The Hawley Blog

Writing a blog can be emotionally and sometimes physically draining, just ask Rich Dillen or that/those folks who do The Sartorialist (well not really cuz that’s all pictures). But anyhoo, sometimes finding material can be a stretch. Although last month’s post “Hawley Restroom Urinal Cake Theft Up 10 Percent For 2009″ was salient to those [...]

With the new expansion comes new landscaping. Out with the old, diseased bushes, in with the new palm trees and shrubs of a variety the blog is not familiar with! Huzzah! The new cyclocross course for this fall’s lunch time race series will run through the center of the new landscape complimenting Mr. Hawley’s aesthetic [...]

Have you hugged your Kryptonite (buyer) today? The bike rack outside Hand Middle School, where bike locks go to die…

(Many thanks to the Vanderkitten team for autographing Mimi’s headshot. And yes, I don’t know what “that’s my pot pie” means either, but it sounds succulent!)This past weekend saw the return of the Athens Twilight Crit to uh, Athens! This also marked the 2009 debut of Storck power couple Brittany Smith and Andy (Name Withheld) [...]

It’s Friday. Whooo? The Blog is an exhausted, somehwhat sleep deprived pile of puke stemming from a late night gig that turned into a clambake (mistake riddled performance; Mike Watt) of epic proportions. Must’ve sweated something like 5 liters. Dear lord, it was awful. We call them “character builder” gigs around here. Anyhoo, Kyle caught [...]

People showed, people raced, people won 12 dollars, people won 10 dollars. Somebody got a water bottle. The results are of no interest. What is of interest is Jose Texidor (international sales) showing up after hedging all week and throwing his hat into the Sport 40+ ring. JT dominated the microphone with his lyrical techniques [...]

Hawley employee and local teenage gadfly Kyle McNamee raced the Cat 5 State Championships this past weekend in Chucktown (Charleston, SC to those of you not in the know). Looked like it was a big field with 30+ riders racing the always exciting horse track on the Citadel campus. While the course lacked wacky turns [...]

Imperious Sun,Frowning down upon our ride!Will Brantley survive? A giant Carolina Gamecock sign, ripe for the plucking! Wow, must’ve been a low air pollution day. Been a long time since The Blog has seen a blue sky like this in Richland county. Feels like a Lomo shot! Gnartastic singletrack shred session… Brantley and his 45 [...]

(A quick note: Don’t listen to Portishead during your warm-up before an XC race. It’ll just make you depressed and kinda sexy. Seriously, straight out of Will Black’s mouth.) It is with heavy heart and even heavier colon that The Blog must inform you gentle readers that the traveling human side show known as Andy [...]

Brittany (The Better Half of The Storck Road Team) was on her way to the company safe when the Blog accosted her. “What’s all this ’bout???” it screamed. Brittany patiently explained that Storck Bicycle has ponied up a wheelbarrow full of cash to hand out to needy crit racers during Speedweek. Jiminy crickets, that sounds [...]