Got this one in from our man on the south/central american tour, Samuel Hagler. His ride both sounds and looks epic. I doubt I’ll ever have the desire to do what he has done here. And for good reason. Instead, I’ll just tip a brew back and say goddamn. Nice work man:

From: mike a.
Subject: Olympic champion arrested
not sure if you have seen this yet. Now you have to look out for cars and the cops, messed up
cyclingnews.com/news/olympic-champion-perez-arrested-while-training
the video:
youtube.com/watch?v=2W2RpjzRxWc&feature=player_embedded

The last time I was in Nashville, it gave me no reason ever to return. It was Road National Championships. The week prior to the race, we spent some quality time rolling around the burbs and hoods. Not once, did I feel save or respected as a cyclist. Apparently, that is status quo.

compliments of bg_cyclist.

Everyday I read a few blogs. Most of them are about nothing, some are just old friends that I try and stay up to date in their lives. One of these blogs kills me. Everyday I come into work, sit down, turn on the computer and go to this one.
With a sort [...]

Insomnia just don’t stop. It’s true. I don’t get out much. I get this angst that I’m never going to find all the good nuggets in the tubes like Bret Michaels getting donkey punched (so to speek) at some award show: 
 

Perhaps that was old news but like I said, I don’t get out much. And [...]

Subject: Fwd: Trial Date August 4th 2009
From: Prairiejean
This is the trial date for the man that killed Brett Saks (google him, amazing), 33 1/2 weeks ago on the Casa Grande HWY, please help all you can with court support.
Stay safe always,
Jean
Subject: Trial Date
Hi, everyone. I have information about the trial.
The case [...]

Biker Down Tucson Style. Because there’s never a right time.
Want to see what the northen part of the AZT is like before the rest of this post starts to suck even worse? Words are here if you’re one of those “readers types.” And to think I was only hours away from attending I overslept. They’re [...]

fwd from: dejay B.
Subject: If only all elections were this easy
The Arizona Trail is in the running to win a grant of $50,000. The money will be awarded to the project that gets the most votes by the end of May. Up until last week the AZT was in the lead, but a project in [...]

BGR should receive a lifetime ban from the forest for being such a meanie course marker destructivist…
from: BGR
subject: I moved your course markers.
I also threw some logs in the trail. I know that this was wrong, I felt bad about it very shortly after the fact.  I let my anger get the best of me, [...]

I’ll not be in attendance at this Friday’s summit in Flagstaff as we’re taking the kids to Sea World over the weekend. It will be interesting to see what transpires. I am hoping that cooler heads will prevail and kick ass bike racing will continue to prosper in and around Flagstaff. [...]

Like a 24 hour day, I’m done. That shit was blown out worse than Diaz’s dreams and while some may think that horrible things were a result of local opposition to the MBAA race, I believe that much benefit has resulted through this and other discussions. Now it is time to drink and muse. Gold [...]

Joe didn’t participate in the sabotage. Read BGR’s point of view here.
The thing that nobody understands is how this situation was simply a spontaneous clash and how insignificant it actually was. The fervor has been impressive nonetheless. How the removal of some tape on ONE corner of the course caused so much death and destruction [...]

Lake Mary Road Widening.
From: HellBelly
Yo, There is a public meeting this Wednesday between 5-7pm at the Coconino Community College Lone Tree boardroom to discuss the road project from Walapais Drive to the Mormon Lake overlook. Initial electronic signage indicates that the road will be closed to bikes from 3/31 to December. WTF? I plan on [...]

Thanks to geert for sending that one in. quite the statement.

Every time I get an email from Sam and the Ride for the Trees crew, I get pretty stoked. I stop having a boring life.
Dude’s living the dream, and quite cool about it.  Check the vid of the Africanized bee attack Sam got caught up in… and video’d. Be safe Sam!

 
Skid Huck needs love too. I pulled this directly from a press release yesterday and want to pass on the word for Brent…
Las Vegas, NV – January 28, 2009 – -
As many of you know, Brent Thomson, Trail Master of Bootleg Canyon suffered a heart attack a few weeks ago, and underwent Quad Bypass surgery [...]

Compliments of Response.

Seems Sam is going to be OK.
From: Samuel
From the roadside in Northeastern Argentina I send you all saludos cordiales!
Here’s what’s up in my neck of the city:

We have reached approximately 1.5% of the $100,000 fund raising goal with plenty of time to keep fund raising. Big thanks to all of you who have donated! The [...]

World Bicycle Relief and A shout out to Siren on their relocation to Tucson.
Siren Bicycles ‘Teams’ with World Bicycle Relief; Endurance MTB Brand Finds New Home in Tucson
TUCSON – (JANUARY 19, 2009) – Siren Bicycles, a boutique builder focused on the endurance mountain bike market, has partnered with World Bicycle Relief to field Team World [...]

Wait a sec… money for riding your bike? This can’t be true. Can it? Well, according to the super fine print we mentioned in a previous post, it is. The Feds are giving out a $20 dollar tax credit per month to anyone who rides their bike to work.
Read the rest: blogs.citypages.com