the most sought-after vintage components ever made? 

teabaggin' santorum funfetti

oh, yes, it was glorious fun to watch that deranged fucker rick santorum preen up there last night, wallowing in the indelible aftermath of a frothy, fun-filled tuesday.  with luck, it'll get weird for a little while as mittens spends some of his money to violate santorum in public and expose his creepy and corrupt past.  done right that will provide some high-calorie hilarity before the interminable morass of the remaining meaningless primaries.  romney and his people have to be sickened that teabagger assholes are so unbelievably stupid and short sighted that they would even consider embracing the hopeless assclowns like newt and santorum, baby! when they supposedly hate the kenyan muslim usurper so much.  meanwhile, obama must be seriously considering embracing religion, cuz some invisible superhero has gotta be on his side.