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“Cuts, scrapes, bruises… all in a day’s riding. Then it’s off for some good german beer in a local biergarten.” Munich, Germany

84 Replies to “You drinkin’ yet? I am…”

  1. …i think the ‘turbo-spoke’ thingy would make that tour de france a lot more interesting if everybody hadda use ’em…

    …just sayin’…

  8. I now propose the challenge that we have an “illegal” crit during interbike where everyone has to rock the Turbo Spoke on 16″ wheeled bmx bikes with a coaster brake. Who’s down!

  9. …InterBike News – 2020…the bicycle accessories company Turbo Spoke has had the most successful sales program this industry has seen in the last 8 years due to an off-hand, on-line challenge posted on a blogsite known throughout the industry as druncyclist.com back in 2012…

    …from a simple sale of 57 Turbo Spokes that first year, in conjunction with an ‘underground’ bmx crit @ InterBike, sales & activities have mushroomed to the point where Turbo Spokes sales dwarfed the figures posted by both Trek & Specialized & it’s to be noted that the final stage of this years le tour de france was aggressively contested by the turbo-spoked little rockets…

    …millionaire events promoter virgil mutha fuckin rufus spoke with us recently, suggesting that his newly acquired tour of california may soon go to a turbo-spoked format for all stages…said vmfr – “…turns out everybody likes bike racing when there’s a little noise involved…”…

    …stay tuned for more breaking cycling news…

  11. bgw I just spit beer out my nose! That was awesome. Yeah it’s beer thirty here at the ol’ work place. Too Bad the boss isn’t here. I hate/love drinking by myself!

  12. wild fires, deluges, EF5s, anacondas taking over the everglades, a million bark beetles in your backyard, seals in Duluth streets,and now this. the apocalypse is near.

  19. Triple, fucking funny. I got to ask you played with beehives as a kid huh? I did once, when I was ten, my brother got stung so bad we had to take him to the ER. They built a nest in the support posts for our aluminum awning. I hit it with a bat, they came out and went after him. After I got my ass beat I went to the barn and got a gallon of gas. Dumped it down the post at night then threw a lit match down there. They died.

    I forgot what I was talking about!

  21. @Virgil Mutha Fuckin Rufus

    This place has lost all sense of humor. Very sad. Very sad indeed.

    And I’m allergic to bees asshole. They make me puff up and I have to pound down anti-biotics for a couple weeks.

    So fuck you and the Walmart bike you rode in on.

  23. Work ethic not withstanding, I’m fucked when it comes to bees.

    Uncle Chopper is priceless except for that mustache. WTF ?

  27. …truth is, virgil mutha fuckin rufus, that’s totally a cool fun idea & you could actually pull that off @ interbike whether you got official about it & did it in conjunction w/ the evening crit or cx race or really did go the ‘outlaw’ route…

    …there are always ‘industry’ races supporting the main events wherein the serious racer types from various companies come out to battle for bragging rights but the bmx bike ***turbo-spoke smoke*** would be for the serious fun types…3 laps, bring your own bike, turbo-spoke supplies the card units (you KNOW they gladly donate product) & damn, it’s on…

  28. To me, much of the charm of a bicycle and particularly a fixed gear is the silence and the simplicity. I’ve already got enough noisy, smelly gasamabobs in my life.

  30. …such eloquent prose, such heartfelt feelings, surely you’re now the true voice of cycling itself…praise be to you, joetheplumber or electrician or whatever it was…

    …however we’re talking (a)- about a kid’s toy & (b)- about ways to unwind in an industry which is more pressure filled than most folks would ever realize & where the majority of those involved in said industry absolutely understand & appreciate “…the silence & simplicity…” of cycling by doing just that but also love a chance to get a bit loose & boisterous amongst their peers once a year…
    …alcohol may be involved…

    …virgil mutha fuckin rufus, your idea still stands as a cool fun thing to do…

  31. @Hurben It’s uncle Chopper time! I wonder if Denis Leary stole some of his ideas from Chopper like he stole from Bill Hicks. Borrowed or not, he’s still funny. The Doctor is in the house.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onqG5OqiilA

    @TTT the video that I think you MEANT to post is this one, about Australian Philosophers.

    “this heyuh is the wattle, the emblem of our land. You can stick it in a bottle, you can hold it in your hand”

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f_p0CgPeyA

  32. …so big fabian ‘spartacus’ cancellara wins le tour’s prologue…nice…seems like a decent chap, ya ???…

    …&…(pause) the usada has unanimously decided to press charges against cancer jesus, the hog & others…

    …can one be convicted of hubris & being two-faced ???…the doping thing is a whole other issue ‘cuz “…back in the day…” it was considered the way to go, by what, 97% of the sport ???…

    …to who, exactly, would those victories actually go to ???…who could honestly stand up & say “…ya, i’m the rightful victor of this particular tour…” ???…step forward when the time comes & show us your chutzpah so we can all laugh & speculate which 143rd place domestique was likely the first ‘un-doped’ rider & thus the real winner in each & every case…

    …personally, i’d just like to see our 7 time tour ‘winner’ stand up & honestly be accountable to his real followers, the cancer survivors & their families ‘cuz it’s pretty evident that most cyclists get the picture, at this point…

    …ya wanna be “…the man…” then it’s time to be a man & step forward & hold yourself accountable…

  34. …thank you, sir & to be honest, the obvious comparison had escaped my sensibilities but now that you’ve brought it to bear, i would definitely go with mr herman…

    …no way could the other guy tame a bar full of bikers with such grace…

  35. “…pressure filled…”? Really? You make toys, for the love of God.

  38. Chris, if there was even the slightest shred of substance to that idiotic slogan, the roadways would be littered with the wreckage and bodies of Gold Wings and their riders. Loud pipes are simply “LookatmelookatmelookatMEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!” Okayfine, Evil Knievel, I got it. You’re here. You’re on a murdersickle. Whooptie-fucking-do.

  39. …toys, huh ???…wow…i dunno what others see when they read your inference that bicycles are ‘toys’ but i find it goes a long way in explaining why i think you’re a fucking clown…

    …what an honest to god moronic comment to make but rather than take the time to refute even a smidgen of it, i’m perfectly delighted to let you wallow in your own ignorance because you wear it so bloody well…

  40. Ease up there, pops. Bikes, for many of us, are playthings. Do you REALLY need the latest dualsquishcrabonfibreelebenteenspeedtwennyniner to go to work or the grocery store or the train station? Such as that are playthings, or you’re a damned liar. They exist primarily to line the gilded coffers of the velo-industrial complex, not that there’s anything wrong with that. You can bring that shit in from China all day long; fine with me. But it ain’t like you’re defusing bombs or doing open heart surgery. You might want to check your self-importance at the door next time you come around.

    Jeeze.

  41. I kinda sorta almost agree with Joe on something here. Two points, actually:

    1) As a motorcycle rider myself, loud pipes don’t mean shit. They’re just loud. I’ve been hit many times on a bicycle and almost hit just as many times on a motorcycle.

    2) The bike industry IS quite self-important. While I wouldn’t go so far as to call bicycles toys, I think the industry has really over-embraced the whole “bikes can change the world” thing. I love bikes. I think they can solve a lot of society’s issues, particularly when it comes to infrastructure. But we’re not performing heart surgery when changing a derailleur cable. Our jobs, by nature, tend to be pretty low stress.

    Just my two cents. Now I’m going to shower because I feel dirty agreeing with Joe.

  42. +1 to D2.

    I’m heading for a shower as well.

    Irish Spring is what keeps me going.

    joe on the other hand can go fuck a moose.

  43. …you wanna talk “..check your self importance at the door…”, huh ???…wow !!!…

    …the ignorance you espouse as wisdom has little basis in reality…you can pretend all day with your make believe “…know it all…” attitude but you have a totally limited perspective on what makes up the bicycle industry that is fucking obvious…

    …the vast majority of bicycles sold in this country & around the world ARE of a simple prosaic nature & ARE used for transportation, recreation or health & fitness…your implications ring hollow because you don’t know what you’re talking about…

    …if you wanna participate in a ‘discussion’, start researching real facts & figures instead of trying to bullshit your way through things…

    …btw, you calling me ‘pops’ is fucking hilarious…of all the folks who blog on this site, nobody & i mean, nobody loves to espouse an ‘old man attitude’ like you…you thrive on it…

  44. …& while wrenching on a bike may need nothing more than knowledge & a good work ethic (hopefully), the industry itself, like any other is based on dollars & cents & where money is involved, the pressure is there…

  46. …wow, joethefuckingclown, somebody sorta kinda agreed with part of something you said…

    …how unusual for you, ya ???…

    …you must be on an all day high…

  47. Nah, folks out here in the real world agree with me all day, every day. They even seek my advice. But that’s the real world. Your mileage may vary.

  50. …you have such a limited repertoire of standard lines & platitudes, all to justify your ignorance…

    …& whatever that ‘cutesy’ clown/baby talk bullshit coming out of a grown man is about, i’ll never figure out but that’s your legacy…