Rants on Cycling and on Life: Photos of people and bicycles that pass in front of my camera
5.31.2014
Sock it to Em JB!
YES!!!!!!!' Victory @Trans-Sylvania Mountain Bike Epic!! My 12 th US stage race win and no doubt the hardest and deepest field in North America.
Feels great to bring the big win home to my team Team Sho-AirCannondale Bicycles
Feels great to bring the big win home to my team Team Sho-AirCannondale Bicycles
just one of the many selfie attempts in the reflection of someone's sunglasses at the Tour de Fat in Washington DC
RYAN!
I am not sure what Ryan's title is... but Ryan is a local New Belgium employee
not a beer distributor
but something more to do with the relations
oh... I don't know
but New Belgium is sponsoring all sorts of MORE events
including tomorrow's NOVA Epic
Who won the Slow Ride at the Tour de Fat in Washington DC?
that is Coleman... one of the New Belgium carnies
Coleman is tuning up the belt
getting the bells ringing
carnies are known to be tinkerers
the belt could use a tinkerer's touch
this year I was invited by New Belgium to design\build the Slow Ride belt for the Tour de Fat in Washington DC
I accepted the invitation with glee
as I fancy myself to be moderately craft but lack the deadlines to cause me to be productive
well... here was an excuse
after an email exchange a package arrived on my from doorstep from Fort Collins Colorado
Colemen had sent me the weight belt that would work as the template for the prize fighteresque Slow Ride belt
in Coleman's email were some attached images
some of my immediate ideas were obvious and already used
and I thought I could go one better
so I gave it some thought
when the belt arrived I started to toss pieces of the puzzle into the box
I collected as much New Belgium swag as I could
a number of ideas were in the forefront
the one idea that I had stuck in my head was to have brake levers on handlebars where the levers would activate the ringing of two New Belgium bells
then there was the idea of creating the DC Flag with some small metal New Belgium flat tire kit containers and then two New Belgium velcro leg bands that each read Ride More Drive Less
displayed such that they would work as a the Stars and Bars of the DC Flag
displayed such that they would work as a the Stars and Bars of the DC Flag
those pieces of the DC flag attacked with long screws drilled through the belt and attached with a number nuts... so the pieces are not flush with the belt
but raised.... I am not sure why
I guess just because
I tried to collect some stickers\buttons whatever from the advocacy groups that were involved in volunteering and running various aspects of the event
I tried to collect some stickers\buttons whatever from the advocacy groups that were involved in volunteering and running various aspects of the event
two WABA stickers where the grips would be
one of the WABA stickers reading "I ride a bike because I am Awesome"
a nifty pin from Phoenix Bikes
an Avery printer label from FABB
a MORE logo sticker and then the word MORE from a MORE logo sticker on the cowbell
why...
a nifty pin from Phoenix Bikes
an Avery printer label from FABB
a MORE logo sticker and then the word MORE from a MORE logo sticker on the cowbell
why...
MORE COWBELL!
it was all coming together pretty nicely
I had a New Belgium neoprene coozie that I was going to attach like a holster but decided to use Scrabble letters to spell SLOW RIDE WASHINGTON DC on one side
while the advocacy group stickers took up the other side
oh yes... and there was a New Belgium bottle opener on one of those retractable key chain\work id thing-a-ma-bob
with the exterior adorned by a New Belgium reflector
with the exterior adorned by a New Belgium reflector
I think it turned out pretty cool
so... anyone have a photo of the person being awarded the Slow Ride belt in Washington DC at the 2014 Tour de Fat?
not from the tour de fat... from the day before the tour de fat... during the set up for the tour de fat
this beer bike is a new addition this year...
the trademark camera from the Snapshot Wheat can has me thinking that this is a Snapshot only experience
which is fine... because I dig Snapshot
very cool addition to the tour de fat
the mobile sales are a great random offset to the standard beer lines
the mobile sales are a great random offset to the standard beer lines
very cool.... great little work bike
5.30.2014
the NOVA EPIC is this weekend...
Less than 24 hrs to help MORE score $3,000! We’re only a bunny hop away from snagging the $3,000 donation for hitting 300 post ride party participants at the NoVA Epic! Your registration may be the one that scores the $3,000 for MORE, so register now as time’s running out! The NoVA Epic’s online registration is only open till 11:45 pm today, and you don't want to miss the event that everyone's going to be talking about!
Already signed up to ride but want to help MORE snag t...
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Bait Bikes...
Have you heard of the bait bikes program in San Francisco? SFPD equips bikes with GPS, locks them up, and waits until they are stolen. Then they follow the GPS signal to catch the bike thief.
Now someone is arguing the program is "unfair" because it uses bikes that are so expensive that the thieves can be charged with felonies.
A felony for stealing a bike? I should hope so. Remember, these people are breaking locks to steal these bikes. Some people think death penalty i...
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5.29.2014
Richard Jaeggi... I never knew him... I never heard of him... until now... but now is too late
Richard Jaeggi of the Gandhi Brigade dies at 60http://tpssvoice.com/
http://www.gandhibrigade.org/
image here
Obit in the Post
www.washingtonpost.com
Beijing Bicycle... a Chinese film about bicycle messengers in China
the messengers in the US also have a "uniform"
but it is a little different
Beijing Bicycle
www.youtube.com
5.28.2014
searching for results and I got sidetracked...
wow... that seems like a lifetime ago
I can not recall my sons being so young
there was no x-games... they did it all for love of the sport
Mike Mapp with Jim Noonan and 18 others
en moment! I remember watching 2 people drop from each side and colliding with each other with serious bone broking injuries then seeing their best friends drop in right next to the bodies on the flat and continue the snake session till 6 am, mother fuckers!!!! There was no time even any time to call the paramedics in, the bodies just got scraped off the flat and onto the deck areas. This was the code of the Crest!!!
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