This just came to me via text message from my man, Flake Hurlstone. God damn I love that kid.

On that note, I’m outta here. Two big days of preview reading for the upcoming week’s lectures have me at about 100% retarded. I need to lay on the sofa and watch the Cards [...]

From: Dan
The PBAA was rocking it again – raising thousands of dollars for the Douglas Association for Retarded Citizen. Those folks at the PBAA are truly special people – they really make giving back to the community a priority. I’m glad to be a part of it. This year the group split [...]

The authorities are now awaiting the results of toxicology tests to show the level of alcohol and drugs in Vandenbroucke’s body at the time of death. The Dakar coroner declared last week that he did not have the necessary resources to carry out the tests, suggesting that the body might be released quickly to return [...]

From: Case Flakelman
Happy friday. FUH2.

Ladies & Gentlemen, meet Senna. He writes. I post. You read.

The Kinetic Cathartic part I
Where the castle once stood
no less, a castle of wood
are large lots of stacked mesh crates
plastic square containers translucent
stacked 6 high, 400 gallons each
of oil, and fuel, and lubricants used
The bike path passes this sight
and to [...]

From: Pistol Pete
Subject: Cacomixtle tour
So, I finally got tired of being such a pussy. Loaded up the ol’ Coyotero an’ hit it early. Blast down Old Nogales Highway, enjoying the fact that all that traffic was taking them and not me to work. I kept right on riding past all that shit [...]

Not exactly recent news, but we’re not exactly a source for recent ’round these parts. More like day late and dollar short. Hey, we do what we can. You, dear reader, can expect nothing less than mediocrity and mid-pack finishes from the likes of us. But watch your back at [...]

I’ve been trying to keep up with my emails and related “not law school” related activities and communications. And, I’ve apparently failed miserably. That said, I’m going to dump a couple of real beauties on ya’ll.
From: ben
Subject: caption this…
portland cross race this weekend.

Keeping it real. Kid is bringing the big wood [...]

Image by our own Snake Hawk. Just because he could. Download at will. Do as you please.
PDF: VDB_posse (right click, save as)
Trackback: vdbhasaposse.com. (url redirect to drunkcyclist)

Our boy Response is back on tour and livin’ the vida loca. Whatever the hell that means.
From: Response
Subject: My bike is my armor
Well, my bike was stolen here in China. It was $60 usd new. So no major loss. Or so I thought.
I had ridden a few miles off the beaten track [...]

Riding with the faster guys was a rush. We were just barreling across the flats in the middle of the night rotating in and out of pulls. I am pretty sheepish to say that I would usually get up to the number 2 position and then have to peel out of it as I would [...]

The famed Cochise County Cycling Classic is in the books. If you’ve not heard of this one, check out the fancy route map. Yeah, looks easy, huh? Two hundred and fifty two miles of easy cruising, right?
I shouldn’t say it’s “in the books” quite yet, as twenty hour finishing times [...]

Since when is it “natural” for a 34 year old to die from a “double pulmonary embolism”?
Autopsy: Vandenbroucke died of natural causes
The results of an autopsy performed in Senegal indicate that cyclist Frank Vandenbroucke died of a double pulmonary embolism combined with an existing heart problem, Belgian newspapers reported Saturday.
. . . According to reports [...]

Yeah, anger is a healthy thing.
From: pfr
maybe you have seen this before maybe not either way it is still pretty sweet

I don’t believe I’ve seen this one before. But, damn if I don’t understand just what he’s saying.

It’s not often we do this, but damn if something doesn’t need to be said. These girls are way to thin. This is downright spooky. Sure, we used to, ahem, celebrate the female form on these pages a bit differently… But that does not mean that we ever supported eating disorders [...]

Just remember, no matter how much you think your life sucks (shit job, fucking law school, can’t win a god damn race, girl friend is nuts) at least an ten foot long alligator didn’t rip your arm off just because it felt like it.
Officials say an alligator bit off part of a golfer’s arm [...]

From: Cody
Subject: Wicked Ninjas at the Insane Clown Posse show in Ventura, CA on Saturday night.
The ICP crowd was high in spirits, and low in IQ.

The floor after the show

Damn. You went large.

I’ve been thinking more lately about cycling. About bicycles. About me. Actually riding bikes. I used to, you know. Once. Upon a time.
I rode them here, I rode them there. I rode them everywhere.
Now I sit and read law books, case briefs, learned treatises, horn books, [...]

From: Pépin
Subject: A ride in Britany
Hi Jonny,
I was here on Sunday. It’s one of the most important MTB meeting in France with almost 6000 people on a 100 km track.
It takes place in the wild and foggy mountains of “Monts d’Arrée”.
A sort of highlands of Britany where even lizards look interested and [...]