Posts by big jonny:

Bad Cop. No Donut.

More from the Massholes: A cyclist named Christopher Long got jacked last Friday during a Critical Mass ride in NYC. By a cop. You are not going to believe this one: And, wouldn’t you know it, the video of the incident did not please his employers. Police stripped a New York City officer of his [...]

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Happy Mondays

Santogold – Creator   Oh hell yeah. That felt good. That’s the jam right there. I’m feeling a link dump. You feeling it too? Link Dump: [jp6] joesixpack.net [it's all the rage] nozzlerage.com [it ain't a bike, but....] thisnext.com [cycling needs me] sports.espn.go.com [a mountain bike changed my life] cnn.com Some good news from across [...]

Why do you even give a shit?

Today’s joke. At 72 years of age, a man picked a new primary care doctor. After two visits and exhaustive lab tests, the Doctor said the man was doing ‘fairly well’ for his age. A little concerned about that comment, the man couldn’t resist asking him, “Do you think I’ll live to be 80?” The [...]

Hong Kong Report Duex

Our man is hard at work. He doesn’t know any other way. From: Primo Subject: hkfixed Hong Kong is the 3rd most densely populated place on Earth. Double decker busses and taxi cabs make up a big portion of the traffic. There are very few scooters and motorcycle and almost no cyclists. On a hot [...]

Hong Kong Report

Our man Response aka Primo aka ssbikeman has been knocking about Hong Kong of late. And, yes, he’s sending in reports. Here is the first of many I hope to post over the coming days. from: Primo Subject: Everything for sale nothing to buy When I arrived in Hong Kong, I brought with me some [...]

Biker Down – Rebecca Allen

It never stops. More than 300 people wheeled and flip-flopped onto the CSU Oval on Friday to remember Rebecca Allen, an avid cyclist who was struck by a car and killed while riding early Tuesday morning. Allen, 32, was an undergraduate administrator at the Colorado State University Department of Journalism and Technical Communication. Because she [...]

Parodie du Tour de France made in France Miniature

  Big Tour stage this morning. Looks to be all settled out now. Hell of a show. I have to say, I rather enjoyed it. In other exciting Tour related news you can use: From: Brain Subject: Great TDF parody… Even though I’m not a French speaker, I can appreciate this. I’ve scrubbed a bit [...]

Legally Speaking

So, this guy Ryan sends Gnome and I a lot of emails. I post most, if not all, of them. This one was a complete and total kick in the nuts. I have asked him to start contributing to Drunkcyclist directly, enough with the me posting his emails routine. We’ll see if he goes for [...]

Barak Obama in Germany

In case you missed it. It really was something special. From: Vance Subject: A true leader Just wanted to pass this along. This is what a true leader sounds like. truthout.org/article/obama-delivers-soaring-call-unity-berlin Follow the link to transcript and video of Barak Obama’s speech in Berlin Thursday. The man does nothing short of inspire. Say hello to [...]

Astana yards the Goose

This just in: From: Ryan Subject: Doper caught by internal controls Doper? Sacraficial lamb? Astana kicks “Goose” to the curb… velonews.com/…astana-sacks-gusev-over–abnormal-values u can add him to your list of former Armstrong associates. From the Velonews article: Astana has sacked Russian rider Vladimir Gusev for reportedly showing “abnormal values” during the team’s internal doping checks. “Vladimir [...]

Doping is as doping does

With all talk of late regarding doping and the Hautacam, I thought it might be time to talk about Stage 10 of the 2000 Tour. At the time, Cyclingnews.com described it as follows: “Armstrong’s exploit was one of the most impressive in recent years; he blew away the competition one by one and essentially took [...]