i rode this big jerk of a bicycle up a big jerk of a hill today.

it’s metal as fuck and weighs in just shy of the 50lb mark, what with its lo-ten tubes and all.  i once gave a tap of the screwdriver on the top tube to see what sort of pretty ring could be [...]

Hey yo – thanks for that intro Gnome, and thanks for asking me to write for DC.
A few things about me…..
1. I was a bike messenger in San Francisco in the early 90’s.
2. That city chewed me up and spit me out.
3. I spent 4 months in a drug rehab detoxing off methadone. Talk [...]

when i encounter acts of stupidity that also qualify as humorous i am tempted to share with the wider world.
this morning the alarm went off at 5am sharp. since i am a bicycle industry rep these days i usually dont start that early, but this being a sunday and me having committed to Bill [...]

I’m unaware of who this man is, but we were at a party together down in the Valley just prior to xmas. His demise, a foreshadowing of my own, I took advantage with no evidence of remorse. It was not so much the humor of his downfall that was the point. Rather, it was indicative [...]

I caught this piece on NPR the other day as I was eating lunch. It was one of those moments where everything stopped. I sat, still, quietly, at the kitchen table. My lunch was long gone, and still I remained, listening to the entire program before I arose from by chair. [...]

Hmmmm where to start with this one??? Big Juan and I were talking today about change. Change in our lives of when we used to live in a 400 square foot apartment together. Him getting DC off the ground every day writing posts. Me eating miles and trying to make [...]

The last time we flipped a decade, folks were stocked up on canned goods and paying out the ass to have source code updated. What’d ya mean this thing can’t count past 99? 1900 and 2000 are the same, eh? Awesome. Bring on Y2K. It came and went and we’re [...]

Sounds like fireworks and noise out there, soon to fizzle away. And here we have 2010. A numeric beginning. Two years ago, I was a few rungs south in the latitude, and building up more bikes more often. Ahhh… I had a nice bar stool at my work table and a Park [...]

I sit in the backyard, chair turned toward the sun, reading a new book.
The sun is warm and good. I need this. Our house was built in 1992. Brand new by east coast standards. Ancient history in the ever expanding, southwestern metropolis of Phoenix. The lawn is manicured, [...]

That’s the question I get from family and friends more often than any other.
Well, I’d say it’s pretty awesome and x-mas-y and butt-assed-cold. -11 this morning, and supposed to get down to -22 tonight. (thats 12 and -4 respectively to you non-metric heads.)

It’s getting icier by the day, but with Mex-mas™ creeping up, there [...]

About a week back in my life of Second Year Law Student Dumbness, I came home after a final exam in Constitutional Law and popped in the Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2003 DVD.
Because that shit gets me stoked.
One hell of a race that year. Actually, it’s one hell of a race most years. Hamilton [...]

I had not thought about my old friend The Big Hurt much of late. It wasn’t until my wife told me a story this week of a co-worker of hers, a nice guy about my age that I’ve met exactly once, that I thought much about it at all. Seems the old boy [...]

Seems not everyone out there spent Thanksgiving at home with the family last night. Some folks went out and went big.
From: Jim L.
A friend snapped this photo in the ladies room last night and I thought you might find it funny. Apparently this girl was well hydrated.

Good times.

Good time, indeed.
And here [...]

Seems our boy Legs is overseas and enjoying himself. Good on ya.
From: Legs
Subject: Thinking of you
Sitting in a pub in Manchester, England and here a few of the sights.

Here is the pub mascot, Rocky.

Happy Friday.

FYI – there is an organized ride tomorrow in Mesa, Arizona to honor fallen and injured cyclists. Learn more at Ride of Honor

Another one in from our man Senna. He writes, I post, you read. We all win.

I’m watching out of my window. I’ve never noticed before the ravens and their behavior, but today I’m seeing what they are doing. There is a gang of about 6 of them flying about the tops [...]

I used to work with this guy back in the day. Loony as a bird. But once in a while something would come out of his mouth that was pure genius. One day he tells me “Don’t stop till the blood on your sword is the blood of the king”. The [...]

From: Mike M.
Subject: Doug Roether Memeorial ride @ Four Peaks
Hey johnny,
Greg D. were chatting last nite over tequila shots, and he suggested I give you a shout, and submit this little thing I wrote for the Velotopia blog about the Doug Roether memorial ride at Four Peaks awhile back. Thought it might [...]

Blah Blah Blah, to many words and not enough photos.
Snake
Oh yeah I totally hi-jacked this photo from the internet…… more specifically here…..
http://doucheblogcycling.blogspot.com/
Burt, get some sleep. Its going to be a long day.

The authorities are now awaiting the results of toxicology tests to show the level of alcohol and drugs in Vandenbroucke’s body at the time of death. The Dakar coroner declared last week that he did not have the necessary resources to carry out the tests, suggesting that the body might be released quickly to return [...]