Oh Gwar, what a fickle and old fashioned bunch they were. Though they have died out and we are left with only fossil records, we know that they loved three things and three things only: Spitting blood on people, Hershey bars melted over a block of cheese, and DOWNHILL!!! This rare and highly valuable photo [...]
Archive for May, 2009
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This isn’t a post as it is more an airing of grievances about my own lack of coordination. Actually, it’s more a warning, in hindsight, to those bike folk who cannot wield a hammer. I’m looking right at you Andy Hale. To make a long story short, I borrowed the CRS-1 (Crown Race Setter) last [...]
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This morning’s post is a hodge podge, a Sanford and Son’s junk sale crammed down a horn of plenty constructed out of the flotsam and jetsam culled from the blogosphere and parts unknown! Huzzah good sir! Firstly, here is a pointless article about gardening ON your bicycle: En Gard! Secondly, Eleven 81 baskets. They’re cheap, [...]
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One more shout out to Stan’s and George’s doggy!!!
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Oh Gomer Pyle, you pea-brained, super-strong war monger who made us chuckle with your antics!… Saturday found The Blog at the always lovely Tsali trail system for the aptly named 12 Hours of Tsali put on by the good folk at Gone Ridin’ (apostrophe added post-edit). Hawley folk toeing the line for the full 12 [...]
Get Awesome! The Blog and Jeremy’s Fantastic Voyage To Tsali
Posted: 22nd May 2009 by admin in Daily RamblingsComments Off
The Blog and Jeremy “I Can Kill That Snake Just By Lookin’ At It” Edge are riding up to 12 Hours of Tsali today. We’re expecting a solo victory for Jeremy and some mid-lap silliness from The Blog. I have fireworks and I plan to use them… as a sandwich condiment… no, that’s nuts. But [...]
COMMUTER BIKE OF THE WEEK…
Posted: 21st May 2009 by admin in Commuter Bike of the Week, Daily RamblingsComments Off
… belongs to Scott from the vast hinterland of the shipping department. “Great” Scott is quite the ne’er-do-well and his Storck reflects his predilections for mischief-making and merriment! After unceremoniously executing his rickshaw driver last winter along a road swarming with bandits, Scott was at a loss for a proper mode of transportation until a [...]
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http://www.velonews.com/article/92239/ http://www.velonews.com/article/92268
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Great moments in vending machine history, May 20, 2009: Josh Baker, at the end of his rope both physically and psychologically seeks solace within the open, inviting arms of the Big Texas. 19 ounces of cinnamon roll goodness/fury packaged somewhere far from Texas, smuggled into America via submarines and placed surreptitiously within vending machines during [...]
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This post is a few weeks late, but Andy (Storckophile, candy man-child) noticed that Team Mountain Khakis was rocking Eleven 81 stems and seatposts at the Speed Week crits. Not only rocking them Ronnie James Dio style, but winning on them, repeatedly! Who knew? After hearing of their success, Dave Carson stroked his mustache and [...]