Innovation is good

I Just got home from Tranquility. I wasn't able to do a full lap because of mud. It was only about 70% ridable. The creek section was not ridable and the wooded sections were a little sketchy, but all the grassy sections were good. If rain holds off today (it probably won't) it should be nice and tacky for Sunday. Anyone else been to any other trails?

On another note, The professor is in Portland but he graciously left me his Soho S to mess around with while he's gone. Yesterday I flipped the hub around and made it a fixed gear. After tooling around my neighborhood for a while I decided to go run a few errands around town with it. I returned home in one piece (barely) and with a new respect for fixie riders. The Soho has front and rear brakes, but I tried not to use them so I could get the true fixed gear experience. I came pretty close to getting bucked off the bike about 3 or 4 times. Simple tasks like grabbing your water bottle while rolling down the street suddenly became a near death experiences. Also, trying to slow yourself down while going down a long steep hill really takes a toll on you legs after a while. By the time I got back to my neighborhood, I was starting to get the hang of it and I can see where it would be fun once you got really good, but for now I'll stick to a free wheel. I'll also continue to use my digital camera, my ipod, my laptop, my microwave and my electric razor. Innovation is good.