To quote Gil Scott Heron, “The revolution will not be televised, unless it’s on Hawley’s Youtube channel” Ah Gil, you wacky funk poet revolutionary. I had no idea you were knee deep in the bike part game! Huzzah! Gil Scott Heron and revolutions aside, Adam has been a very busy beaver this week uploading all [...]
Archive for September, 2010
I Don’t Feel Tardy.
Posted: 29th September 2010 by The Ghost of Jerry Reed in Daily RamblingsTags: Palmetto Cycling Coalition, Park Tool, Youtube Channel
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John Wilkes Interbike Booth
Posted: 28th September 2010 by The Ghost of Jerry Reed in Daily RamblingsTags: Crossover The Country, Interbike
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A few more shots courtesy of M.W. of the Hawley booth in all its resplendent glory. Just for your information, we shared a booth spot with our new Canadian partners LAMBERT (who had their line-up of in house components on hand, like Toba, Megasoft, Voyager and Evo but sadly no Yvan Cournoyer throwback jerseys) and [...]
Monday Afternoon Faceplanting
Posted: 27th September 2010 by The Ghost of Jerry Reed in Daily RamblingsComments Off
Michael (inside sales) enjoys the withering heat during this weekend’s MS150 ride. Hot corn! Look at that jazzy new PCC jersey (available for purchase)… After 28 days of ground-scorching drought and pizza-oven level heatwaves, the weather patterns have released their stranglehold on our collective meteorological gestalt and deemed, in their most charitable yet condescending beneficence, [...]
Nermal Meets Merckx, Then The Face-Tasering Started
Posted: 24th September 2010 by The Ghost of Jerry Reed in Daily RamblingsComments Off
(What the hay? Was this opening captured via Eidoloscope? A bootleg of a bootleg of a vhs tape, recovered from the bottom of Lake Murray) Sometimes, you have to wonder how much begging and groveling and “Nermaling” a person has to do in order to get The Cannibal to not only sign your Merckx bicep [...]
It appears the cyclocross bug has spread to the Lowcountry like so many swarms of mosquitos returning to the swamps for the winter. Many huzzahs and kudos to Hawley customer Charleston Bicycle Company for stepping up and putting together a short but very sweet 4 race series. Acquaint thyself with the flyer below for the [...]
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Greetings and salutations gentle reader! After a restful but all too brief vacation at my country estate sampling crumbly cheeses, sitting hours at a time for velvet silhouetting and flogging hapless vagabonds caught in the solarium’s giant Dionaea Muscipula, I have returned to find Stately Hawley Manor in a condition of sepulchral peace and restfulness, [...]
Adam’s New Grocery Getter!
Posted: 17th September 2010 by The Ghost of Jerry Reed in Daily RamblingsComments Off
The Blog scratched his cornea Wednesday so please bare with us as it apparently affected his cerebral cortex as well. Today’s post features Adam’s repainted beater frame and the always crowd pleasing Wald Large Woody front basket (BASK20341) in addition to Planet Bike fenders, MKS pedals, Pake crankset, KMC chain, and the always delightful Sora [...]
Possible Bad News For You Giro Fans
Posted: 15th September 2010 by The Ghost of Jerry Reed in Daily RamblingsComments Off
Obviously, this could have zero repercussions for Washington DC’s chances of hosting a Giro start, but it can’t possibly help. If you don’t want to read the article, the jist is this: Current mayor Adrian Fenty was locked in a tight primary battle for the DC mayorship with councilman Vincent Gray. Adrian Fenty, a cycling [...]
A flute without holes, is not a flute. A donut without a hole, is a Danish.
Posted: 14th September 2010 by The Ghost of Jerry Reed in Daily RamblingsComments Off
Got in some new colors of Newbaum’s cloth handlebar tape for you old school neer-do-wells. Behold, the Jengabaum tower under construction! REMEMBER: One roll does ONE side of the handlebar. Prolly is Not Probably has all sorts of love for it. (Pictured from top to bottom: HDTP1410, HDTP1413, HDTP1409, HDTP1408, AND HDTP1402) Last night was [...]
First Beer Ride In A Coon’s Age: Jose Needs A Hearing Aid
Posted: 13th September 2010 by The Ghost of Jerry Reed in Daily RamblingsIt’s Monday afternoon and according to our crack team of analysts and therapists, it should feel a little something like this. For some reason, call it opportunism or a general lack of cycling fitness, but an intimate group of Hawley folk decided to do the always slow Beer Ride loop Friday evening after much hand-wringing. [...]