"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in 2008 Coast-to-Coast Adventure, Adventures, biking, Redline Monocog 29er on Sep 9th, 2008
The past couple of weeks have been getting chillier; fall is setting in awfully early this year. I get up a little before 6:00 on most mornings to take the dog for an early walk so that she’ll let me make breakfast in peace. Without that walk, she’d be ramming a chew-toy against my shins […]
Posted in Adventures, biking, Party on Sep 8th, 2008
, originally uploaded by acmebicyclecompany. If so, then you should have been to the Frank Tuesday Du*cough*alon on Saturday night. The few of us who didn’t let chill temperatures, off-and-on rain, and more-or-less permanent insanity ruin a good time had a complete and utter BLAST! Sarah from ACME documented the affair and I think there […]
Posted in Adventures, biking, Other Bike Stuff, Party, Utter Silliness, wrecks on Aug 26th, 2008
“> Yes, yes, yes, folks…so it appears that Frank Tuesday is back in action in the KC area. Maybe it’s FT’s evil clone, maybe it’s something completely different. All I know is that the insanity and mayhem we’ve all come to crave is wafting on the breezes and we should all get a good dose […]
Posted in biking, Party, Photo entries on Jul 22nd, 2008
While some people were starting out on RAGBRAI, some others were riding their bikes to Roanoke Park in Kansas City and sharing a picnic supper. From the feedback I’ve gotten from various attendees, I think it’s safe to employ the old small-town-newspaper wrap-up phrase, “a good time was had by all.” It was family friendly, […]
Posted in biking, Party, Schwinn Debutante, Yellow Bianchi on Jul 10th, 2008
That’s a slogan you hear often during Bike To Work week. It’s one you hear pretty frequently amongst hardcore cycle-commuters and bike nerds in general. It’s a pretty succinct way of summing up the whole bike-commuting/bike-dork life. I was out making the rounds this afternoon, doing promo for Pedal Powered Potluck Picnic: The Sequel after […]
Posted in biking, Food & Snacks, Party, Photo entries, Schwinn Debutante on Jul 10th, 2008
Probably the image I will use on the flyer, originally uploaded by Meetzorp. You like to ride, you like to eat, and you like to socialize, right? Well, here’s a great opportunity to do all this and more. Pedal-Powered Potluck Picnic: The sequel! Where: Roanoke Park (meet @ Acme Bicycle Company, 412 E. 18th St., […]
Posted in Adventures, biking, Photo entries, Redline Monocog 29er, Travel on Jul 2nd, 2008
On Sunday, Joel and I went out to Emporia to have another go at the Dirty Kanza course. As I’d helped mark the second half of the ride (the part I didn’t get to ride during the race) I was really excited to get to see it from the saddle. We were supposed to meet […]
Posted in Adventures, biking, Playing With Weather, Redline Monocog 29er on Jun 3rd, 2008
So…once again my lousy sense of direction bites me in the butt! I got in a fine ride and had a pretty darn good time, but man, I’m bummed that I only did 130 miles and that I was disqualified/DNF-ed. More on that in a bit. I’d never been out in the Flint Hills before. […]
Posted in Adventures, biking, Distractions, dumb things I have done on May 29th, 2008
I’ve been useless today. I’m just tooo het up about Kanza to be any good to anybody. I think i have freaked out about 5 times an hour. I got some work done and all, but I am very thankful I was able to get off early as I was getting way too buzzy and […]
Posted in biking, Utter Silliness, Yellow Bianchi on May 21st, 2008
I just ran a whole bunch of errands tonight in lieu of a training ride. I had a lot of stops to make, a lot of junk to haul, and I added on a few scenic detours to rack up a little extra mileage and make more of a workout of the venture. I figured […]