Dear Internet:

Happy Valentine’s Day! 
I like you more than Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure and I really really like that movie. 

Love,

Naomi Maria
xoxo

I saved myself $60 by making velcro straps for my polo bike and almost killed my sewing machine in the process.

If you are listening to the Unicorns while watching this, it’ll be just like you were here. 

Simple Green is my degreaser of choice for both cleaning bikes and printmaking messes.

And yeah, those tins are from Qdoba.

So yeah, I am reworking this illustration. I don’t know what I want to do for the background yet, but I think I want to do this as a print.

Would you be more into this as a hand-colored etching or a silkscreen poster?

I also haven’t posted any photos of Leonine lately. I made her a new bar muff.

It’s so good to have my baby back in one piece again.

Leonine’s wheel set was upgraded from Vs to b43s with phil hubs and new tires. Waiting on new Nitto bullhorns, Deda track drops, and track grips for both. And I need to knit/crochet a new bar muff.

Time to dismantle Lolo and clean all his moving bits and fix whatever is wrong with the rear front derailleur.

I organized the bike pile today (additional wheels and tires are elsewhere.) I think I am recovered enough from last years accident to justify reassembling all my fixies and polo bike.

I have a really good reason for putting cats in cycling spandex.

Really, I do.

You’ll see.

I forgot my clothes to change at home and everyone at uni has been forced to spend all day with me in my wool and spandex.

It was a very lonely two and half months without riding any bikes. I’m glad it’s over with.