Posted April 30, 2008 @ 6:06am

Dumb as We Wanna BeBy THOMAS L. FRIEDMANPublished: April 30, 2008It is great to see that we finally have some national unity on energy policy. Unfortunately, the unifying idea is so ridiculous, so unworthy of the people aspiring to lead our nation, it takes your breath away. Hillary Clinton has decided to line up with John McCain in pushing to suspend the federal excise tax on gasoline, 18.4 cents a gallon, for this summer’s travel season. This is not an energy policy. This is money laundering: we borrow money from China and ship it to Saudi Arabia and take a little cut for ourselves as it goes through our gas tanks. What a way to build our country.When the summer is over, we will have increased our debt to China, increased our transfer of wealth to Saudi Arabia and increased our contribution to global warming for our kids to inherit.No, no, no, we’ll just get the money by taxing Big Oil, says Mrs. Clinton. Even if you could do that, what a terrible way to spend...

Cross-Check is still the one

Posted April 27, 2008 @ 6:06am

Pretty much preachin' to the choir, but the Cross-Check is the one bike I would keep, if I could only keep one...

SPLIT LIP RAYFIELD

Posted April 26, 2008 @ 6:06am

Tonight, at Lee's Liquor. DO IT!

We Missed it, but check it!

Posted April 23, 2008 @ 6:06am

Kunstler Get It. Does Anyone Else?

Posted April 20, 2008 @ 6:06am

Check it out yourself.

Ragnarök 105

Posted April 19, 2008 @ 6:06am

36 riders towed the line at Colville Park in Red Wing, MN, 7:30 am on Saturday, April 12. With winds out of the northwest all day, it was destined to be a hell-ride. It was...I made the mistake of overdressing at the start due to the cold. I should have known better, but when the lead group got to a T in the road marked County Rd. 21, instead of Flower Valley Road, like the tulip notes stated, I took the chance of shedding a layer. By the time I got going again, the leaders were off. I followed their tracks... The surface went from slushy snow, to gravel/dirt roads. What looked like your average wind-swept snow-covered dirt road actually had a gnarly glazed coating of ice. WIth each pedal stroke, the potential for slip-n-slide disaster was imminent.Right before the first checkpoint, as in right beyond this damn train, I get caught up by said train. Just like the 2006 Paris-Roubaix. And how fitting, as we were in for some true Spring Classics weather...After refilling...