I am as ready as I will ever be. Are you? It’s not too late to sign up! You know you want to! There are 513 people signed up as of now, so there is still time to get reg’d. I talked Russell from PA (who now lives in Ohio) into signing up, and he’ll Read the full article…
Who is ready for Mohican MTB100?
Ozon Cyclery Bamboo Bikes
Last winter, a guy named Dan was visiting the coffee shop where I work on a regular basis. He told me lived in Berlin and built bamboo bicycle frames. He showed me his website and we talked about getting some frames to test out. Dan is now in need of some funding in order to Read the full article…
Whiskey Music
This is the weekend a lot of us have been waiting for. It’s the Whiskey Off Road weekend! This is easily the biggest event of the year for us Arizona drunkcyclists, and for good reason. Great trails, a really cool town, all while being surrounded by a couple thousand of your closest bike riding friends. It is best Read the full article…
I started riding again
I kicked off March by turning the first draft of my thesis in to my advisor. His first piece of advice to me was simply, “get out of town and take some time off.” The initial plan was to head on over to Salida with hopes to enjoy some much needed trail, with secondary hopes Read the full article…
Ten reasons why I should ride my bike to work.
I am trying to get myself stoked to ride to work, so I decided to write up a list of reasons to commute – this is more for me than it is for you. If you can think of any more reasons, feel free to leave them in the comments section. 1. My little 1998 Read the full article…
Cutting Edge Product Testing
Our friends down at Fairwheel Bikes have been doing some very in depth product testing on new road bike components. Lots of calipers and tape measures. Stress testing machines and a whole bunch of engineering lingo. Nah, they just went trials riding Who knew those carbon plastic hoops would hold up so well!
Single Speed Arizona
The rolling party known as Singlespeed Arizona happened a couple weekends ago in Tucson. I was busy slaving away at work trying to score brownie points for some future trips. But our man with the camera, Devon Balet, was there doing his thing and he was kind enough to share some images and a video with Read the full article…
Tuesdays with Dirty: Last Minute Long Rides
It got to a point last week where I had been in town for 17 days in a row. I haven’t been home more than 7 days in a row since before our little Leadville shit show and I was starting to go a little stir crazy. In a moment of genius on Thursday, I put the call Read the full article…
Bike porn
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…
Dishing out love and truth.
Let’s get it straight, everyone in here makes up the Drunkcyclist community. Contributors, readers, bloggers and tweeters, each providing unique perspectives that empower a movement. We live dissimilar lives with similar interests. Interests so rooted into our soul it produces that euphoric feeling which can’t be explained. We meet at the intersection of bikes and Read the full article…
IF only…
Back in my college days I had a roommate that had a lot of IF bikes. All steel, all campy, and all with custom paint jobs. We didn’t dare touch them or even think about riding them. But this roommate also liked Guinness beer, a whole heck of a lot. Whenever he would get all tanked on that Read the full article…
Tuesdays with Dirty: Winter Mix
Around this time every year, myself and a couple friends hop in the truck and take a winter road trip. We leave the comfort of the 70 degree desert singletrack and head north to the Four Corners area to do play in the cold. We usually leave the bikes at home for this one, but Read the full article…