The way We Were

 

Bissell 2016

 WTF...........never use vice-grips on anything bicycle related unless you have too..fuuuuc.

 Finding a spoon in the ice cream container kinda lets you know where you are in life.

 

 

 

 Nina Rindt timing laps for her husband，F1 driver Jochen Rindt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dopage.......

 

https://redkiteprayer.com/

 

I’m not a fan of rules and conformity. I like my music loud, my comedy dirty, and my cycling free. So all the things I’m about to say are rules I keep for ME. You should disagree with them and do your own thing.

Never ride a bike wearing flip flops. This applies to skateboarding too, but that’s another site. I broke this rule recently, very briefly, and paid the price of a cracked metatarsal. The circumstances were so stupid I shudder to recount them to you, but my buddy, whose bike I had jumped on, laughed and pointed as I held my throbbing foot and limped away. I deserved that.

Never wear bike shorts twice. I consider myself a dirtbag in the sense that I value experience over education, disdain the PRO approach, and generally have low expectations for myself. But I never pull a pair of bibs out of the laundry for a rerun. That’s just bacterially reckless. The less said about that, the better.

Never ride without the stuff to fix a flat. I break this rule occasionally and even when I don’t get a flat, I feel crappy about it. This seems like the base level of consideration for those around you, retaining the ability to fix your bike in a very common situation. Riding without a tube and pump is, to me, like taking your grocery cart to the back of the parking lot and beaching it in an open parking space rather than taking it to the cart return. It’s borderline sociopathic.

Don’t match too much. I mean, if you ride for a pro team, you’re expected to look like your teammates. If you’re a schlub and bozo like me, your just wearing a costume that creates a false impression. I’m not against looking sharp, but matchy, matchy cyclists bum me out.

Don’t drop someone just cause you can. See above re: sociopathy. If you’re racing, ok. Crush a soul if you can. But if you’re just out for a ride, there’s no one left behind, right?

Don’t buy a bike just cause it’s on sale. I don’t know how many times I’ve had people tell me they have the bike they have because it was on some deep clearance discount. That just tells me you don’t give a shit what you ride, that getting a deal is more important than getting a great bike. If financial exigency is the motivation, cool. I’m not here to yuck your yum. But if you think you’re getting one over on the man by taking his discards at cut rate, I don’t get it. Love yourself better.

This week’s Group Ride asks, what are your rules for yourself and your riding? Or do you not have any? Am I horrible snob? Spoiler: Yes. It’s maybe worth saying that though I hold these rules in my mind, I wouldn’t articulate them to a friend or acquaintance as judgements. Out on the road and trail, I’m your friend, and I keep my counsel, for whatever that’s worth.

https://redkiteprayer.com/2020/08/friday-group-ride-515/

1. wants the truth
2. hates you for the truth
3. juniors always go rouge
4. if your get want you want constantly. When your given something you dont appreciate it...think about it....
5. he wanted a wall. He got one..no one wants an American in there country
6. Summers over..Gratten racing is done. Folks can now carry on with. The unknown 
7. Alotta humans hate for dumb reasons..
8. if anything the pandemic has shown the true colors of the American population.....
9. pepperoni pizza is still probably the best pie ever
10. the pro-deal is over-rated
11. 97X BAM the future of RocknRoll
12. 97X BAM the future of RocknRoll
13. you ride 18.6 mph 86% of time you cant ride 25 mph 8% of the time. Neat huh?
14. Group rides more often than not kill the plan
15. The Black-Ace is now officially the new Tilly..

Cool Move or Fool Move..

 

Nothing in the Fonzes book of cool says more than a stylish place set you butt..Its sad sick world out there right now and in the Fonzes world of balance..the drapes dont always have to match the carpet..earn 5 extra cool points when you go this route..

Theres alot of rotters out there in the eye-shade market vying for your dollars..its crying shame that cyclists now want to look like one of those gun toting truck driving beer swillers..The Pit Vipers look only good on a mullet draped head..spend your hard earned bucks elsewhere or run the risk of Arthur J giving you the thumbs down..

 

Ayy the clearance..

those subtle hues...

the lack of gimpy caliper

your cool points will not go unnoticed

 

Sagans next choice of eye-wear will earn him the loss of a dozen cool points..

and the complete double thumbs down....what is going on with this world..

Not sumthin id wanna try to tackle down at Arnold's while trying to make time with Donna Wildcard..

But put the Fonz at a four seater booth alone with plenty of elbow room and stack of Napkins..and 

this sandwich is a goner..

Good god al mighty somewhere during Pandemic the eye-wear company big whigs must fell into a lake and drowned only to revived into a world of re-issued safety glasses morphed with the lenses of sunshine iridium..This rotten old fuck loves the 80s..but he was never scene in the back stage with leopard print pants, a can of Aqua net and mesh tank T....the only thing that would get you kicked in the back of the head quicker would be to show up at  party at my apartment with these on and a 4 pack White claw..........

be cool fools..

 

 

Cool Move..or Fool Move..

9PM

You might Be a Strava Turd

You ride neat places..

shred killer trails..whips and tuck...turn bars yep those too are often done....

sick ass double nickle descents...hair raising big wattage town line sprints...and even often there are podiums..and oh my gosh KOMS

radical people often accompany you..

Your all Metal..all the time....

But when you hit the download button...you give me nothing 

Its a dam social media platform

 fucking entertain us.....

show us pics of the incredible journey 

Your rides, and adventures are quite awesome in there own right but we can only stare at a map or if we are lucky a witty title..

but more often than not we get nothing..and when we get nothing..

you dedicated athlete are a Strava Turd