251 Tips that Suck
1. Ride your bicycle piss-drunk. Fun will rain upon you like blood from your forehead. You may run down a pedestrian, engage in fisticuffs with a motorist, lose a big gamble or even invent your own particular style of a good time. Or you might crash and burn on the median, losing [...]
251 Tips that Suck
By: bradq at 10:43 pm
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Tagged: Advocacy, Cycling
Things are different in Germany.
I mean, here in the US of A I don’t think this sort of ad would fly. Parking a bicycle in someone’s ass-crack to promote a bicycle classified site? Effective yes, but definitely not something these shores are ready for.
That poor woman may need a Re-skin.
After a relaxing post-Interbike day in the Flagstaff offices of Drunkcyclist, it would figure that I’d get bumped from my early AM flight back east. “Overweight” was the charge - too many checked bags from the rest of the passengers bringing home dreamcatchers and kachina dolls. As I type my seat is empty on my [...]
Read The Full Post..>>This may be all you really need to see from Interbike 2007, but if you must there is more coverage form yours truly at BlueCollarMTB and Urban Velo.
Read The Full Post..>>I’m not even there and I’m hearing it already.
“Interbike sucks.”
I thought day one of the convention would be hard enough - running the hamster wheel of cubicle life before boarding a plane to Vegas with an anticipated arrival roughly 5 hours before I’d have to get up and hit the floor. And then hit [...]
A different sort of suspension.
By: bradq at 4:41 pm
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Tagged: Cycling
Dare I say, possibly safer than riding the streets these days.
A different kind of bicycle suspension from Brazil.
From the horse’s mouth.
And I quote: “The evolution of society, the change in mentality and the future conception… all have little by little turned the cycle industry towards the racing bike (700C) and VTT (26″).”.
Read The Full Post..>>Another friend has fallen to an automobile accident. Honorary cyclist, Malice.
From one of Malice’s best friends:
This is awful news so I won’t try to polish it. One of our best friends is dead. And you can say it’s not a human life, but we’ve all lost a friend in Malice.
What an awesome dog. [...]
You want this guy on your team.
By: bradq at 8:57 pm
Commentary: 4 Comments
Tagged: Cycling
Yeah thats right. You’re out there looking for an extra body on your 24hr team at Seven Springs, coming up in two weeks. September 1-2. On this, the last day of registration.
That fellow in pink? Thats your guy. He’s not very fast, but he’s not very slow either. Has camping gear, lights and lots [...]
The annual conference of recycled bike shops/collectives has touched down in Pittsburgh for ‘07. Bike Bike is on.
While much of the cycling world sheds a tear for Johan, this group doesn’t give a shit. And they’re healthier for it, as are the communities they all call home.
We’ve got 200+ folks from out of [...]





