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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 17/09/2026

Here's the current state (note the barrier already moved). Not great. Though I wouldn't ride/walk under if a train is overhead since a section of the "ceiling" that protects from debris is missing.

Approaching the barrier on the capitol trail

View of first crossing on the east end of the blockage

View of pathetic barrier to protect cyclists

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 13/09/2026

Oh hell yes, my new chubby-tire, comfort road bike is amazing. Say hi to my latest restomod, Shween. More details when I get the chance to give it a photo shoot!

Schwinn Crosscut bike turned into a comfort road bike

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 08/09/2026

What, uh…what kind of um…meat…is it?

facebook marketplace listing for a creepy looking old chest freezer and the listing says $0, deep freezer full of meat, in glen allen va

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 31/08/2026

This fine Jimothy reflector will dangle from the saddle of the next bike I’m building up 😁 (parsecobjects.com/products/jimothy-…)

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 27/08/2026

Okay, here it is—my too-long post about my latest #bike build! Photo gallery at the bottom! Bike Portraits: Rattle Can: ploafmaster.com/2026/08/27/bi...

side photo of my 1990 diamond back apex bike

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 18/08/2026

Part 3 of my long-winded sharing about my Montréal trip! mercredi et jeudi: ploafmaster.com/2026/08/18/mercredi…

Sign for St-Viateur Bagel in Montreal reading "La Maison du Bagel"

looking northeast along rue st-paul in Montréal's old city

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 18/08/2026

Part 2 of my family trip to Canada covering our first full day and a bus trip to Quebec City! More-tréal: ploafmaster.com/2026/08/17/moretral…

flower arch over the entrance to Rue St.-Amable off Place Jacques-Cartier in Viex-Port in old Montréal

Montmorency Falls outside of Quebec City

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 15/08/2026

The first of at least two posts with photos from my trip to Montréal. Au revoir, Montréal: ploafmaster.com/2026/08/15/au-revoi…

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 11/08/2026

[extremely Wesley Willis] DINO-SAUR MAC-DAWNALDS

Life-sized dinosaur models outside a rest stop around St-Léonard-d’Aston, Quebec

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 09/08/2026

My wife really knows how to pick a ding dang hotel.

Looking toward the St. Lawrence River (not in photo) from the 8the floor window of my hotel room

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 01/08/2026

Teaser shot of the latest #bike project. More on this in a full blog post later!

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 15/07/2026

Ready. Just need to get Valerie on it so I can make seat/handlebar/grip/brake angle adjustments. #bike #raleigh

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 12/07/2026

It’s wheel building weather(27.5” Velocity Cliffhanger on a NOS Suntour XC9000 hub). I didn’t even need YouTube this time!

Shallow focus shot of the front Suntour XC9000 hub in a wheel I just built

Shallow focus shot highlighting “Cliffhanger” sticker on the Velocity Cliffhanger rim I used

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 05/07/2026

So…uh, was there a fight that turned into a conflagration?

Richmond department of emergency communications website showing first a police response to domestic violence followed closely by fire department response to a house fire at what could be the same location

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 11/06/2026

UPS recently updated their live delivery tracking but it’s no improvement. It seems to imply the truck’s route to the delivery address when in actuality it redraws the route from delivery to the truck every time it changes location.

Screenshot of a map of part of Richmond, Virginia with a pin showing the location of a UPS truck and a route to the delivery address

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 02/06/2026

Whelp. After 2.5 years and nearly 27,000 miles (43,400+ km), my lard ass finally cracked a rail on my first leather Brooks #bike saddle. So it’s time to immediately go buy another one!

Close up of the underside of my Brooks B17 carved saddle with a cracked rail

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 01/06/2026

Your #bike mechanic would never —or— Hack job metal working on the edge Backyard Machinist: ploafmaster.com/2026/05/31/backyard…

a tap and handle stick out of a hole in a drive-side crank arm for a bicycle

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 26/05/2026

Today was the perfect day for the “wet bike”. VO Zeppelin fenders on the Space Horse meant that I could still ride 30 miles in this crummy weather and it was mostly the humidity that made me wet.

My All-City Space Horse bike in front of a steel cardinal sculpture that is taller than a person

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 09/05/2026

Ruby Scoops for the birthday boy (my now 10YO kid)

Pineapple sorbet with whipped cream and crushed cone pieces and a spoon sticking out

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 02/05/2026

Me? With a carbon road #bike? There's more to the story... Flyweight: ploafmaster.com/2026/05/02/flyweigh…

2013 Motobecane Immortal Team road bike leaning against my shed

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 22/04/2026

I love our goofy, delightful voting stickers here in #RVA.

Sticker with a cartoon illustration of a Virginia possum marking on a sheet of paper that says “ballot” with the label “RVA Votes” underneath

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 23/03/2026

I mean, I had to try them, didn’t I?

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 18/03/2026

Just…just look at that sparkle and shine. All I did was clean it with some Simple Green and use some Goof Off to remove some weird residue on a few spots. I still plan to use some of the gentle car polish and it’ll be blinding.

close-up of bike fork with "RALEIGH" logotype on each blade

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 18/02/2026

Nice brekkie at the start of the #bike ride from Julio’s.

Bacon, egg, and double American cheese on a salt bagel with a masala flat white

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 07/02/2026

Visited the Moton Museum in Farmville with my family and my daughter’s Girl Scouts troop today. Excellent exhibit detailing some regional history of the Civil Rights struggle.

Historic marker plaque in the Moton Museum reading: “ROBERT RUSSA MOTON&10;HIGH SCHOOL&10;HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A NATIONAL&10;HISTORIC LANDMARK&10;THIS SITE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,&10;ON THIS SITE IN 1951 THE STUDENT BODY WALKED OUT IN PROTEST OF UNEQUAL EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES. THE RESULTING SCHOOL DESEGREGATION LAWSUIT WAS PART OF THE 1954 U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION BROWN. BOARD, WHICH CONCLUDED THAT IN THE FIELD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION THE DOCTRINE OF 'SEPARATE BUT EQUAL HAS NO PLACE."&10;THIS PLAQUE DEDICATED BY&10;ROBERT STANTON&10;DIRECTOR, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE&10;AUGUST 31, 1998&10;UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR”

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 23/01/2026

I have a dull, persistent headache and a pulled muscle in my back, so no ride today. But I got to mock up a bunch of changes to the old Trek! Saddle is temporary, may take off the chain guard, but I’m pretty dang happy with where this is going.

My 1990 Trek Antelope 800 in the stand with Ron's Ortho bars, XTR rear derailleur, and some old cheap pedals that more-or-less match the decals

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 12/01/2026

Here are all the details of today's new-old #bike day! In a resto-mood: ploafmaster.com/2026/01/11/in-a-res…

1990 Trek Antelope 800 bike in front of my shed

close up of the frame graphics on the 1990 Trek Antelope 800. The word

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 05/01/2026

Me too, little buddy. Me too.

a sticker on a sign post of a stick figure holding a sign that reads "im just Happy to be Here!"

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 27/12/2025

Obligatory stop at Christmas on Wendhurst for their final year. www.christmasonwendhurst.com

Two wood cutouts of snowmen. One has thin sticks for arms and a word bubble reading, “Whoa Frosty you been working out?” While the other has thick sticks for arms

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 23/12/2025

Penultimate outdoor #bike ride of the year, probably

My bike locked up to a sign outside a 7-11 that reads “7-11 Customer Parking Only”

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 29/11/2025

I ride in the cold for the same reason I ride in the heat: so I keep riding. My body (and choice of attire) will adjust pretty quickly, and it leaves me with fewer excuses to stay indoors. #bikes

Fallen ginkgo leaves blanket a street in Windsor Farms, Richmond, VA

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 09/11/2025

Crossed 8000 miles for the year on my bike today while enjoying the mid-autumn splendor of fluorescent ginkgo trees around the city.

A massive ginkgo tree approaching full autumn yellow, as seen in Libbie Hill Park.

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Daniel Warshaw @ploafmaster.com · 04/11/2025

Seriously, the weather on today’s ride was like a birthday gift from nature. I had a helluva time on the bike, too. I feel like I’m nearly back to where I was before my injury.