Friday, August 21, 2026







  1. The Cosdi dental kit
  2. Crisp tan lines
  3. Not riding obsessively 
  4. The color black
  5. Tubeless everything 
  6. 32 inch wheels. Especially if your the Grayling giant
  7. Barry Roubaix 
  8. ICEMAN 
  9. friends 
  10. Ice cold refills at Subway 
  11. Leadville 100
  12. Kroske
  13. Quality over quantity 
  14. Riding instead of racing 
  15. One close friend instead of a crew of banter buddies 
  16. French fries n vinegar 
  17. Pizza from anywhere 
  18. SRAM…ok I said it’s not so bad
  19. Rim brake road bikes. Everything comes full circle 
  20. Secret crushes
  21. Proper sticker placement 
  22. Giving kudos to the ones who give you kudos 
  23. Unfollowing 
  24. Old cross bikes
  25. The feeling of a new kit.
  26. The smell of your favorite person after a shower 
  27. Shutting up more often 
  28. Loyalty 
  29. 70s nipples
  30. Monster Magnets entire music collection 
  31. Paul’s components 
  32. Bill Fartindale 
  33. Velocity wheels
  34. Killing dead end negative friendships 
  35. Inner peace
  36. The Grand River shoot out
  37. EVO racing 
  38. Dybo
  39. Not owning one single piece of Rapha shit, and still being able to breathe fresh air and drink clean water 
  40. The Midwest triple crown 
  41. Perfectly executed field sprint 
  42. Corey Stange, fastest dude to rarely leave his zip code
  43. Olives
  44. A clean drivetrain 
  45. Waxing chains
  46. Ignoring narcissistic assholes
  47. Sleeping in
  48. SJD
  49. Tom Clark
  50. Killing Joke
  51. The Mc5
  52. The Bike Shop
  53. Mad Track Arena 
  54. Jack White
  55. Motorhead 
  56. SLAYER
  57. Old school trails
  58. Waxing chains
  59. Not having small screaming children 
  60. Leveling up
  61. Being flexible 
  62. Compliments 
  63. Buying used
  64. Discovering new music 
  65. Comfortable shoes 
  66. A good plate of onion rings 
  67. Warm soup on a Sunday night in winter after a long ride
  68. Analog Radios
  69. An organized workshop 
  70. The cool side of the pillow 
  71. Claudia the Horse Doctor 
  72. The Turbo kit
  73. The start of a cross race
  74. A fresh new kit
  75. Not buying into the hype
  76. Reading books
  77. Being nice to people that most people aren’t nice to 
  78. Knowing your boundaries 
  79. Lunch breaks 
  80. A clean bike
  81. Fresh shave 
  82. Waking up to rain and still getting a done…ZWIFTERS not applied 
  83. sealing a tubeless tire first try
  84. E-tap
  85. Shutting up when you need to shut up.
  86. Not overusing that thing that people that like Metal do with there fingers
  87. punching a Nazi
  88. Putting ignorant assholes in there place with one word
  89. Rock Road cycles
  90. Seth from Sweet bikes
  91. Liking things because you like them
  92. Dogs, any kind
  93. Cats are rad too.
  94. New stories 
  95. Stouffers French bread pizzas 
  96. Dog bite lawyers 
  97. TimboSlice 
  98. UCI world mountain bike series 
  99. Met helmets 
  100. MVDP
  101. MVW
  102. Box sections
  103. Riding to the ride
  104. Podiums 
  105. Drop bars on everything 
  106. Honda everything 
  107. Being an adult
  108. Fresh playlists 
  109. Apple products 
  110. South Side Chicago wheelmen
  111. Being ok with being ok
  112. Morning Cranks
  113. Adams sports Medicine 
  114. Raising responsible kids
  115. Fresh vegetables 
  116. Kicking it Freestyle instead of following a structured plans
  117. Accepting your short comings 
  118. Not doing what everyone else is doing because there doing what everyone else is doing 
  119. Supporting small businesses 
  120. Hitting the snooze button 
  121. Laughing at yourself 
  122. Crank Cross
  123. Figuring it out by yourself 
  124. Not leering at the opposite sex
  125. Accepting the fact you probably have poop in your beard
  126. 80$ adult actresses 
  127. Paying cash
  128. Riding wheelies 
  129. Skidding 
  130. Singing out loud 
  131. Tell that person that needs to be told to fuck off
  132. Stadium Nacho with arena cheese
  133. New York instead of Watopia
  134. Makuria islands instead of New York
  135. Pretzel buns
  136. 11 speed
  137. Triple Triangles
  138. Street sessions 
  139. Keeping secrets 
  140. Looking people in the eye
  141. Giving instead of selling 
  142. TCKolo 
  143. Not driving 10 hours to ride for 4
  144. Avoiding this crumby blog
  145. Telling your crush you have a crush on them
  146. Wolf tooth components 
  147. Threshold intervals with good legs
  148. Random texts from friends 
  149. White Lightning…if uno uno 
  150. Riding because u want to
  151. Humble humans 
  152. Dick heads..cuz we learn how not to be from these people 
  153. PBJS
  154. last 1 minute and 32 seconds of Bostons peace of mind song
  155. Fast lines
  156. Being smooth 
  157. Not caring about wearing Lycra at the trails
  158. Checking up on your friends 
  159. A clean butt
  160. Erie st crit
  161. Proper foot wear
  162. A fresh haircut 
  163. Growing old
  164. Asking questions 
  165. Your favorite color 
  166. Egg rolls
  167. The sound of silence 
  168. Working on your own shit
  169. Warm summer nights 
  170. The smell of autumn 
  171. ICEMAN  training rides
  172. Going through it…and surviving 
  173. Short rides
  174. Waking up at 1 am and realizing you don’t have to get up until 630
  175. Living to remember when
  176. New tires
  177. Proper CX pressure 
  178. AAVC
  179. a great TT fit 
  180. Someone remembering your name 
  181. Non press fit frames
  182. Clean Sunny’s 
  183. Blending in 
  184. Laughing 
  185. First time successfully bleeding a SRAM brake set
  186. Marj get sick
  187. Coast to Coast gravel
  188. Caffeine Soul
  189. The original chicken sandwich by Burger King
  190. Casio Watches 
  191. Honest answers 
  192. Proper payout 
  193. Realistic heroes 
  194. 3rd wheel 150 meters to go
  195. Spring Classics
  196. A successful bathroom experience 
  197. A fresh pack of Sweetarts 
  198. Finishing a tough workout 
  199. Cake
  200. Green Olives 
  201. Seeing a friend happy 
  202. A good night sleep 
  203. Cervelo bikes 
  204. Short punch climbs
  205. Remembering where you came from 
  206. Slow Cheetah 
  207. Old friends 
  208. That first sip of coffee 
  209. Evolving 
  210. Gas station snacks
  211. Never watching time
  212. Finally finished this stupid list….

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