jay, john, dan and yours very truly set off saturday evening for some stealth camping.  upon arrival, i noticed with some chagrin that my chosen stop was kinda close to the road, a fact that went unnoted last time, cause there were leaves on the trees.  this caused mild paranoia, but we set up shop, [...]

the what what:
frederick city alley cat, w/ checkpoints, contests, challenges, scavenger hunting, and rad urban cyclist prizes.
Where: meet at the big bell tower in baker park downtown frederick.  you know it.  MAP HERE
all the normal crap too: skid competion, track stand comp, rapping comp.
do we all know what an alley cat is?  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alleycat_races
the saturday after [...]

I helped put together a Rapha Continental Ride, as the spoke card below denotes.  Some editors from Bicycling magazine showed up and rode it as well, and wrote it up, and gave a shout out to not only this humble, dust cover’d blog, but also to the neglected but viable dirt road database.  We thank [...]

Sram shafts Super Randonneurs and tedious tweed touting tourists with wacky wonder shifter.  The new, portlier, uglier, and less ergonomic shifter adds another nail in the coffin for those who know how to shift the righteous way.  Friction of course.  Fabulously faultless and finely fine-tunable, friction is rejected by racers who refuse to reap the [...]

.
.
.
.
.
so we had a super good turn out for the scramble.  dave got points for driving the furthest to get here.  phil got points for riding a bike that would give a cory townie a run for its money (crappynesswise).  way to many people showed up on fixed gears and kicked ass on them.  joe, [...]

ANSA.it – News in English – Underwater cyclist sets new mark

Trying to lighten the mood after the critical mass post.

freezing rain sucks.  so does wind, slippery roads, ect.  if this is the weather of the tomarrow, we will meet same time same place, corys house, 12ish, start drinking, maybe ride around town a bit, maybe maybe do a short ride sub 12 miles.  more drinks will be followed by more drinks, food of some [...]

here it is in all its glory. one per customer.
spoke card for the ride spoken of below.
you will be there.
nick, get your ticket. or hide in cory’s baggage.

or the dscwdibmssitilmslahcibbjf78hddr, for short.
NEWS FLASH:  the ride will be dec 2, a sunday, start around 1pm, and end up back at cory’s un-shanty for grill, booze, fire and a small black and white cat.  exact meeting location to be disclosed.
as pictures from last years ride of death, aka the hardest ride ever, will [...]