Do not forget that tonight and tomorrow night at Lee's Liquor Lounge is the unforgettable and unstoppable SPLIT LIP RAYFIELD.Leaving tomorrow for RAGBRAI. There will be no updates next week as all energy will be used by my liver in synthesizing whiskeytito.OFS Stickers will be back in stock by next week and all outstanding orders will be filled upon our return from RAGBRAI. Expect patches soon, as well.
After 9 straight days of temps of 90° or higher, it's kind of nice to see the mercury hovering around a more sanguine 78°. So here we go, less than 5 days until the juggernaut that is RAGBRAI returns to rural Iowa, where 15,000 of your closest enemies roll thru cornfields and forgotten counties. [As a reminder, please do not feed the Bear.] Yesterday's pre-Ragbrai training ride was 50 miles of fun, but only Tatara & I could sustain the 7:00 am roll call. Not that big of a shock really, given the amounts of beer consumed at the Swerve Brewery Pig Roast on Saturday night. But as I purged massive liters of alcoholic haze from my system while rolling down to Victoria, I couldn't help but think that this could be a rebuilding year for Evil Cycling. No less than 4 perennial Evilheads were talking the shit about showing up for a 7:00 am ride. Is this what we have to look forward to? Sagging on Ragbrai is considered "winning" amongst our close horde of hoochers and huffers on the Black...
YO! If you're in Philly this weekend, check out this SS event.[From my man Mike McGettigan at Trophy Bikes in Philly:]TUSSLE AT THE TRESTLE single speed ride SAT. JULY 16 7pm, Philly, 31st and Chestnut Streets. 20 laps/grass flat track/etc! FREE.Greets... please bring your single-speed self to TUSSLE at the TRESTLE--flat grass track, straightaway on one side--slalom on the other--plywood ramp for hot dogs.NEW--Chintzy Prizes for first guy and gal finishers, also first BMXer across the line. derailers: prohibited /lager reception: to follow /dress: casual.The TUSSLE is just off 31st and Chestnut... under the Walnut St. Bridge overpass.... starts 7pm sharp.
Quick update: we're out of a few things until mid-late July:patches-late JulyH2O bottles-soonOFS Stickers-next week.Meanwhile...It's not too early to be thinking about this big 50 MILER. Fitzy won't be there, but you should be...Meanwhile, preparations for
9 year old Breck Heintz, crushes the stairs during a Bismarck session.No steak dinner for Fitzy this year...