Tomorrow is the first day of spring and I couldn't be more excited about it.  It has been a long, brutal winter. 

      There is a website all about Kalamazoo bands from the 90s.  I guess there is a website for everything.  Anyway, they recently added free MP3s from one of my favorite bands, ever...Fletcher 

      The production is a little iffy but I love these songs.  So good.  

  I got a big box of  Snafu parts the other day and it allowed me to build up another bike.  I built a very patriotic front wheel with my nice new Snafu hub and I built an Odyssey freecoaster wheel up.  That freecoaster has so much play that it's hard to ride with, but I want to try it out and see what I can do.   I have a Poverty freecoaster on my flatland bike and it is awesome with very little play and very consistent engagement.   If you've tried out a freecoaster you know they can be tricky.  If they engage while you're rolling backward, you will eat shit so fast.  It's happened to me so many times.  

      It's crazy how obsessed with BMX I am.  I spend hours in the barn at night, tinkering with my bikes and riding the ramps or just doing roll-backs.   When I first built up the new freecoaster bike it didn't have brakes and riding that in a cluttered barn was a bad idea.  You should see what I went through to piece together these brakes.  If you have a couple hours and we can talk in person I'll explain it.  I'm already rambling deep into "Who Fucking Cares" territory with this post.

      I rode the Dowagiac cement park last friday for bit.  It was still a little wet but it was great to ride outdoors.   I ate shit really hard while skating but it was a good time.  I can't wait to ride Grand Haven, Charlotte and all the other parks while I'm out on the road.  Besides spending time with my family it's what I truly look forward to.

   The comment on the post below from Jeff Tabb about how is mother secretly threw away his Born to Lose tee shirt is awesome.   I got a lot of comments about that shirt from random people myself.  One time I was ordering food and this young dude who was taking my order said "No one is born to lose, you're not born to lose" like giving me this self-esteem pep talk.  I just laughed. I didn't even know what to say.  The best thing was this dude who bought a Born To Lose shirt from Albes for his pregnant wife.