Daniel Warshaw

I never find these gems :-P

Those derailleurs look basically like Schwinn-badged Shimano 400 series. Everything is in such great shape!

Found a bike beside Robinson St with a FREE sign on it. Quick refresh and it’s ready to pass on. Late 1970s Schwinn
Le Tour III. #rvabike #schwinn

BREAKING: President Trump signs EO ordering Americans to acknowledge that he definitely strongly wipes his own butt, and never needs help contrary to the very bad lies told by Demoncrap toilet traitors.

I myself think the way the term "vibe coding" is used in the discourse (meaning at least three different things which get conflated for rhetorical purposes) is obscuring so many distinctions as to be actively confounding understanding, but I'm just some guy in the context smash machine

Wherein I process my feelings about supporting a grieving wife without my emotional support bicycle: https://ploafmaster.com/2026/03/06/emotional-support-bicycle.html

Adorable 3…4 year old? Strolls singing into the bagel shop. She spots embroidered Tweety on the employee’s blouse and exclaims, “I know that bird! It’s from, uh, from…Space Jam!”

My mother-in-law passed away this evening. As it happens, it’s 18 years to the day from when my dad died.

Grateful for the ability to take some time off. Grateful for her that she could be present with her mom as she passed. Grateful for helpful and caring friends.

Would you, uh…would you buy a jar of, um…Vaseline…from Facebook Marketplace?

I mean, also trying to resist picking up a few well-loved XTR RD-M952 derailleurs as well.

Distracting myself from the impending bad news by trying not to buy all the nice, old SunTour components I find on eBay.

the new fisherman’s friend extra-strong menthol double stuf oreo cookies are better than you’d think

I will gladly spend money on quality bike tools, but for certain items I just can’t justify it. I’m not even gonna buy a used Park Tool or Unior headset press unless I’m pressing in 10 headsets a day.

WFH (working from hospital) this week so my wife isn’t alone here while my mother-in-law is on hospice.

I’m very upset, but I’ve got nothing of substance to contribute to the conversation on this platform. When you see me posting through it about random stuff, don’t confuse it for apathy.

It’s been dark enough dealing with all the national bullshit while my wife’s mom is dying, but now while she’s in hospice near the end, we get a new war for breakfast. Too many fucking horrors at once.

Dang, these new Shrike bars from Crust are super dope, and may work for the resto-mod of the Diamond Back. I’m sill partial to the Fun 3 Bars from Sim Works (love them on my Space Horse), but I can check these out in person at the source.

Yesterday I got a wheel set for $60 with 90s 8-speed-era Dura Ace hubs. The rims are too-skinny-for-me Mavic Open Pros (decent shape), but the hubs are fantastic and the price was worth it for them alone. I’m probably going to take the hubs out and re-lace them to wider rims for some wider tires.

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But also…

ACAB

(all cops are babies)

I have a tire size checker tool from Rossman Cycles, and it looks like I could fit 650b x 50mm tires on the Diamondback!

Also, I was able to strip everything off with minimal issue. Probably gonna need to replace the headset, though. Not urgent, but it’s not all that smooth.

Somehow, quite unintentionally, I have ended up having #bikes that all have integrated seat post clamps.

The more I read up on Deore DX, the more hyped I get about the components on this absolute STEAL of a bike I got today. Again, 25 bucks for the whole bike. Dang.

I sure wish Delta Sleep would tour in the US.

Ah, the roller rink, where it actually smells better in the bathroom.

1990 Diamond Back Apex bicycle

So uh...a new pickup. 1990 Diamond Back Apex: https://ploafmaster.com/2026/02/24/apex.html

1990 Trek Antelope 800 with some contemporary updates

First ride on my new-old-bike, the Dope-a-lope: https://ploafmaster.com/2026/02/23/dopealope.html

Courtney, picked the same way as my first: some guy my mom liked in high school. She was expecting me to be Angela, but when I came out with different parts she picked Ian Andrew after Jethro Tull, but when a nurse asked “what’s an Ee-on?” mom panicked. I don’t mind it, but I don’t use it.

A beautiful and necessary reminder from @dansinker.com.

Looking more like Carson Yearly these days tbh

Great day for #bikes; managed to get in a nice long ride AND get the front rack and basket installed on the old Trek.