The year was 1998. I was 29 years old, a handful of years out of college, and working in a bike shop as a mechanic. The woman who was to become my wife and I lived with our two dogs in a nice little three bedroom ranch house we bought in Tempe, Arizona. I was Read the full article…

More information on the Whiskey Off-Road dropped in just under an hour ago. Lucky for me, I have the time this morning to actually post it. Yeah, we’re not always so timely around here. And by “we” I pretty much mean me. Saturday of the 9th Annual Whiskey Off-Road event weekend brought blue skies and Read the full article…

I’m a big fan of the Slam That Stem blog. Mostly ‘cuz I love looking at the candy. (Archive of said candy here.) However, I do not agree with their message. You do not need to put your stem as low as it will go on every bike you own. You should place your handlebars in Read the full article…

While most of us were down in the desert 24 hour racing a couple weeks ago, a few DC affiliates were keeping it real back up here in the city at the Arizona Strong Beer Festival.  These were sent over today simply titled “Chicks dig Phat” Formenter always makes my day with his Friday posts. So Read the full article…

I ran into Daryl from Form Cycles at the SSAZ afterparty a few weeks back and we got to talking about his bikes for this year’s NAHBS.  The bikes they brought to the show last year were amazing and I was wondering how they would be able top themselves this year. He hinted that he was working on some stuff Read the full article…

Stopped in at the local IBD yesterday and the owner was leaning up against his latest build. It looked so sweet I asked for pics to share because something like this needs to be appreciated. No better place to do it than here. In his words: Here you are. IF steel planet cross frame. Hand Read the full article…

This should just about wrap up most of the content from my fatbike trip down to Mexico. Although I have been known to take off for days on end on a pretty regular basis this trip was different in a few ways. In 15 years of doing this, I had never toured with another person, Read the full article…

Here is a little snippet of my fatbike trip down in Mexico. We were fortuante enough to have a real deal photographer on this trip and he keeps blowing our minds with the images he made. I asked Devon to put together 10 of his favorite images from the trip with some captions for all of you Read the full article…

Yep. First one. Yesterday afternoon. Cell phone pic on the quick. Came out reasonable under the circumstances. She is stoked. And so am I. Joe handles the biz like a whiz. Push it forward. A very Happy Holidaze to each and every one of you.

Perhaps not a true cyclist in the terms many would commonly employ. But, the man certainly could ride a bicycle if and when he chose to. It goes without saying that he could drink (more than most mere mortals). And, boy could he write. Image source: http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2011/12/christopher-hitchens-slideshow-201112#slide=17. Thanks for everything, Mr. Hitchens. I am deeply Read the full article…

Let me tell you about my November, because it’s been pretty damn good.   Let’s start from the beginning. This first point may have actually taken place in October…I’m never really sober enough to remember details like that. Anyway, I headed up to Denver to see my little brother’s band, The Acacia Strain. They are Read the full article…

I dig what Hawk does. Not only that he’s inhouse, but then that he gets it done all around. So here goes; This work fronts for Estate Skate Shop over in the chapel hill. He’s got one of those kinds of jobs that is better than your vacation. Right? I look at that shit for Read the full article…