Reeeeaaaally hate the phrase “junk miles” for any cyclist other than folks that are specifically training for something (pro or otherwise). If the miles are junk instead of fun, you’re doing it wrong :-P

Smersh:

hankgreen.com/smush · Nov 5
1054 pts · PERFECT 💯 · 119-day streak
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New dessert vending machine from Shyndigz is a winner:

Hey, look at that—I’m 45 years old now!

I think Alex Melton has seriously outdone himself with his cover of “Golden”. It was already one of the most rhythmically, melodically, and harmonically awesome pop songs in recent memory. And he’s turned it into an equally amazing rock anthem: youtu.be/HXDYkCWsY…

Is today the best weather of 2026?

A church behind some autumnally colored trees reflecting in the boat lake in Richmond, VA

Not fully awake, but I still voted! And they had some of the excellent possum stickers at my precinct!

Me, feigning sleep, with a “RVA Votes” sticker on my shirt that has an illustration of a possum

First time I got a perfect score at any difficult level!

I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Nov 3rd 2026 (Medium), in 05:11
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November says, “Remember me?”

Towers in the distance with a tail bridge in the foreground, all reflected in the canal below

Booyah!

hankgreen.com/smush · Nov 2
1224 pts · PERFECT 💯 · 116-day streak
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Saw a 15-foot skeleton on my ride this afternoon all dressed up as Dr. Frank-N-Furter. It was glorious.

Weather like this makes me wish I had no obligations so I could ride my bike all day.

A church bus behind some trees with orange leaves

Smewsh

hankgreen.com/smush · Oct 31 1192 pts · PERFECT 💯 · 114-day streak 🥞🥞🥞 🥞⭐🥞 🥞🥞🥞

Trying out Chromagraph, a new camera app from @rianjohnson.bsky.social and Steve Yedlin. Very promising for a first release!

Trees with leaves turning red and orange

I love my dumb little Schwinn Crosscut-turned-chubby tire road bike so much that I want to upgrade it eventually. Thomson seat post. Fancy crankset. Velocity wheels and a front dynamo. Some day. It’s already one of my best, most fun builds ever and has over 650 miles on it.

Population: me.

A sign for Danieltown in western Brunswick County, VA. Below that is a sign for Virginia Civil War Trails

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hankgreen.com/smush · Oct 27 1078 pts · PERFECT 💯 · 110-day streak 🥞🥞🥞 🥞⭐🥞 🥞🥞🥞

Here’s a really fun video of some fellas riding through the history of #bikes in America along the Great Allegheny Passage:

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Rewatched Speed with my wife. That movie has some of the dumbest dialogue and character decision making I’ve ever seen and I loved the hell out of watching it. Canonical “big dumb fun” movie.

That’s a spicy smush!

hankgreen.com/smush · Oct 20 1054 pts · PERFECT 💯 · 103-day streak 🥞🥞🥞 🥞⭐🥞 🥞🥞🥞

Yeah, I’ll take it.

hankgreen.com/smush · Oct 19 954 pts · PERFECT 💯 · 102-day streak 🥞🥞🥞 🥞⭐🥞 🥞🥞🥞

Holy crapple sauce, the weather was fantastic for riding #bikes today in Richmond.

Just had an idea to create a threaded headset that looks like a Leica camera lens with the lower cup looking like the back of the lens and the upper cup/lock nut looking like the front.

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hankgreen.com/smush · Oct 16 1020 pts · PERFECT 💯 · 99-day streak 🥞🥞🥞 🥞⭐🥞 🥞🥞🥞

When is some ultra cycling group gonna have the guts to create a “Divide Divide” route or some such nonsense (seriously, how manny friggin’ “divides” are there)?