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 [...]

Cyclist critical after Tamaki Drive ‘carnage’
A cyclist was critically injured and three others hurt when a car ploughed into a pack of 20 riders in Auckland yesterday.
Cyclists who were with the injured men described the scene as “absolute carnage.”
“All you could hear was the sound of carbon and bodies falling everywhere … they were [...]

From: david
Subject: cancer tattoo
Jonny,
My tattoo shop- Golden Rule Tattoo (total bike friendly tattoo shop in phx) is doing $50 pink ribbon tattoo’s for the month of October for breast cancer awareness month and red ribbons for AIDS awareness. Fuck cancer, Fuck AIDS
thegoldenruletattoo.com
602-374-7533
2nd street and roosevelt

Belgian cyclist Frank Vandenbroucke has died at the age of 34, a source close to the racer told the French news service Agence France Presse.
According to Belgian media, Vandenbroucke was found dead in his hotel room in Senegal, where he was on holiday. A preliminary diagnosis suggests Vandenbroucke suffered from a pulmonary embolism.
See velonews.com

I’m actually [...]

Some lucky couple christened one the Dallas Cowboys stadium’s new bathroom stalls the other week. Gnarly. They just took home the Whiskey Tango Lifetime Achievement award. Link with video. Some things are better left unseen. Trust me.
I love this next one. Hey, tough guy. Nice rig. Way [...]

From: Dan
Subject: Doug Roether Memorial at Reata Pass Steak house
Doug Roether Memorial gathering at :
Just a reminder, the memorial will be October 10th, this Saturday, 5-9 p.m. Reata Pass Steakhouse, www.reatapass.com.

Oh yeah, it’s on and popping. Brought to you by the fine folks at rockyroad5050.wordpress.com. Full info here: rockyroad5050.wordpress.com/5-coconino-250-and-350
The Coconino Loop seeks to highlight the best of Northern Arizona mountain biking. From buffed singletrack among the pines of Flagstaff to technical red rock Sedona country, this ~250 mile loop is a grand [...]

This is a bad as anything ever could be.
A couple who survived a head-on collision two years ago were killed Thursday morning when a truck slammed into them as they rode a tandem bike in Northwest Bexar County, authorities said.
Gregory and Alexandra Bruehler, parents of a 7-year-old girl, were struck from behind while riding their [...]

Some good news from across the pond:
Cyclists will be permitted to ride the wrong way along one-way streets under a change intended to encourage more people to give up their cars or use them less.
timesonline.co.uk.
This looks interesting.

From: Darren
Subject: 21Bikes and the Drunk Cyclist
My name is Darren Alff. I run a website called BicycleTouringPro.com, which is [...]

Finished my fifth midterm exam in four days yesterday. Utterly mind numbing. Came home and drank seven beers while I cleaned the handgun. My wife is going to the range.

She needs to bring 250 rounds. They are/were loose. She made piles of ten. And then she put then [...]

I like the Phoenix song. And, I like the brat pack movies. So it follows that I like the mashup, right? Go figure. One plus one still equals two.
Phoenix – Lisztomania (brat pack mashup)

I copped the latest from Phoenix back in the beginning of the week, and have had [...]

I hope the kid puts people in the hurt locker next year. I believe he is more than capable of doing so. I hope he believes it too.
Recently crowned world champion Cadel Evans promises to honor the rainbow jersey with aggressive racing for the remainder of the 2009 season.
. . . Reflecting [...]

Out there, right now, all across America, fun is happening on the bicycle.

From: Bill
Subject: “Wild West Waco Ride”
Hello big jonny,
Thought you might like something to look at other than damn old Law Books, check out the attachment. Had a great ride in Waco, Texas on Saturday, check it out!
bikenbreakfast.com/rides/09/waco/report.html
Keep [...]

From: Chris
just saw a pic of myself representin’ DC over on bikesnob
bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com
how many hipster points does that score me?

Combined with the fact that you’re drinking beer in that pic, I think you just maxed the DC hipster meter. And I didn’t even know we had one of those things. Gnome must’ve [...]

Man, I did not see this one coming. Not by a long shot.
“This is for all the critics I’ve had this season,” Evans said. “I have seven worlds medals from mountain biking at home, but none of them are gold. People say I never win, but today I won something pretty big.”
velonews.com.

Gallery of pics [...]

The first SSWC report I have the pleasure of posting is as follows:
Cameron M.
Subject: SSWC09
Hey drunkcyclists,
Thought I’d write in about an event that combines drinking and bikes quite nicely: the Single Speed World Champs that just went down in Durango. So here’ my little report:
Rolled into town Friday night, parties going down everywhere. [...]

I dug into the backlog of emails this morning, the mass of messages, links, videos, shout outs, images, and naughty bits that has (once again) piled up over the last week. This one knocked my socks off. This one needs sharing. We could all learn something from this, this man, this writer, [...]