With the Tour De France fast approaching, we thought we’d share this bit of cycling ephemera from the Johan Bruyneel archives. Pictured in the center is a fautleroy’ed junior rider (Bruyneel) flanked by a motley assortment of characters who comprised his scheming “entourage”. From left to right, in order of literary menace: The Manager, The [...]
Archive for June, 2010
“Ghost Dad” Makes “Umberto D” Look Like “Singin’ In The Rain”
Posted: 30th June 2010 by The Ghost of Jerry Reed in Daily Ramblings, This Just In...Comments Off
Prediction: Predator #4 Plays Topher Grace’s Vertebrae Like A Xylophone
Posted: 29th June 2010 by The Ghost of Jerry Reed in PredatorComments Off
If this image doesn’t lift your spirits and brighten your day, then you’re what we call, “on the ball”. By the way, is anybody else nervously X-ing out the days on their calendar until the release of “Predators” in theaters, nationwide? Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Laurence Fishburne, Abe Vigoda? I smell box office gold. Here’s [...]
So for the past few months, I’ve been wracking my brain about what hood/handlebar tape combination to run on Jacques Lobster. Because HUDZ carries pretty much the visible color spectrum and if you combine all the color options from Deda, Bike Ribbon, Cinelli, Sram, Eleven81, Singleworks, Zipp and Lizard Skins, any retina-searing set-up is possible. Since [...]
Friday Afternoon Advertisements
Posted: 25th June 2010 by The Ghost of Jerry Reed in Daily RamblingsIn honor of our new 2010 Urban(e) catalog, a CASIO! wristwatch commercial featuring Joey Krillz… And on the Left Coast, Massan doing a spot for Taiwan junkride-maker Leader (?) Bikes. WHy can’t these kids wear helmets?! Massan for Leader Bikes from Brandon Finks Video/Animation on Vimeo. Play ‘em off Piano Jose… Psst, our good friend Rachael at [...]
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First group commute in a while went off without a hitch. Adam, Josh and Ole Bloggy met at the intersection of Platt Springs and Emmanuel Church right down the road from the airport. Bloggy wanted a McDonald’s breakfast burrito but the prospect of bib chili this early in the day kiboshed the idea. Adam and [...]
Commuter Bike Of The Week, Profiles In Courage: Brian Love
Posted: 23rd June 2010 by The Ghost of Jerry Reed in Commuter Bike of the WeekComments Off
In every kingdom, government, secret society or high school clique, there are figureheads or closely knit factions of influence, concentrated power and ferality that to hint at even the slightest of transgression can bring down the wrath of a Norse god apocalypse (see yesterday’s post, ref: “Ragnarok”). Thus it is so with The Hawley Company’s [...]
Subway: Come For The Food, Stay For The Mild Irritation
Posted: 22nd June 2010 by The Ghost of Jerry Reed in Daily RamblingsHuzzah gentle reader! Tuesday has arrived like a swarm of locusts, sweeping into this week like a scourge, decimating within seconds what has perhaps taken a lifetime to create, taking what was once fertile and making fallow, what was once brimming with life, a hollow wasteland of endless shadows haunted by the grim specter of [...]
Monday, this is Bojangle’s Bacon, Egg and Cheese biscuit. You two behave yourselves…Apparently this weekend, many folks were “racing” in “races” for valuable “prizes” and “parting gifts”. Does my overuse of quotation marks intrigue you? Anger you? Confound you? Well then, my work here is done. Please read Hawley Company’s co-favorite bike messenger Billy’s account [...]
Another Groundbreaking I-Phone App
Posted: 18th June 2010 by The Ghost of Jerry Reed in Daily RamblingsComments Off
Hey there bike shop owners and industry folk, don’t forget to inquire within our sales department about Hawley’s new “Order Cut-Off Notification” app for your I-Phone! Once downloaded, every business day when you hear Europe’s “The Final Countdown” blasting from your phone, you have exactly 5 minutes and 11 seconds of triumphant stadium rock to [...]
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Tired of riding your titanium Moots road bike in Wrangler jeans and Myrtle Beach tanktops? Well, the Palmetto Cycling Coation has the cure for your denim-chapped posterior and shame-chapped everywhere else. It’s called the 2010 PPC Kit and the deadline for ordering one is next Monday, aka June 21st. If you’re a member, you get [...]