The Rockhopper came with a manual on how to put it together. Specialized tools. The Youtube tutorial was intense….um’ I popped on two tires, tightened on some handlebars and screwed on pedals. That’s it. I had parts and tools leftover so…..???? Maybe the damn bike will fall apart on me, idk. It seemed really simple after the first bike, just confusing with so much documentation, much seemed for other bicycles.
Rides great, nice bike so far and I’m really enjoying it.

As a designer….I’m thinking: China, product producer is trying to appeal to popular culture but does not understand what they’re referencing. At 333 mg of caffeine this product isn’t even safe for consumption and is definitely dangerous for children.


Last week took Steep Trail up through Kwis again and it’s difficult, but I did okay. I’m super intensely nervous about this upcoming race. It’s not just that I’m fat, old and haven’t trained enough but sometimes my health absolutely fucks me over in ways that are … scary. Really scary and I tend to shrug off shit and have a high pain tolerance. I’m aware my constellation of symptoms spells out, ‘you’re fucked’ in the sky.
Kinda worse though – the plague of hypochondriasm is happening right now from little girls thinking they are schizophrenic and have turrets syndrome to women my age making headlines with — and I shit you not — “Doctors said I would be bedridden from fibromyalgia!” (Don’t worry she fought tooth and nail and has an inspirational Instagram story — Fuck me man. *vomit face*) How am I going to get a proper diagnosis when doctors just handle crazy McCrazy all day every fucking day.
So sometimes I have abdominal pain so bad I turn white, get super nauseus, break out in a cold sweat and get super weak and feel like I’m dying. It passes – yeah but makes an impression. Damn, what is that?











