Friday, March 16, 2012

BSNYC Friday Fun Quiz!

Remember how like there was an article and a video on the New York Times website about stealing bicycles and how on Tuesday I posted a blog post about the article and video that was on the New York Times website?  Remember that?  Well, a reader tells me that one person in Chicago is finally Doing Something About It and will help you find your stolen bicycle cycle for the exchangement of monies:




I locate and repossess stolen bikes. Email today to get your bike back - $99 (In Thieves Faces)
Date: 2012-03-15, 8:50AM CDT
Reply to: [deleted]


Hi, I am sorry to hear that your baby has been stolen and I'm willing to help you find and repossess your bike for a fee. The more information you can provide me with will increase the chances of getting your bike back. How fast you respond is crucial as well. If your bike was stolen over a weekend then don't wait until Monday morning to report it to me.


Most locks have protection plans and if you keep the receipt for for bike you can get reimbursed. If you have a highly customized bike it is much more difficult to get reimbursed. 


My service is like a personal investigator for bike theft. We know the city can't do much because there are much more serious crimes being committed. In response I am willing to help find the thief that stole your bike. I conduct and interview and gather any information I can about the bike and try to establish a timeline in order to figure out where the bike is and how to get it back. This can be a process that can be easy if thieves are not crafty, but can be more difficult if the criminals work in teams . Either way I can find out where it is or how you can get it back and only ask that you buy me a coffee during our interview. There are no guarantees that I can get it back, but if I an determine who is stealing bikes in an area than the crime will stop. Most importantly we'll be sending a message to the thieves that we are not taking it lying down. The more often people are nonchalant about bike theft, the more it will occur with out slowing.


Thanks for your time. I hope to help you locate and get your bike back. Namaste. 



Also, this self-styled bike-specific private investigator was thoughtful enough to include a picture of himself:


It's life imitating art imitating life imitating art.

In any case, I contacted him immediately because I've been looking all over for my own stolen bike:

(Forwarded by a reader.)

It's laterally inverted and vertically castrating, and the thief should be easy to identify since his crotch will look like he tried to do some "manscaping" with a lawn edger.

Meanwhile, recently I also mentioned militaristic cycling as an alternative to vehicular cycling:


As it turns out, this approach isn't just for the Lycra set, and another reader informs me that militaristic cycling is compatible with "cycle chic" as well:



I strongly believe that it's images like these of people riding happily with weapons that will finally result in mainstream acceptance for cycling in America.  This is because when we're introduced to any new activity we're naturally skeptical, and our first question is always, "Yeah, but can I do it with guns?".  After all, our right to bear arms was handed down to us by God, and if He didn't want us to carry guns then He wouldn't have drafted the Second Amendment.  He also wouldn't have invented the handlebar-mounted gun rack:

Now that's a cockpit.

And now, I'm pleased to present you with a quiz.  As always, study the item, think, and click on your answer.  If you're right you'll know, and if you're wrong you'll see a typical day in France.

Thanks very much for reading, ride safe, and ride happy.


--Wildcat Rock Machine




(Mark Cavendish smirking as "Li'l Cav" gets an audience with the Queen.)

1) According to Mark Cavendish, why is Milan-San Remo like an opera?

--"There's a beginning part, a middle part, and an end."
--"It ain't over until the fat lady sings."
--"It's really long and really boring and I don't understand any of it."
--"Mario Cipollini likes to watch it naked while eating prosciutto."







(Fore!  Unleash your inner golfer with Rapha's new Fred flippers.)

2) Rapha's new $450 shoe is made of:

--Goat leather
--Yak leather
--Buffalo scranus
--A proprietary upper called "Raphite" that smells of crotch and hibiscus




3) Rapha is also introducing this smart new $250 cycling hat.

--True






(Vehicular Fredboarding)

4) Technically, the correct name for Fredboarding is:

--StickBoarding
--SpikeBoarding
--StaffBoarding
--Vehicular SpearFishing







5) What is this rider doing?

--Farting money
--Launching his twin "butt rockets"
--Giving the humble people of a small African nation a much-needed lesson in douchery
--All of the above






6) Why is is this goat nonplussed?

--It is riding a computrainer
--It just ate a Diet Coke can instead of a regular Coke can
--It is being forced to live in urban San Francisco like a common hipster
--It is about to become a Rapha shoe





("Git back here with them feet!")


7) Yak leather contains residual pheromones that can cause bovines to attempt to mate with your feet.

--True
--False



***Special Vehicular Cycling-Themed Bonus Question***


(Vehicular squatting: because benches are a conspiracy designed to make us forfeit our right to the sidewalks.)

If you want to be a vehicular cyclist, the first thing you should probably do is get yourself:

--A full-face helment
--A pair of rear-view mirrors
--A DayGlo jumpsuit
--A recumbent trike



134 comments:

Anonymous said...

Raking in the benefits of being unemployed.

Brandonneur said...

first?

Brandonneur said...
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g said...

Top 5?

Anonymous said...

top 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

top 5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Panties!

Anonymous said...

Panties!

Anonymous said...

Panties!

Anonymous said...

blowjob friday top 10 !

le Correcteur said...

Missed podium; missed top ten; eleven maybe? More clenbuterol in that steak, please!

Jimbo said...

racecar spelled backwards is racecar

Anonymous said...

Crap! Gotta stop reading the entries and watching the movies first!

g said...

I can't believe it's not goat leather...

zoomer said...

Top twenny?
Scranus!
Oh, and Weed Panties

Anonymous said...

seize!

Anonymous said...

if it ain't yak, send it back

crosspalms said...

Maybe it's good luck to kiss the head of a recumbent trike guy, but I still don't think I'll try it.

leroy said...

Well now, honestly, what doesn't Mario Cipollini enjoy watching naked while eating prociutto?

Hmmmph. I hope this is graded on a curve.

Ride safe all and take a moment to be goatful for the chevre in your life.

Anonymous said...

Ooo, la, la, la, la ,la. Taking the peeese are we now?
This eeestheway you Eeengleesh say it, yes?

Ah non. You weeel not take the peeese regardeeng the TouduFran. Comprendre?

Oookay.Merci.

leogodoy said...

Top 20 I guess, but at least I read it.

Ha, nice trick on the cycling hat question.

leroy said...

My dog is making fun of me because I misspelled prosciutto.

I reminded him about the time he confused Pinarello with Pirandello.

That shut him up.

mikeweb said...

Have a great weekend all!

Kenny Banya said...

F%$# !!!
No stickers ?!?

Anonymous said...

WCRM I'm glad you've begun to address the new trend of riding while packing heat. Now that Wisconsin allows concealed carry I'm thinking about packing a Glock in my Rapha jersey pocket. Indeed motorists might give us due right of way if we might unload if shown disrespect.

Esteemed Commenter DaddoOne said...

i think the Dingo stole your baby.

Billy said...

That's a hell of a vehicular cyclist.

I don't know why the idea of a goat being nonplussed by eating a *diet* coke can is hilarious, but I was gasping for air like a goat with its head stuck in a fence.

I totally "nailed" the yak leather-related questions. Not sure what that says about me.

Anonymous said...

Seeing the photos of people riding with guns makes me wonder why there have been no post apocalyptic movies made that feature bikes. Wouldn't bikes be more practical than cars and motorcycles in Mad Max? Wouldn't The Road have been better if he was hauling his stuff with an Xtracycle rather than pushing a shopping cart?

Billy said...

Oh, and thanks for letting me know carrying my assault rifle on a Dutch-style city bike isn't a major fashion faux-pas!

I'm planning to get one of those city bikes soon. Opus up in America's plaid tam-o-shanter makes some nice ones.

Billy said...

@Anon @ 1:41 PM:

Stephen King's "The Stand" features quite a bit of bicycle riding. Unfortunately it's the big man-child idiot that does most of it, whereas the cool kids use Mad Max style trucks or motorcycles.

There's also a series of post-apocalyptic books by S.M. Stirling that feature a lot of bicycles.

ervgopwr said...

GOOD KWIZ

YAKL ETHR

But seriously, Fausto and Jacque on the L and R foot.

Snob, you should make some ladies bibs with Cipo's face on the chamois. Trade Mark. You heard it here first.

Anonymous said...

I am not sated
more crotchal splendor, please
some recumbabe at least

Anonymous said...

WEAK WEEK

Buy-cycle said...

Scenius scranus.

Anonymous said...

LONE WOLF
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17397354

Buffalo Bill said...

Beef, it wants you for dinner.

Anonymous said...

That 'Ongoing for Freedom' video brought a tear to my eye.

Jed said...

Farting cash is less messy and therefore, more polite than shitting cash. Maybe that's why the Eritrean fellow claimed to have "heard" he was here, but had not laid eyes on his benificence. Me also thinks his farts smell of chamois and lavender with bottom notes of goatskin.

Marcel Da Chump said...

This nonplussed goat cheese is making me thirsty!

mr. wookie said...

AR15s are such a quaint 1960s design and they now available with stylish moderne crabon accessories and vibrant colorways, All my bears are well armed.

Anonymous said...

Jonathan Ames? I was kind of hoping for a Machete deal.

Which one do you think has more secret genitalia (or prosciutto) piercings, Cavendish or the Queen?

More vehicular cycling next post or IMAFKY.

Anonymous said...

Top 100. Life is full

Hallucinating ghost of Kubrick said...

Cavendish: "The C of E, sir."

Queen: "Do you mean the CHURCH of ENGLAND!!!"

Cav: "Yes sir, the Church of England, sir!"

The "Are you now, or have you ever been a homosexual?" part comes about a half minute after that picture was taken.

Elliot said...

HOLY CRAP!!! That bike with all the cargo in the picture from the craigslist post...that's my bike! MY BIKE IS ON BIKE SNOB NYC!!! I AM TOTALLY GEEKING OUT RIGHT NOW! I actually had that bike stolen, and I was able to recover it (I dont believe that I had the help of the craiglist detective) You can see the story here: http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/bikes-stolen-help-me-chainlinkers?xg_source=activity

Kirk said...

Open-carry-criticalmass an idea whose time has come. God made cyclists but Col. Colt made them equal.

McFly said...

1) Great day for a ride.
2) Non-plussed goat is my most favoritist of all the myriad of goat species.
3) AR15 portaging Ginger has an incredibly lush, ample badonkadonk. Life imitating art imitating life imititating a PHAT ASS.

Anonymous said...

A couple years back I participated in huge a rec ride and found myself behind someone with a handgun on their hip. With each pedalstroke that thing would point right at me. I quickly pulled off. Who knows if that idiot even had the safety on? Why did they feel the need to carry on a ride with 10,000 other cyclists?

wishiwasmerckx said...

Kara Goucher finishes 3rd in the Olympic Trials and will be representing her country in London!!!

EHU -- ESS -- and AYYYY...

wishiwasmerckx said...

Shame on those girls. You should always wear a healement when riding strapped.

Totally Zoned Publishing said...

excerpt 'Cipo' The Book

Vol XII Page MMDXII

"It was 2002. Just after Gent-Wevelgem. While relaxing in a Flanders Hotel I was entertaining Flemish Siamese Triplet sisters when I noted that two were blond and one had an afro. Very curious. They begged Cipo for more but after the exertions of Gent-Wevelgem 2002 I had only the energies to satisfy them twice each. They begged for more. And why not?"



PS - East my dust Hincappe!

A Douche' by any other name ... said...

'Hincappe EAT my dust!'

"Not only is the proof reade4r sto-ned but so is the authorista!"

bikesgonewild said...

..."Why did they feel the need 'to carry' on a ride with 10,000 other cyclists???"...

...take any crowd of 10,000 people & imagine just how many troublemakers there's bound to be in any group that large...

...now consider what known troublemakers cyclists are & you've just increased your odds exponentially & i think you've got your answer...

CommieCanuck said...

Nice Yoplait ad. I always wonder why French people, in France, speak English to each other on Tee Vee. In person, they all seem to speak French, or maybe they're just insulting me. Merde.

Tout le monde peut embrassez mon anus.

TLMPEMA

All The Black Folks In Portland said...

I just ejaculated goat cheese

CommieCanuck said...

Guns on bikes is just fuckin' cool. In Canada, we used to do this with staplers, until they were outlawed in 2004.

Guns+roadies= summer Olympics biathlon, using Volvo drivers as targets.

Billy said...

@Anon 1:57 PM:

That "lone wolf" is a fake. An evil fake. He's no Lone Wolf. The real Lone Wolf is a really nice guy full of gnomic zen wisdom in the style of Hulk Hogan.

http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2011/06/winning-by-nose-of-competition-and.html

bikesgonewild said...

...jeez - i wish somebody would come out here from the east coast & bring some of that nice weather you guys keep talking about !!!...

...spring begins in 5 days & suddenly it's pissin' down like leroy's dog tryin' to make a weight cut...

Panty investigator said...

If anyone stole your panties, I can help you find them. Please send me a picture of your panties as soon as possible, preferably a picture of you wearing them, and the sooner the better. We know the police can't spend time looking for stolen panties because they're too busy tracking down bike thieves. Many panties come with anti-theft warranties, so if you kept the recepit, you can get a refund, but if your panties are highly customized, this is more difficult. I will conduct an extensive panty investigation to see if I canlocate your stolen panties and have them returned to you. If I am successful, all I ask is to be allowed to wear the panties once myself. We will still be sending a message to the panty thieves that they can't get away with it forever. Thanks for wearing panties. Namaste.

Vulva driver said...

I'm always packing.


And I also a carry a gun.

mikeweb said...

@bgw,

If Leroy's dog were to come out there, would that hurt or help?

It sounds complicated.

king arthur said...

Anonymous said...

"Seeing the photos of people riding with guns makes me wonder why there have been no post apocalyptic movies made that feature bikes. Wouldn't bikes be more practical than cars and motorcycles in Mad Max?"

I don't know about Mad Max--I'm sure Mel Gibson thinks bicycles are for pussies and Jews, both of which he hates, but Mark Twain used bicycles in the nineteenth century's version of the post- (or pre-?) apocalyptic novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, where knights ride to the rescue on bicycles.

bikesgonewild said...

...mikeweb...hmmm ???...i hope that's a rhetorical question 'cuz otherwise you've got me stumped...

...so, now i read that the temp is gonna drop & we might see snow on mt tam tonight...sheesh...

...hey, at least by midweek (ie: spring will be springing) i see some sunshine & riding weather for a day or two...

...could do with getting out & putting in a few miles...wonder if anybody wants to ride ???...

Billy said...

@CommieCanuck:

What the heck kind of stapler are you referring to? As far as I know, my red swingline would still be allowed across the border, even if I had it in a concealed holster.

crosspalms said...

If I had highly customized panties and somebody stole them, I think instead of calling the police or the Craigslist guy I'd just go out west and sit in the rain. Hope it brightens up for you, BGW, it's sunny and 79 in Chicago.

Ms. Stanky Crotch said...

My panties read January, February, March, etc., etc.

And I have a pantie that reads February 29th that is especially for Leap Year.

S. Colt said...

What's wrong with a compact 9mm stashed in an easy to draw location in my bibs anyway ?
Support the 2nd amendment.

crosspalms said...

If they let me carry a gun on my bike, I'd probably be writing this from the prison library. It's bad enough I yell at drivers, it'd be way more uncivil to plug them.

Jasper said...

Oh, Snob, I so wanted you to get your teeth into the Rapha shoes - not literally of course - but I didn't imagine you would be on the ball already. Awesome stuff.

"Anon @ 1:24 I'm thinking about packing a Glock in my Rapha jersey pocket".

I would say don't go giving Rapha any ideas, but then they're English and don't have any idea about guns.

Now that's a cockpit.

Quilled and Lugged said...

@bgw - snow on Mt Tam, eh? Last time that happened I rode up to have a look, but it got rather slippery above the amphitheatre.
I have been getting my fixed gear out, just like the East Coast hilpsters, but that's only because I just cleaned the road bike and can't be arsed to clean it again.
I'm up for four or five hours on fixed on Sunday if you want. I will be crossing the bridge a little before eight with my red rain jacket and English spelling.

bikesgonewild said...

...crosspalms...thanks for the 'weather support'...

..."...It's bad enough I yell at drivers, it'd be way more uncivil to plug them."...not necessarily...

...whilst shooting the driver might be considered extreme (but surely not in all cases), a few choice slugs into the engine compartment could go a long way in equalizing the general day to day driver / cyclist confrontare...

...just sayin'...

Anonymous said...

WRM

hane you been reading the UK press?

Check the first comment

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/mar/15/david-byrne-head-collaborator?intcmp=ILCMUSTXT9389

grog said...

FUNK WIZZ
Absolut!
RIDE NICE

Cipo said...

eating pussy

bikesgonewild said...

...quilled & lugged...that IS the word from the national weather service...

...8:00 ???...i would assume, sir, that you're referring to 8:00am ???...

...you've always sounded so cultured & sensible in your comments & now you make reference to being outside, on a bicycle, at 8:00am ???...

...good god, man...at that time of the morning, i'll be dreaming of beating the young cavendish lad to the line in milan - san remo...

...actually q&l, i work at night & generally get to sleep in the early morning hours...

...someday perhaps a cup of tea anywhere between sausalito & fairfax later on in the day ???...as you might assume, i'm an afternoon rider...

...i'll leave an e-mail address @ tony's shop in saus' & as the days get longer, we can talk...

Anonymous said...

BGW and whoever, meet at 8a.m. and GET A ROOM!

bikesgonewild said...

...@ anon 4:58pm...i knew THAT was comin'...

...a room, you say ???...a room with a view ???...a view to a kill ???...

...sure, james bond...send me your address & i'll make sure it's a clean shot...

...these posts have me thinkin' i need to start packin'...

running_on_ice said...

Cows chasing you are scary and all, but how about riding the roads of Colombia? http://travelingtocolombia.com/category/cycling-colombia/

Quilled and Lugged said...

Anon @4:58. Thanks, I have a room already.I'm typing from it right now.

@ bgw - night work: been there and done that. Yes, there are two 8 o'clocks in the day, and these days I am awake for both.

If I remember to stop at Tony's I will do that.

Anonymous said...

Those bovines sure don't stand a chance against the couple of Swiss ladies with Sig assault rifles on their backs.

crosspalms said...

No experience with cows, but my wife was run off the road once by a guy on horseback who was talking on his cellphone and not paying attention. She and bike were unhurt but she was very annoyed.

leroy said...

I couldn't figure out why my dog wanted me to spring for a cask of brandy and a plane ticket to San Francisco.

Then I saw the Mt. Tam weather report and it started to make sense.

I wouldn't trust hime with a six pack of PBR; no way am I springing for a cask of brandy.

He's not even a St Bernard.

wishiwasmerckx said...

The thought of crashing with a loaded firearm on my person makes me shudder, as I see the safety and trigger responding to "outside forces" as I slide down the pavement.

"Damn, I shot myself AGAIN?"

Anonymous said...

The guy with the recumbent trike might as well start digging a hole now.
It's really just a matter of time before he needs it.

JDH (In Quincy, North of Hannibal) said...

Cycling with a rifle should be an Olympic sport!Those funny skis are just dumb.

Paul Bowen said...

Rapha partnered with...Giro.

The joint creation...is built on Giro’s...new—shoe platform

The shoes use...Giro’s SuperNatural insoles.

So it's a Giro shoe.

Jasper said...

Yes, but Giro would get laughed at if they tried to charge that much.
Plus it looks like it has a smiley face on the insole, one of those Rapha touches that make it all worthwhile...

recumbent conspiracy theorist said...

Private dick eh?
Gumshoe

(Red neon light blinks on and off through the blinds)

stale cigarette smell

You gotta find my bike see?

Bearded trike guy is badass. No helment and no wussie flag.

Thanks Snob great week.

Anonymous said...

And on this farm he had some cows he had some cows he had some cows
He had some chickens, he had ducks,
And he also had this strange and unusual beast called the YAK

recumbent conspiracy theorist said...

...The case started off like any other. That red head dame was packin' but I don't mean heat.

Stiveaux said...

That dude on the recumbent trike just might be cool enough to reverse the Fredly tide...

McFly said...

This new book seems to suck less than the previous model, that's progress.

crosspalms said...

Then she looks at me and says, "so, can you find it?"

"Find what?" I say.

"The dingus, the bird, the package."

"Look, lady, I lost my partner tonight. Maybe it don't mean much to you, but a bike's a partner and you gotta stick up for that, you gotta find out who done it."

"Oh, Sam, I'm frightened. I'm so frightened."

"Well, then don't go to the resistance meeting tonight. Stay here while I call this Craigslist guy."

Anonymous said...

The Budnitz offers comprehensive douche touché insurance and a bi-annual lube program for all lucky charms/green beer day purchases.

Anonymous said...

That private investigator just wants your weed.

leroy said...

Of all the gin joints
In all of the world
She walks into mine.

93...

McFly said...

I think the Craigslist Detective is stealing the bikes himself and then selling them back to the victims for 99 fun tickets. How the crap else is he going to know who took you Pista? I suppose if the needle of your moral compass is broken then it's a lucrative enterprise. But please, you guys continue with yur "SCHWEET HEARRRTTT" schticks.

leroy said...

Is it just me or do pictures of armed folks on bikes remind anyone else of that line about armaments from The Maltese Falcon: "A crippled newsie took them from him. I made him give it back."

96...

Mr. Bookman said...

"I don't know Seinfeld, maybe that's how you get your kicks..YOU AND YOUR GOODTIME BUDDIES!"

Jed said...

Creamy or chunky?

recumbent conspiracy theorist said...

A budnitz commercial in the middle of our bicycle mystery theater. Thats kinda funny.

Anonymous said...

For a while now I've been re-envisioning my hairy manscape. . .

Anonymous said...

quilled and lugged. . .

The ride fixed sounds fun; I've dusted mine off too, for it is my rain bike.

I am exceedingly lame and probably won't be able to make it.

don the cyclist said...

buy me a coffee.i will tell you your bike has been stolen.and will help you. damn coffee whore

Anonymous said...

Jasper

Rapha could include a holster pocket on their USA "country jersey"

http://www.rapha.cc/country-jersey-1

If they were to make one....

Tim said...

Inane is the word, and spelt 'inane'. I'm sure your Webster's will have it. If not try a Macquarie.

McFly said...

TIIIIIIIIIMMMMMMMM!!! Inane in the membrane. Inane in the membrane.[Refrain]

Nebraska Bike Commuter (non DWI edition) said...

If you wish to Fredboard, it's helpful to be really really angry.

That's what it looks like to me anyway.

Anonymous said...

BGW, by "Tony's shop in Sausalita'" I assume that you are referring to Mike's Bikes, right?

McFly said...

I s p e l t it wrong. My Sarcasm Application Sofware System(SASS) is on the fritz again.

Matthew said...

Sheldon Brown reborn in a golden Levant.

bikesgonewild said...

...@anon 10:55am...not even close...

...nothing against 'mikes' (i usually know one or two folks who work in our 2X local 'mikes') but 'tony's shop', bike odyssey is one of the great 'old school' bike shops anywhere...

...cluttered, sure but tony & his crew, along with experience & knowledge, have got treasures you might not find anywhere else from exotic high end machinery to esoteric leftover geegaw parts that nobody else bothered to save..."a mavic electronic 'zap' shifter from '92 ???...lemme look..."...

...wasn't gonna mention the name but they deserve props 'cuz tony himself started the shop in sausalito close to 40 years ago...

...guy is fit, young looking & as totally enthusiastic about bikes as he was in the beginning...

...that sez something, ya ???...

Anonymous said...

BGW,

I find your use of the ellipses bothersome to read.

--Anonymous

crosspalms said...

I always skipses over ellipses. Not bothersome at all.

bikesgonewild said...

...crosspalms...thank you for the laugh (out loud)...

...@ anon 3:59pm...there ya go...you can ignore my comments, be bothered by my comments or you can & i quote "...skipses over ellipses..."...

...i shan't be bothered either way...

...enjoy your cycling, that's what it's all about...

McFly said...

................................................................................................................poor.............................................................................................................................................Fabian..................................................................

JDH (In Quincy, North of Hannibal) said...

The weather is beautiful here in the midwestern midwest of Ill-ee-noise.

Major Fred said...

This is Major Fred to Douche Control ...


etc.,

etc.

Quilled and Lugged said...

@bgw, don't worry, I wasn't thinking you meant Mike's. I am not a regular at ABO, but I have always had a good time when I have been there.
Still not sure about the forecast for the morning - it's pretty chilly and blowy right now...

bikesgonewild said...

...quilled & lugged...well, it was looking promising for you, for a while in the evening but right now @ 4:15am-ish, left coast time, it's cold, wet & windy as a sumbitch...

...may it clear up & be beautiful for your ride & if not & you go out in it anyway, you are one tough sumbitch...

bikesgonewild said...

...hmmm...i saw a dog wearing a green bowler, carrying a 6 of guiness & a sign saying 'mt tam' earlier this evening...

...everybody accounted for at your house, leroy ???...

Anonymous said...

I've got one of those Mavic rear mechs, don't have any of the control gear though.

hey nonny mouse

Quilled and Lugged said...

Bright and breezy it turned out - didn't even take a rain jacket, and used gears...plenty of grovelling into the wind on the way out though.
I did stop in at ABO, but Tony was having a long phone call with his back to the shop floor, the wrenches weren't interested in coming out of their den, and the other guy was busy helping someone buy a helmet...

Tim said...

Keep at it Fly, you'll get there eventually. BGW is more of a worry with a bad case of the '...' pox. Perhaps the Poms should colonise the US again to get you back on track.

McFly said...

Well thank you sir I will certainly try. Wait, did you crack a joke? I did not think you subscribed to such antics.

McFly said...

I was just joshing with you on the whole inane fiasco. I was an English major. WAS. Not no more I ain't.

bikesgonewild said...

...btw, mcfly...i think you nailed it w/ your milan - san remo report...

...& i can only imagine the wind that quilled & lugged put up with on his morning ride...winter came back to the bay area last night...

Quilled and lugged said...

I was crafty enough to head north in the lee of Mount Tam - where I did not see any snow in the end - as much as possible. Coming back down Hwy 1 past the lagoon was a complete joy though...

Anonymous said...

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