TAO of T

Some Anon'er yesterday asked where id been? Most don't care so its irrelevant what i have been up to, but since I'm up now, and out of the basement, I may as well open my mouth for a brief thought. I have many firm beliefs, and one is just because you have a thought doesn't mean you have to open your trap and speak it everytime it bounces through your grey matter. Sometimes its OK to keep it silent..doesnt mean i dont care..
But one thought that has been bouncing around inside my head and does more often than many is a little self reflection, I'm sure i spoke about it before.. and probably will again but we as humans sometimes need to get re mined, and now that Mother Nature is back on track, and cross season is closed up tighter than tics ass. Its a good time, put on your jungle truckers and stumble through my poor grammer and besides you might learn a thing or two..
I want everyone who choked through this.. at some point to look in the mirror, doesn't have to be now, just do it at some time before you turn the pedals in anger..ask your self some simple questions..

1. For 2012 whether your rolling a new kit right?, or even an old one, you got fools giving ya stuff ?..your reppin.....What do you do to deserve to get the hook ups your getting? think about it..

2. If 2012 is going to be your best year yet, Im going to be in the best shape of my life..What are you going to do to get there?

3. We all talk change. whether be our inner self, or scene change. How ya gonna do it?

4. What fuels your inner machine, without alittle mind fuel you may as well stick to pounding out hot laps at your local loop, hell and even then you gotta have someting to feed off of man cant live by loops alone.

5. And like it or not since hate abounds all of us ..in some way, shape or form, the key is knowing how to put it to a positve use. how ya gonna do it?


Closing, I leave you with this..People ask what gives me the authority to give advice? I say, First of all, I don't give advice. Dr Phil gives advice. Mr T helps people. I motivate them, I inspire them, I give them hope, and I plant the seed so they can feel good about themselves.

Think Spring!

Get my drift

TGIF

TAO of Chuck

“Sometimes you just have to pee in the sink.

Charles Bukowski

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masters 45-49

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masters 40-44

Git Some.

Just when things were getting to a boil i gotta step in and shout out a couple things..big thank you too all that hit up those cross polls next door. Simply put... results don't lie at least i hope not although they dont speak for everyone but when you consider the east series only avg about 100 or so odd racers 50% ain't all that bad. I could go on and on and toss hate and love around, like it means nothing.. but i wouldnt wanna bore you,..you know the score...maybe it ain't gonna do no good, maybe it will, Maybe haters finally get there chance...and yes even the loses can get lucky sometime..chew on that for awhile.. get my drift?
Second..Good luck to the dozen or so that still have a few to go before they re-evaluate there plan..T' is solidly with you for the next 2 weeks. from Nationals to worlds.. keep on keeping on.

Lovin to Hate.

Once the spoken words of the infamous EYE GATTO..that's a wrap. Its over..2011 is dead history and braggin rights don't mean shit..at least not around here..I could give you the whole long drug out poor grammar T version, but ill spare Haters that opportunity to throw disgust TMS's way, besides I got 2.5 months of idle time before any real racing gets rollin to let that hate flow. Instead, ill give you what your fellow ridin buddies gave T as there Good, Bad and Ugly of 2011..dont be afraid to pipe in...as t has come to accept Hatin is just as good as lovin if done in the right ways....
Good..

No one died...I think
Alexey V
we got a real course for the state RR
BR became legit
2,478,983,987.5 CX bikes at BRX
DOPAGE
field sprints
Rainville grows up and through s smack
cross B's increase
TANGUY is the best at going long

Detroit got a mutha-fuckin crit

Hotties still come to watch
Dwitte
Wiz comes back from last years brain fade

Milford got bigger and badder

Dirt road classics (or whatever the fuck they are) finally showed up

Sven-ze-German

Cone is still king of tossing your salad
Yorke wins the big dick contest for the most races in a single season

No fights in cyclocross, only a little bummed
Road King wins state TT
BIGRAY

The Ace let us race in his hood, complete with pool...and hairy guy doing yard work

Tailwind under new management
local Elite sceners resolved the fact a ICEMAN victory is now for the gifted
LIL pony dazzled Haters and lovers with his slic dance moves

CX State Champs was a 'proper fucked' cross race

Lummis is back roll'n
Kroske honches the State TT
the Quiring kit
CHIX in GR smokin
CrossBastard
the "future" honches a few breaks early on
the Black Ace reveals his super hero kit
DG doubles up ORE@SHORE..state RR
Timmy is the king of spring..
outta sceners appear every weekend
race choices a plenty
SIMONSTERS DEATH MARCHES..
everyone bitches about TMS when they realize there the ones writing that shit
dodging car jacks in the ghetto trumps, breaking legs in the burbs
Sven brought questionable watts and upset that mainstays

Kroske is still a perv
KISSCROSS
westside throwin TMS love
Uberti wins state crit championship
mountain scene on the incline
Rhonde Van Stoney gets bigger
CHIX in Milford hot
haters
fake boobs
Kroske fathers my child
comebacks
chix with glasses
Crit in D-town
Dave Massey callin the race
Bells sponsor ICECREAM race
Panther flyin when they show
MAC B
Hermitman
surviving mid summer burnout
Stange bumps up
Rudyard grows inches.

BAD:
DLAM goes down at cone
TOWC lays an egg
haters
DC
Bells pulls the plug on the MTB gig
Terry R RR turnout is as lows as most sceners wattge

"I want to win before I upgrade, ya know?", fuck off, go plank
Evildude face plants at TOWC

Friday TT's
fakes
straight shooters

Best paying omnium in MI was a secret charity event, huh?
Quiring kit

Battenkill promoter loved money more than racing. Maybe wear a condom and don't have eight kids?
comebacks
cry babies
Toledo/Sylvania crit

Barry Roubaix finishing area....start taking bets who dies in 2012

Mysterious Flint / Fenton points omnium...wait, what just happend?

Birmingham Crit loved its purse so much it tried to keep it
linden CX how many turns?
excuses

Pretty boy Joe steps down
I'm pretty sure the wolverines are breeding...

Big red swallowed up the 2012 talent

Panther population in Michigan extinct
2012
Alex V wins Battenkill 2 race

No matter how long you make a road race it still finishes the same way

Grand Rapids showed the pros what a real weather advisory could be

Sharting

the UGLY

Greyhounds caught cheating...at a relay race...seriously.

November Mustaches: glad your wife finally let you grow something

Broken bikes
Nobody likes the truth
Miscene spring
Michelob Ultra sponsor west branch.
Toledo/Sylvania crit turn out

Rich guys who think the rules don't apply. Fuck off.

Horrible tan lines

The smell of a full porta-john in the summer heat

Waterford worlds needs a new master to make it faster

Cherry Roubaix endless championship podiums....everyone gets a medal!

Brian-the-brain-Matter goes down while reaching for greatness at icedog

Trainer time
BOBW on his 4th x race of the day..
Timmy's sweet disintegration

Dropping your GU in the porta-john, but still using it..What!? I wiped it on my shirt

Crash replacement....how fucking much?

Being disconnected
The Monster doesn't show, keeps the nookie
forever wait for results
Facebook banter
The girl at the Pilot station
pizza elbows
the cross guys form

Old school glasses

Kits with holes in them

Broken bones
wtf's
rudy Ps shifters..someone show that kid how to put his bike together
track events on the point series
not riding for the month of July..
haters..u-no who you are
attitudes
the top heavy pay outs
muscle cars at Milford
Kroske in the $
fake watts
fake shakes
fake friends
BS
BHAM hangs on to the funds
Dtown pay out
fake teammates
JMAK dissin TMS
No Henry in the fall
comebacks
Haters LOVE wtf
altering Xcross courses
to be continued...

TAO of Bruce

As you think, so shall you become.

Merry Christmas all.... from TMS

TCB

4ème Manche de CDM cyclo-cross from Petitesreines on Vimeo.

Do yourself a favor if you haven't yet..watch this

Beware

Not all the stuff you that's being pushed is legit T endorsed, take for instance these three obviously imposter's
#1 I sure as hell ain't that ugly..
#2 , I'm ripped.. but i ain't on that kinda plan,
and i don't have to tell you whats wrong with #3.
So just like our scene beware of fakes

Mego's Finest

HTF and nearly sold out everywhere this holiday, season but if you use your head you can still find em...Apollo, Balboa,Thunder lips, the only suck'a that's missing is that commie bastard..no matter you don't have to be a kid to play with toys, this set is sure to stir fun the next time you through a Scrabble party or Twister night. set up a few props, could be books and what not and have at it,
ya know the out come
PAIN..

T's Last minute gifts

You got to love this position just one more for gift, the one for yourself.. stores are packed, good thing Dollar General is stocked up on this hot pocket billfold. You dont have to pack it Phat to feel T coolness just carry it like a boss with pictures of your Atlanta friends and maybe yo kids, no matter cuz when you pull it out to fork that cash for those over priced bullshit energy drinks and inflated entry feels.. you can take pride in being connected to such a solid crusade..
buy it sucka..your worth it.

Krampus

Krampus is a mythical creature recognized in Alpine countries. According to legend, Krampus accompanies Saint Nicholas during the Christmas season, warning and punishing bad children, in contrast to St. Nicholas, who gives gifts to good children. When the Krampus finds a particularly naughty child, it stuffs the child in its sack and carries the frightened child away to its lair, presumably to devour for its Christmas dinner

JHC

whatta ya know? JB BABY comes good!

output via input.

Ive been meeting with an old friend a few times aweek, and we do what old friends do, we cuss, we discuss, rate and debate, different aspects of our life could everything from chili dogs to Atlanta hotshoes... Its a good thing... since both of us are on two different planes, so it gives each of us a clear shot at Truth talk. Ive been told that people like straight shooters, someone who doesn't pull punches and comes at em 100%..Id like to think thats true..but in some cases...(heavy sigh) sadly enough it isnt. My good friend has tried to keep an outsiders view of what im about to lay on you, so take in mind it aint all T's cryin.

What im trying to get at while the thoughts are still fresh in most sceners mind is alittle input.. on what can make the 2012 Eastside pride cross scene what it needs to be other than the color grey. So i assembled a few quick surveys to your right and if you all could take some time to input honest ansers that would make this time worhtwhile..believe it or not the avg number of folks visiting TMS weekly from September through early December nearly doubles that of the regular season. that tells me that someone cares. and believe it or not those that bring this shit to you, care as well and theres a dam good chance they come here. Your output depends on your input..if the classes dwindle and riders lose interest..theres a good chance you ain't gonna get any more output...get my drift?

Keep on keepin on.... as TMS and myself respect all your thoughts immensely..

TAO of Chuck

“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”

Charles Bukowski

tms

for what its worth.

Come on Haters ya know you want this, ain't we all wanna be someone else at some point in our life? Liz, Justin B and Timmy J don't have anything on this kit. Wear this set with pride knowing that your not some fake and you all can Wrest easy as this garment isn't by Galoob so you know this shit isn't junk..Hate on fools...

Holiday Ideas

See Haters..this is the kinda shit im talkin about that fool Kabush knows, now you can too. just in time for the holidays and up coming basement sessioning...The Mystery of the Fobiddin Monastery, this is a great way to learn phonics, or just sit back and listen to get your creep on. Its full length and is part of my Mystery series.

In stores now.

DOPAGE!

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its no secret.. Kabush knows..

tgif

TAO of Bruce

“Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.”
—Bruce Lee

Happy?

T tried to keep me away but it didnt work...You fuckin rotters got just what you prayed for i hope ma natures greasy, disease riddin, foul shit tasted good, did it go down easy? probably better with a mouth full of now shut the fuck up, So the dirty sods race down,and your dreams were broken with an ill time form, and some wanker has one great ride in a 365 day year, now the whole scene is back on the wagon..so you think you can rebuild for a national box and a world medal? ...or whatcha gonna do you bastards now with your silly cross blogs next season is nearly two births away, and that hippy shelved the spring cross idea years ago. Oh well theres always fuckin, barry roubaix and ICEMAN..

God save me.. Hater

Different World

Once again... had this whole big elaborate big story laid out, the whole toe/toe day ....but a simple image was brought to T's attention and it put him in a quandary...which way do i go? because too much of a good thing leaves you punch drunk..?.not enough leaves you searching for more so that being said im gonna throw out two stories if you can muddle through T's poor grammar maybe you will get my drift, and maybe you dont.......
Long: You needed your jungle truckers just waid through the sloppy details....Its so hard I kinda wanna just close the season out in brief being that it left so many with soggy hearts and the braggin rights shelved. Oh sure you all got fuel for your fire of 2012 season.. if there is one, the Lil Pony used his shit kickers to kick some shit in a ride second to none.... while the new German State Champion suddenly creates a super power and makes the rest of the elites look like there turning BigRay gears....But in short its done..Masters was like lookin into a rich broads closet many don't know what Clarks to choose cuz it got thick like no other time and left mainstays trippin over there own fancy pumped up kicks and allowed Hatred to get in there way of there dreams. the Monster stayed away and kept the trophy, and you coulda got funds in elite womens even if you showed up with Cfm's all ...To peak for the day you had to be questionable, cuz it was it gonna be like using your butt cheeks to pick up Vaseline covered pencils unless your like to gamble because that one crazy fool had enough in the Moon boots once again to keep the quota up for uncle bobby...
The Cross eyed suffocation end always has a weird way of bringing people together and leaving them united in its own bizarre way..when you got the Surly bastard winnin and washin steeds ya know it can only end funky..I dunno..... all the pre race hype seemed to over ride what everyone was dancing for, but much like alotta things in life once you get it...its not all its cracked up to be..ahh but its cross...... bad day in the mud sure as hell beats a good 65 degree dry day..cuz this is gonna be that one your all gonna speak of from BITD..."I remember when".....but you know T's rule...... you got five years...

the short: A champion is not defined by a title.

hate on, and thanks for givin T reasons...

Sit tight fools, as a full compute is in the works.

No one gets out alive...

I predict ...

Some fuck on a Specialized will win the mens elite race.

I predict ...

Id love to through my ever loving to that figuratively speaking "old bird" but a bum wing has left her clipped. You could have a Monster rear her head, but if she dont show that skinny gal could take it. unless Ms Woodring shows, but cant figure she is much of a mudder. I had hopes early Steele and another would bring there old game to town but now those thoughts are fleeting memories..

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nice roads..