Welcome A Random John
For those who are as surprised as I am that ARJ has no blog home will be happy to know he’ll be a guest at the Nine Moons Inn. A Random John is a regular on the Bloggernacle circuit who always brings a little sense and order to the discussion. He also has respect for the Yeti, which of course sealed the deal.
We are pleased to have him guest-posting here and hope he enlightens us all.
As an ARJ fan, I proclaim, “It’s about time!”
One quibble: ARJ does have a blog. I like what I see there thus far, but I must admit that I wish he would post a bit more often.
Comment by Justin — July 25, 2005 @ 12:32 pm
Justin,
I mostly put that blog up so that I would have an account to use for posting to your blog.
Comment by a random John — July 25, 2005 @ 12:35 pm
Great — when can we expect Nine Moons to convert to slashcode?
Comment by Bryce I — July 25, 2005 @ 3:39 pm
Do you mean Yeti the mythical beast of the Himalayas or the bicycle frame?
Bryce,
Buh?
ARJ,
Welcome!
Comment by Bret — July 25, 2005 @ 5:16 pm
Bret,
The bicycle frame. I confessed to Rusty the other day that back in the day I lusted after a Yeti. I have gotten over that though. I think that I own the sweetest riding hardtail I’ve ever tried out. Not that it matters since I haven’t ridden in way too long.
Comment by a random John — July 25, 2005 @ 8:23 pm
btw, many thanks to Rusty for providing this soapbox for me. I hope that I don’t do too much damage.
Feel free to ask any reasonable questions you want about me in this thread and I’ll attempt to answer.
Comment by a random John — July 25, 2005 @ 8:26 pm
“I have gotten over that though. I think that I own the sweetest riding hardtail I’ve ever tried out.”
Only because you haven’t ridden a Yeti.
Comment by Rusty — July 25, 2005 @ 9:22 pm
Weren’t Yetis the purple bikes?
Can’t wait to read your posts, ARJ!
Comment by Elisabeth — July 25, 2005 @ 9:28 pm
Rusty,
At the end of next month we’ll have moved to Utah. Next time you’re in the SLC area bring one of your Yetis and we can go for a ride and have the head to head comparison. I’ll even buy new pedals for the occasion so that you can ride my bike as I doubt that anyone out there other than me and my brother still uses Onza clipless pedals.
I should probably mention that other than my own bike, the best riding hardtail that I’ve been on is a Fischer Super Caliber. For some reason that thing was a magic ride.
Elisabeth,
I would guess that some Yetis are purple, but I have no idea if that is a defining characteristic. Rusty might be able to shed some light on this. In any case, like the real Yeti, you hardly ever saw them.
Comment by a random John — July 26, 2005 @ 10:32 am
I mostly put that blog up so that I would have an account to use for posting to your blog.
I’m honored by this.
Comment by Justin — July 26, 2005 @ 11:21 am