The Hawley Blog

The Hawley Blog is a cruel, cruel mistress. Neither sickness, allergy attack, bodily injury or impending mental collapse is an excuse for skipping an update, so I have wrapped my still bruised and tender ribs in some Cinelli bartape, gulped down a few caffeine-laden Clif Shots and sat down to boldly go where no Hawley [...]

My ribs are bruised beyond human comprehension. Precious blood has been diverted from my brain to my lungs in a vain attempt to soothe the sharp, stabbing pain that occurs with every breath. Thus, the brain is on emergency power mode, barely operating with enough power to fire off a few neurons and synapses. Motor [...]

Spotted then captured by Joshie at 24 Hours of Booty: Do you see the Beto Baby Seat (BAST3050)? Holds a full-size baby or man-child. Do you see the man-child? Really?Do you see the total lack of blogging inspiration for today? If so, then you’re a liar. I’m very inspired to “bring tha pain” to the [...]

From the construction site manager’s blog, “Taboo Haiku: Construction Poetry For the Man on the Go!” Concrete slab is doneSteel things are up in the airWe Are On Schedule Dune buggy chassisPainted like the Stars and BarsRocks my freakin’ world! The crew prepares to erect more steel girders:The construction site in its entirety:Chocolate makes me [...]

…to this week’s blog installments? I don’t know and I don’t care. The only thing apparent as of this writing is that “everybody looks good in a Limar!” Check it: Stay tuned next week for a fresh installment of “What Is It?” (mystery part provided by Brian in purchasing) , “Where Is It?” (as we [...]

Eleven 81 pedals at Carolina Fatz. Aggressive by nature, Eleven 81 pedals congregate in herds, muscling out other lesser pedals for prime retail grazing land….Brain storming is a dangerous undertaking, fraught with peril… sweet, succulent peril. Around these parts, brain storming is even more dangerous because of the sweltering temperatures, the feral and somewhat carnivorous [...]

This barely counts as shilling, but when has that ever stopped this shilling juggernaut of a blog before? Anyhoo, everybody knows about Cane Creek track wheels and everybody knows we shill, I mean sell them so I figured I’d spotlight their wheels on an actual bike instead of the ubiquitous catalog-product shot. The wheels in [...]

“I ate this cake and now I got full blown diabetes… and then came the tummy ache”This post is a somewhat belated birthday wish to significant other and significantly better half (better at runnin’ her yapper! zing! zing! oh snap!) of Josh Baker (Graphics), Jessica. More importantly, this post is something of a love sonnet, [...]

Friday afternoon, the Hawley Company saw its very own Teenwolf Zanca (inside sales) enter his first Omnium ever, the French Broad Cycling Classic. Expectations were high until 40 minutes before the opening time trial, Teenwolf looks over and asks “Why do I do these things?!” I assumed his lack of motivation was a result of [...]

Busy with the French Broad Cycling Classic today through Sunday. No post until Monday!!!