Wednesday, April 9, 2008

This Just In: Drinking Is More Fun With Bikes!

If there's one thing more satisfying than drinking beer from a funnel, it's drinking beer from a funnel on a bicycle. These photos, forwarded to me by a reader, confirm that the transformation of the track bike from racing equipment to wallet chain with wheels is nearly complete. They also prove that trackstands are the new kegstands. I wonder if elsewhere a bunch of middle-aged lawyers are sipping Chardonnay in their living rooms astride Colnagos.




Now back to the LeMondebacle.

71 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bam!

OpenYourEyes said...

wham bam

fomenter said...

ass-clownery at it's finest.

Anonymous said...

Fourth?

Anonymous said...

winner circle?

Anonymous said...

6th? Whoa! Two in two days!

Scottie said...

Holy crap, I suddenly realize that I need to start drinking whisky while sitting on my MTB in my living room.

OpenYourEyes said...

For fun in the rockies some have reported to me that instead of imbibing in the living room, they like to do it before the descent from echo lake down into idaho springs. It's a drop of 3K feet in 13 miles . For extra fun it's done at dusk, as if the buzzed descent wasn't enough.

Let the good times roll.

Anonymous said...

LeMondebacle!!!

Anonymous said...

Well of course it is.

Pedal Strike Force Agent Down said...

I don't know if the "Just In" heading accurately characterizes this little bit of information.

Anonymous said...

Hey, Wait a minute !

TBTSAP fka BSNYC –

Humorous critiquing of bikes, companies, artists, trends, designs, etc. ? ;

Pistadex creator and monitor ?;

Avid Craigslist connoisseur ?;

Trendsetter ?;

THE BSNYC SUMMER LIVE-BLOGGING SPECTACULAR!!! ?;

Sudden Name Change: “The blogger-turned-street art phenomenon formerly known as "BikeSnobNYC"” ; and “received an invitation yesterday via email from the Great Trek Bicycle Making Company to listen in on a "company update" via conference call.” ?

Greg LeMonde’s sudden breakup with TGBMC,Trek ?

Are you trying to tell us something ? Are you going into partnership with Trek to introduce the Zen bike ?

Anonymous said...

wait, whats a fixed gear?

Anonymous said...

Love your Blog.

Barbarosa said...

Bike Snob revealed! He's the blond guy in the background in the second shot.

mr. Hackman said...

dumb

Theresa said...

Sycophantic Backstabber:

How do you know that's the Snob?!

Anonymous said...

Luke from DART is the Snob and that aint Luke, plus that photo is from St. Louis.

BikeSnobNYC said...

Anonymous 3:17pm,

Do people really think I'm Luke from DART?

--BSNYC/RTMS

Anonymous said...

Anon @ 03:17

That photo is from Richmond VA.

Display Name said...

Rosie took those. Show some credit y'all! They are indeed from Richmond, VA. Home of the hard party.

Tim Jackson said...

Hey there... that's one of my bikes! They are NOT designed for indoor binge drinking... that stuff should be outdoors only!

Anonymous said...

st louis my ass!

va is where we ride, where we reside, and probably where we'll die.

Anonymous said...

A double-double? Two posts for two days? One of which is a screenplay? For a guy who claims to be ready to quit, Snob sure is prolific.

Anonymous said...

Not Luke from D.A.R.T !
Luke from Star Wars !

Anonymous said...

DRINKING IS ALSO MORE FUN WITH BRAKES. ALSO: PEOPLE LOOK VERY STUPID WHEN DRINKING OUT OF THAT DEVICE.

Anonymous said...

Yes BSNYC I know you are Luke from DART.

Anonymous said...

A.H. Al-Qadaffi,

I sent those on rosie's behalf (with permission) and told bsnyc not to worry about credit. So, blame me.

BikeSnobNYC said...

Anonymous 3:51pm,

I am not Luke, from DART or otherwise.

--BSNYC dba RTMS

Anonymous said...

Can someone buy that guy some hair?

Anonymous said...

The shame I feel for my home city. Is this how NYers feel when confronted with Williamsburg?

FBIII said...

i cant believe you race to see who read the blog first. what do you win?

Anonymous said...

I'll never tell people I'm from Richmond ever again. Just when I thought the hipster/ugly fixed gear craze was on the wane around here...

FBIII said...

by the way openyoureyes, second place is first loser.

AMR said...

Did that old funnel trick 20 years ago (only once, I must confess). It looks nerdy looking at it now. Thought you guys would be taking some fancy drugs instead...

Anonymous said...

AMRcyclist,
if my memory serves me right, we ALSO took fancy drugs. right about it looking stupid, though.

Matthew Reamer said...

My friends have a game in SF where we punch each other whenever we see someone in that purple American Apparel hoodie. It's like the new punchbuggy/slugbug. On any given Sunday you'll see like 8 before 3:00. Best to watch out lest you get bruised.

Anonymous said...

askreamer,
does it have to be purple?

Anonymous said...

Balding and using a threadless stem, man that guy is trying way to hard.

Cycle Ninja said...

Snob, these two-a-days are more appropriate to spring football. Seriously, man, you're going to spoil us.

Keep it up.

Anonymous said...

askreamer.

we have a similar game (crusty punch) in florida for the seasonal crusty kids that winter here. nov-feb is a sore period.

1 for the crusty.
+1 for each dog.
+2 if they a feather somewhere on their person.
+3 for ass-flaps.

AMR said...

g,
That restores my faith on human kind.
Thanks,
AMR

Anonymous said...

hotbikeswithdouchebags.com

kurtz said...

Chuck would approve.

Anonymous said...

What's with those dudes? There are no chicks at their party. They gay trackstanders? (Not that there's anything wrong with that).

And that dude in the second picture...where the hell's his teeth?

FBIII said...

hipsters taking beer bong rips and cyclists doping...this is the only team worth covering.

Unknown said...

not as fun without rollers
breakaway, MKEtp

Unknown said...

Not as fun without rollers.
-Breakaway MKE

Nate said...

Is that Christian from Stuffwhitepeoplelike ????

Anonymous said...

Idiots

RedHeadForWorldDomination said...

At Marymoor velodrome in Seattle we had to do 3 of those before each match sprint. Then hilarity would ensue.

Matt (formerly in Seattle) in PDX

Anonymous said...

its so funny christian from stuffwhitepeoplelike is a jew, but he's white...troy you are right Rollers Kick ass!

Anonymous said...

Beer bongs are so homoerotic

Anonymous said...

It's nice to know the guys are MASI are such big denver bronco's fans. I've seen more than one masi owner also include the theme into their handlebar wrap choice.

Anonymous said...

I thought this was an april fools' joke...
http://bellingham.craigslist.org/bik/636379059.html

SkidMark said...

openyoureyes

echo lake to idaho springs ROCKS!

Anonymous said...

techb3 - I think "covering" that team would defeat the purpose...

Chartier said...

If you do a seated track stand you get like twice as drunk.

Anonymous said...

embarassing:/

Anonymous said...

People who take bikesnob seriously also take not having fun seriously.

Anonymous said...

can you say....STOLEN???

http://denver.craigslist.org/bik/636857936.html

Time for a Cold Beer said...

Frued would say: Somtimes a beer funnel hose is just a funnel hose.

But not this time.

Anonymous said...

Thank God for the comments explaining those pictures.

I thought that was some sort of new fangled urine test.

Imagine my relief.

Judi said...

Beer bongs and fixed gear kids. So cool.

Anonymous said...

Looks like the Science Club left the lab finally....

Anonymous said...

"I wonder if elsewhere a bunch of middle-aged lawyers are sipping Chardonnay in their living rooms astride Colnagos."

Well, Pouily Fume, whilst also watching the Masters, but otherwise the principle is sound.

Anonymous said...

yeah ricky!

Clayton said...

If BSNYC is Luke from DART then I saw him with Prolly and the fat guy from DART at the Levee last Friday (DART, you guys are terrible pool players). I was outside waiting on some friends when I had the joy of watching Prolly showboat some BMX derived freestyling in the street in front of the bar. And by joy, I mean to imply I was embarrassed for him, though in reality I am sure people in williamsburg actually are impressed by hipsters riding backwards outside of bars.

Anonymous said...

69th comment...
yeah. that was fun.
get over it.

Anonymous said...

FFS... how old are these people? I didn't know 14 year olds could grow beards and afford track bikes.

Anonymous said...

"My friends have a game in SF where we punch each other whenever we see someone in that purple American Apparel hoodie. It's like the new punchbuggy/slugbug. On any given Sunday you'll see like 8 before 3:00. Best to watch out lest you get bruised."

lol...I was just going to post about the purple. What's up with you hip guys wearing purple all the time now? It's like a pack of wiry, scrawny Grimaces escaped from the sub-levels of McDonaldland. Actual "colors" are now trends? I thought that only happened in the fashion world.

Oh wait...


- Stu