Comments on: Twenty four ounce cans

By: Mikey

Mikey — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:32:45 +0000

Guilty as charged; been on the ‘cross bike each of the last three days, piling up about 100 miles in the process. The thing is heavy and the knobbies are dog-slow on asphalt but she eats up the miles out on the scenic rail trails and green belts of Pugetropolis.

By: dave

dave — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:55:15 +0000

bgw, I must have missed the part about it being in N.Z. Yes, I am familiar with the phenomenon of which you speak. Hell, in my career as a land surveyor I performed geodetic calculations that I’ll wager would have you searching out an adult for help. Not that I could do them today. I’ll bet it’s been fifteen years and those skills atrophy pretty quickly. Kinda cool that “dahn unner” they celebrate Chrismas by going to the beach. I could get used to that. Ken oath I could, mate. Fair dinkum.

And don’t get all preachy with me about the appropriate time to ride a cross bike. Especially that “government regulation” horseshit. I’m a conservative, or had you forgotten? Government regulators can all go hang themselves and I’d probably throw a party.

And anyway, the bike I almost always ride happens to be a Surly Crosscheck. Four different builds I’ve had on that frame and it’s never done me wrong. Currently fixed gear with rack, fenders, one old Shimano canti upfront and a flatbar with an old Dirty Harry lever that happened to by lying around. Why? To be different, duh.

By: bikesgonewild

bikesgonewild — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:08:22 +0000

…uhhh, dave…if you’ll notice, the cyclo-cross poster is for a race in new zealand…rather than trying to explain how the phenomena works wherein their seasons are the “polar opposite” of ours because they’re in the southern hemisphere, just think of ‘bizarro world’ from superman comics, dave…got it now ???…cool…i wanted to use a frame of reference you’d understand & that’s right, everything seems bizarro…

…that being said, cyclo-cross bikes are under no government regulations or even etiquette restrictions ,dave…you can ride one any time of the year w/ the only repercussion being a whole lotta fun gets had…i do it, i’ve heard mikey does it & plenty of other people do it…to really get bizarro about it, occasionally some “out of the box” funsters here in america actually do hold a summertime cross race…why, you ask ???…i hope you can handle this but, “just to be different” !!!…

…just sayin’…

By: Rich Mahogany

Rich Mahogany — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:02:26 +0000

“our legal system is a disgrace”

Our legal system is designed to protect property and property owners above all else.

By: dave

dave — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:44:29 +0000

Cyclocross in July?

By: HUMPTY

HUMPTY — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:38:15 +0000

Speaking of do dads….Michael Jackson’s face timeline…holy shit. Guy was a fucking pin cushion. If that shit is happeing on the outside, no telling what is going on inside. Ought to throw his old man in jail for that shit alone…

By: Gordon

Gordon — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:11:19 +0000

And here I thought it was: “…drink up all the … 6-packs.”

By: Gnome

Gnome — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:03:44 +0000

Best part of the race rules:

“…all geared folk will have shifting do-dads ducktaped”

Do-dads.

By: Mikey

Mikey — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:48:35 +0000

That Binder Lake SS race looks extremely well-organized.

Out to ride. Keep the rubber side down.

By: big jonny

big jonny — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:01:42 +0000

Well said, Gordon. You are a man with a can and a plan. I should have said only one potential dead pool trifecta is out with the untimely survival of Jeff Goldblum.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:06:17 +0000

technically, Ed McMahon could be considered to round out the trifecta this week.