i have been busy.  i drive around a lot and do my best to make people happy (or at least not mad), and i dont get hair cuts (that is turning out to be a big problem, my hair looks terrible (and by that i mean more terrible than usual)).  and most of all i [...]

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Gnome’s post sure got a lot of Flagstaff attention lately, especially from people not usually associated with Drunkcyclist. It was clear from the moment i read it that it was going to get some panties in bunches, because he went right at a few topics all at once. and he didn’t flinch, blanch, or mince [...]

On the lighter side of life, I ate pretty good shit rolling through campus the other day. En route, back from the DMV where I retrieved a title to the car I sold, I clipped a pedal on an uneven cobbled corner and as Miller said… “You got Godsmacked”. My hands didn’t leave the bars. [...]

The FBO has a very diplomatic report regarding the local USFS closing some pre-existing trails under an umbrella known as the “Fort Valley Restoration Project.” The closure was labeled as “an effort to protect” the Mexican Spotted Gray Owl (TMSGO). A bird that seems to have survived until now without the “desperately needed crutch of [...]

Next time you hear someone in Arizona bitching about “those damn Mexicans” or whatever other colorful phrase is in vogue, remind them that not more than 160 years ago, all of this was Mexico.
They call it the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. It was signed on February 2, 1848.

The rest of it went [...]

BGR was telling me about this one the other day. Kid outta nowhere makes it big in the city. Or something like that.
While out on a trail ride, a group of bicyclists spy a small blaze and douse it, stomp it and build a fire line around it.
Firefighters dubbed a small blaze near [...]

Overheard at the bike shop:
“What’d he call me?”
“Vanilla.”
“Why’d he call me Vanilla?”
“I dunno. Some kind of put down I guess. Trying to say you’re bland or something.”
“How’d he know vanilla was my favorite flavor?”
“Vanilla is your favorite flavor?”
“Are you kidding. Vanilla might just be the greatest flavor of all time.”
And so it [...]

At 34, I once again set down the wrenches and walked away from another tour of Shop Life. This time, it was only 6 months long and it bridged the gap between a failed Tucson design gig and my new life as a member of the biketrailershop.com family. I was happy to be back in [...]

(It seems they took the image down… Bummer.) Thanks goodness I saved it.
More here…
In other news… Don’t worry if you don’t read italian, the pics tell the whole story.

I can’t even explain how badly I want want WANT this bike.
—bp

Friday was one hell of a day. I had flatted the front tire on my cross bike about week prior while pedaling my happy ass back from the jobby job. Since I’ve got a garage full of bikes, I left her at home and ran through a couple of worthy alternates for some [...]

I was gonna write a Thursday poem, but it occurred to me in the nick of time that this is Friday. What that tells me is that it’s time to get back to the sauce. I’m out of here in 19 minutes. I’m bee lining straight to a thinly padded round stool [...]

I’m not sure how this will all play out yet. Well, no one is. But it looks like some good news from where I’m standing.
From: Michael
Subject: A win for Liberty!
At long last, some good news regarding American Liberty!
Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the court, said, “The laws and Constitution are [...]

The advances in gene therapy have been huge. There is a recent article in Sports Illustrated outlining the current state of the technology. It does have medical application, e.g. reversing or limiting muscle wasting diseases. The scientists behind this research report being contacted after publication by many athletes/coaches, included a high school coach offering his [...]

When…when…when the fuck will we finally get past all this bullshit? I mean fucking REALLY?
Johnny Telvor was not happy about Barack Obama becoming the Democratic presidential nominee. Not happy at all.
Standing outside the sturdy courthouse in the sweltering heat of a West Virginia afternoon in the small town of Williamson, Telvor smoked a cigarette and [...]

Another day, another dollar. Another week, another five bucks.
Can’t say I’m sorry to see it gone. At least I’ve been riding my bike to work. Nothing beyond that, mind you, but to work and back each day. And that is quite nice.
And, as an upside, I’m back down to 210 lbs. [...]

I don’t know the woman who wrote me this email, but I aim to rectify that problem right quick.
From: Anna
Subject: Pelinkovac
You may know it as the delicious liquor that tastes more like cough syrupy listerine than it does anything else but seems to be loved by your people in Flag.
Some delicious photos [...]

Barack Obama certainly looks to be the heir apparent from where I’m standing. Hillary Clinton is plowing forward without any hope of victory – I honestly don’t know what she can possibly gain from staying in the game aside from even more debt. Not really the leadership I’m looking for in regards to [...]

Yo, the kid represents. Notice the wee little dog up in that basket.
 

From: Josh
Subject: Another job available
Greetings,
I have a webstore and blog dedicated to the proliferation of bike trailers all over our green earth. With the rising price of gas and the growing interest in cycling as an alternative to Automobile transportation, we’ve been experiencing very strong growth this season.
We are currently seeking a new employee [...]