Slove and Nad-Boy, Part II - the WTO Protest

Many will remember this picture of Slover (and his sidekick Nad-Boy) fondly:



But what many do not know is that Slover and his pard were rockin' the protest at the WTO this past weekend - where they're so big they need their own posse of armored bodyguards to beat off the nubile young fans:



Slover's still trying to figure out why the saftey goggles weren't working for him though...

i race ALL bikes

i now am a racer of ALL bikes... i will race mountain bikes this year in addition to road and track bikes... and i am doing cross on some pro cross team on 06-07...

i race ALL bikes...

and BMX too in NC in the summer

sack up presidents- THEODORE ROOSEVELT

first in a series of sack up americans...

theodore roosevelt was a sack up president... he saw the president as a "steward of the people" and that guided his executive philosophy... he was an ardent believer in the idea that the strong were morally obligated to protect the weak and bring about peace in the world... he put his personal stamp of authority on things with his style... he sacked up and took executive power in new directions.. if the law didnt say he couldnt he figured that it meant he could... and he did so in the name of the public good...

old teddy sacked it right up and broke up big business trusts and reigned in the power of big business by creating the dept of labor and pursuing anti-trust law suits aggressively... he brought us also the the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act for consumer protection, and the Federal Employers' Liability Act for Labor... not to mention the national parks system which I personally enjoy every day...

he is recognized as the original sack up president... "yeah.. i'm teddy and i can do that... watch the fuck out..."

he was so tough that during a speech he was shot and exclaimed "he pinked me!"... teddy refused to go to the hospital and continued to deliver his address... with a bulet in his chest...

see... at the multi million dollar ADT center there are no toilets for us on the infeild...

i love moutain biking

i went last sunday mountain biking and now i am going to ride a mountainbike all the time... i can go right out of my house and never touch pavement for hours and hours...

Maxim sports nutrition is a dutch company...

not like that jive ass magazine... which i think is stupid...

ok... its good.. now you can buy stuff.. have at it... thanks...

ok...

i could talk about what team i am going to be on and all that stuff... but i would rather talk about how the President has authorized the NSA to illegally spy on thousands of americans (check the NY Times)... seemingly benign?... but in view of recent developments concerning other seemingly benign elements of the patriot act, the rise of fundementalism and the general comportment of the executive branch and the right wing kabal, i just have one thing to say... BEWARE THE INCEPTION OF THE SECRET POLICE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA... freedom isnt free my friends... it costs time and vigilance against THE MAN...

the bottom line is that i dont trust authorty... i wonder what the hell happened to the good old-fashion republicans who mistrusted government authority and were more libertarian than they are the days... people have just gone crazy...

there was a good debate about related issues on TO THE POINT a few days back... it was more about torture regulation.. but the ideas also could be applied to holding folks responsible for secret police type actions- which, by the way are contrary to the tenants of a free and open society... duh...

sound familiar?... seriously.. i so called this shit in france a long time ago...

NPR : French Rap Musicians Blamed for Violence

this story came up on NPR and its so funny to me.. its in the music for sure.. its a social barometer...

but i am a little dissapointed that they didnt mention NTM one of the greatest rap acts ever on any continent...

sarah hammer is my favorite girl biker...

so congrats to her for winning the points race at the world cup and getting silver in the pursuit after posting the top time...

sweet revenge after she had been dumped and ignored by the feds... it all began at nats this past august where she won the pursuit with a time that would have been a silver medal at worlds...

what the hell is the SUPER subway team?

well?... what is it?

the tire damage is unimpressive... so i wont bother with a photo

and the rim isnt toast... so i just have to buy two new tires...

yeah... new today...

i didnt really quit... i was going to but then i decided not to... so i officially am not quitting... i am training and everything right now and my legs hurt as per usual... cant stop wont stop hip hop...

DevilDucky - Arnold Schwarzenegger: Carnival in Rio

DevilDucky - Arnold Schwarzenegger: Carnival in Rio

ok...

i borrowed my mother-in-laws's jeep...

so i am driving off road up this canyon to get a bunch of rocks for my yard and on the way back i see this trail that goes up and off over a rise and i think... cool... i'll check that out.. so its a good crawl over the rise and then it goes down into a valley that looks pretty boring so i make a u turn at the top... at this point i realize that something ist right with the truck so i stop and get out and the right rear tire is mangled pretty good and off the rim.. and the rim is gouged up pretty good too... the trail was full of sharp ass rocks and i figure i must have torn the side wall...

so i go to change the tire and the spare is flat too... last month i told her that her spare was low and she said she would put air in it.. but i guess she didnt, or maybe the spare had a leak... she goes driving on these trails all the time so i didnt think that she would let it slip her mind... its pretty important to have a spare with air in it... i should have checked it myself...

so i have to unload all the cool ass rocks that i got so i can drive home on the flat tire... its sort of getting dark and i think that this would realy suck if i had to do it at night... i am looking at a 20 minute drive home with a flat tire the first 500 feet of which is down the rock strewn pitch that i just came up... but this time its on a flat tire... i am thinking that i just have to keep the tire on the rim and i will be fine.. so i go down as easy as i can and i adjust the right mirror so that i can see the tire and make sure it doesnt go off the rim.. if it does i will just have to stop and walk because i dont want to destroy the rim as i probably already destroyed the first one...

so yeah... 500 feet of rocky crawling on a flat and then i can drive the wash almost all the way home... the sandy wash will be easy on the flat tire... so i make it down to the wash that runs the narrow canyon- i am relieved.... but i forgot how far it was out of the canyon and there were a few serious cataracts in the wash where i had to get out and move some rocks and try to smooth out a path that was less dangerous for the flat tire.. but i got that done and made it out of the canyon into the wide soft sandy wash that goes almost all the way to my house... there is maybe 800 meters of pavement to my house after that...

when i got home i took the tire off and took it to get air and it held... so yeah... she didnt ever put air in it when i told hger it was low... i was worried that i wore through the side wall but i didnt... but i did put a nice ring around the sidewall that shows through to the threads... so tomorrow i am going to take the busted up rim and see if its toast or not... i am for sure going to need 2 tires and maybe a new rim.. so that was a costly trip...

photos tomorrow...

why does kool and the gang suck now?

they should have never gotten a singer... they just should have kept jammin their instruments... they jammed so hard that they even put out some disco songs and they didnt suck... but as soon as they started doing lame songs like "too hot" and "ladies night" the wheels just fell right off... "celebration" was the sound of the kool and the gang funky bus grinding down on the axles and transfer case then bursting into flames killing all abord...

SFGP?

What the new SFGP will be-
Especially the bean toss.

Tim Johnson...

so.. are you going to win nats or what?...

I'll try my damndest. It's going to be a wide-open race and I really couldn't tell you who's a shoe-in.

JP is really good in bad mud i hear.. and i guess you are good in the snow... so does snow beat mud in the dry?... or is wells or somebody like that gonna wipe the floor with all you guys?...


JP is totally at home in the bad stuff. He's always been really good in deep, dark mud. He's a powerful rider that just rips it up. Snow beat Mud? I'm a big fan of snowy racing where it really makes a difference whether or not you can handle your bike and put your power to the ground. I'm out gunned by a lot of other riders and I need to equalize things to compete. Wells is a huge threat on race day. He's got really good skills, good power and he's motivated. Those three things make a good cross racer.

i like that you have the kind of mental approach where you take into account your weaknesses and look for ways to turn the race to your strengths... thats the key i think.. and its something that big riders think of that other riders dont... when you are thinking of winning any race at any level where things are competitive you have to think that way...
i asked trebon this also...is cross financially viable as a specialization yet?... it looks good and there is a lot of coverage.. but i wonder if its all hype...

Cross is not financially viable as a stand-alone discipline in the states. It's great to make some cash in the (off)season. I hate to put cross in a phrase like that. It's so much more exciting than so many races that we do on the road all year, so I hate to denigrate it. It's not all hype, there are companies realizing just how much exposure that they can get by sponsoring a good cross rider. Our sponsors like Louis Garneau, came in to support Lyne and I and have only be blown away at how great it's been for them. We've given them pictures in all the mags and online the entire fall. To try and buy exposure like that would cost a ton of money.

If Brady(Kappius?) wants to be a cross rider only, then he needs to spend a few more years getting older(physically mature, mentally mature) here in the states racing anything that he can get his hands on(mtb, road, track whatever). When he's about 23,24 or 25 he can start learning how to do it. The only advice that I really want to give any young rider is that while he's a junior or U23, staying in the sport is the only important thing. To win or lose, 1 race or a whole season doesn't really matter. It's a hard sport and alot of his peers will be done racing by the time they could actually expect to compete with the best in the country and world. Patience is the key and have fun.

good answer... i think people tend to expect too much of younger riders... and its true you dont get good until later...

in cycling news you said: "there were a lot of things that made me think that I didn't want to ride anymore"... what things were those?.. you have always struck me as a guy who is just giddy with joy to ride a bike... you sound like me when you say things like that...

You're right. I love to ride my bike, as hokey as that sounds. The reason why I got into this sport is that I liked to challenge myself and I also liked to be around my friends in the sport. When you're racing at a super-high level, like Div 1, where the only thing that matters 24/7 is how
strong you are, then it's not all that much fun. Plain and simple. I'm not talking about riding like crap and not giving a shit if I or my team wins, it's the luxury of being able to switch back and forth. Needing to have fun, might be considered a weakness, but it's one of my necessities. I know I'm not the only rider out there who feels that way. I also know that racing in the US on the NRC circuit or at our biggest races (Georgia, California) it's possible to switch back and forth. That's why I'm psyched to race here.

also... i wanna interview ceslav too.. whats his e mail?

WHo??? Czeslaw? The little Polish guy? Lives in Canada? Don't know his email or if he has one!

sweet

http://www.dominos.com/Public-EN/Extras/New+Contest/

Ryan Trebon... he is a nice guy i think...

in the begining it seemed like you were just doing cross for something to do after the norba series... but now you are more known as a cross rider than a mountain biker... you are in europe and devoting more than it seems you put into the norba season... are you now a full blown cross specialist?...

It is funny it seems not matter how good results I have Mtnbiking I never seem to get the same coverage as I do for CX, and that is why I think people associate me more as being a Crosser than a mtnbiker, which is fine with me because I am starting to put more cyclocross than I have before and I think it is an area where I want focus on.I went to Europe this year because I felt that is what I need to do to develop further as racers, and I belive it paying off big time. You cant subsitute the experience you get over there

you for sure have made a huge impact on cross in the US... much more than on the mountain bike side... i am sure that in the begining it had a lot to do with the smaller level of competition in cross, but these days it seems like on the high end the level in cross is even more competitive than in norba... it seems like you got in at a time when cross was more open and you rode the swell and developed along with the cross scene to now being an A rider in this current time when things are much tighter and tougher than 3 or 4 years ago... maybe you are just suited to cross but also you have had a nice scene to develop in as a rider.. respond

This is only my 3rd year racing CX and the same competitors that were racing then are still racing now, I dont think the level overall has gone up much, I think there are 2 to 3 people that are now focusing more on CX, but if you look at the results it is still the same 5 people finish on the podium everyweekend. So I dont think there is the depth of competition yet. But you know the sport in general is growing fast but I dont know why more top-end MTBers, and roadies dont do some cyclocross during the winter, I mean who needs a break from sept 14- Feb. 1. Lazy folks

is cross in the US viable?... can a young rider commit to cross and specialize and expect to support himslef?... or is there only room for a few full-time crossers and the rest have to race road or mountain as well...

The honest answer is no. I wish more younger riders would focus on it, but to do that you have to race in Europe there is no way around it. Take for instance Jeremy Powers, not many people now about him here because he races cross solely in Europe during the winter. But Jeremy has 10X the experience as many of the top riders in the US because he has done things the hard way and raced in Europe and the experience is gonna pay off so much when he starts to develope more as a rider. But it is like taking 3 steps back to take 1 foward. But the sport is growing fast in the US, so maybe in 3-5yrs it will be at a level where it is viable to make at living at.

after racing over in europe are you getting the kind of experience that is gonna pay-off big time?...

definetly, nothing else compares to do the biggest races and battling it out with all the best riders in the World week in and week out. I am starting to feel more confident and comfortable racing over there

so how about that brady?... digging up a photo of you falling on your ass like that.. are you gonna ball him up when you see him?... this is one of the kids that wants to give it a go in cross... what do these guys need to do to be good?

That shit makes me laugh man, I love it when young rider talk shit with and to older riders, because I was the same way. But yes, he is still gonna get kicked in the nuts when I see him this weekend for that. If Brady and others really want to improve, they have to start focusing on cross and work on CX specific stuff, and continue using the opportunities like Geoff Proctor camps to the fullest and really try and learn and absorb all they can while they are there.

asses yourself vis-a-vis your competition for nationals this weekend.. i think this is important to do when you are at a high level... what does TJ have that makes him dangerous?... McCormick?... Page?... in what ways are you better than them?... how can you contain their strengths?... how can you make them race your race?

you know I feel Ten times stronger this year than I did last year, not only physically but better mentally prepared. There are some good racers coming this weekend, but with a little luck(I havent had much lately) I don't see any reason why I couldn't win on saturday. With that said I think it is gonna be a 3 man race this weekend, but I wont tell you which 3.

obviously you are a top rider anf i think you can win nationals... but what ambitions do you have in europe as a cross rider?... do you see yourself becoming a big rider against the world's best?

I really want to focus on racing CX in europe, I think I have the fitness to compete with them, but I really lack the experience and the technique right now to consistenly be at the front of the races. But it is coming just you wait

will you continue also road racing?... what would it take to get you to drop mtb and do road and cross?

Yes, I am definetly racing on the Road again next year with AeroSpace again, as far as the future.. That I dont know right now. I am trying to figure out what is best for me, but one thing that I am thankfull for is that I do have options right now and support by some awesome people.

i am now working on TJ and treefarm interviews...

Brady Kappius...

ok...

brady kappius.. you are one of the TIAA-Cref grommets... and you are on
your way to ride two world cups and maybe worlds too... you are a rider
for the future...

so what is your schedule going to be like day to day?.. are you gonna
live in noel's garage?...

Yep, I'm headed over to Europe in a few weeks. I will hopefully be able to race in the World Cups. There are only 5 spots and there are 7 U23's headed over, so if I'm doing good, I think I will get to race. Its all up to Geoff Proctor (The US cross team coach and the man behind the euro camp). If nationals goes well next week, I might even go to worlds. Not something I was really thinking about at the beginning of the season being a first year U23, but I would be ecstatic if I went.

Here is the race schedule:
12/24/05 Sat
1hr 30
Belgium
Diegem
Cat 1 SP
Juniors; U-23; Elite Men

12/26/05 Mon
Belgium
Hofstade
WCS
Juniors (but we probably won’t do this with juniors); U-23; Elite Men (WCS for Elite Men only)

12/28/05 Wed
Belgium
Loenhout
Cat1GVA
Juniors; U-23; Elite Men

12/31/05 Sat
Belgium
Hooglede
WCS
Juniors, U-23; Elite Men

01/02/06 Mon
Belgium
Sint-Niklaas
Cat 2
Elite and U-23 Men together

01/04/06 Wed
Holland
Surheisterveen
Cat 2
Elite and U-23 together, Juniors

I get to the USA Cycling house in Izegem, Belgium on the 22nd. It is not really Noel's garage, it is actually a pretty sweet deal. Each room has some bunk beds in it and a TV. There are a few crazy European toilets and a bathroom with a series of showers.
It looks like I will do up to 6 races. The days are pretty routine.

Wake up around 8-9 am, grab some breakfast downstairs in the kitchen. Usually some cereal, yogurt, banana, and a rice pudding. Depending on the race time and location, we will leave sometime in the morning. We pack up our lunch and head off in the caravan to the race. Once we get to the race, we pick up our number and suit up to go ride a few laps of the course. If the course is muddy we will grab our other bike and finish warming up on that one then switch back at the start. Then we race against all the crazy euro dudes. After the race we head home, clean up and eat some dinner. In the evening we usually screw around, watching the euro trash music videos. Then repeat.

where did you come from?... why are you a cross racer?... do you have any ambitions on the road or do you only think of cross?

I started racing when I was 4. I did all the kids races at the MTB races my dad did. I never really took it too seriously until about 5 years ago. I would usually just go screw around on my bike, doing jumps and sweet stuff like that. My roots are in mountain biking, and I did the cross races in the fall on my MTB.

In 2002 I was still racing cross on my MTB. I placed 3rd in C's race as a 15 year old. In 2003, I started racing in the B's with my first cross bike. By the end of the season I upgraded to the A's. 2003 was my first year going to cross nationals. Because worlds is in January of the next year, they take the next years racing age, so I raced in the 17-18's. I ended up 4th in the super muddy conditions. I was amazed at how well I did. It was one of the best races of my life, I was just in the zone.

I was hoping to go to worlds that year, but USA Cycling's crazy selection procedures left me out. They expect juniors to go travel the country collecting UCI points, but at the race that everyone is at, nationals, they only take 2 of the top 5 to worlds. Last year, I had my sights set on worlds. I was able to travel to all the US Grand Prix races (the worlds selection series) with the help of my team - TIAA-CREF / Clif Bar. I ended up 4th in the series then took 3rd at nationals.

I went to the camp last year and had a great time over in Belgium. I learned a lot about racing in Europe. I earned a spot on the worlds team with my strong season. Worlds was a great experience, but the race itself sucked. I had a lot of bad luck including a crash in the first 10 meters. This season I came with the goal of making it to the euro camp again. With some awesome races in California a couple of weeks ago, I earned my spot and ended up 4th in the USGP series. So here I am.

I also race on the road and mountain bike too. Right now, I would say that cross is what I excel at, but I am not kicking road or mountain biking out the door yet. I still love riding my bike, no matter which one it is.

as a young kid do you respect the top US riders?... obviously they are faster than you.. but are you the kind of bad ass kid that looks right through those guys like they are nothing because you have your sights set on Nijs?...


I have a lot of respect for guys like Trebon, Wicks, and Page. I got to spend last year in Belgium with Trebon and Wicks, they are super cool guys. For Page and Trebon to dedicate themselves to cross and living over there and racing deserves a lot of respect. That is something I hope to do when I get older. The difference is I want to be fighting for the win, not fighting to get a top 10. We will see what happens, I still have a lot of time to get there. I have 6 years till I'm Trebon's age
and 11 years till I catch up to Page. That is a lot of time to get better!

Also, if anybody wants to help my teammates and I pay for the trip to Europe, you can donate here - http://www.bikereg.com/events/register.asp?EventID=2869

am i paraphrasing or are you saying that tree farm and page suck and that they barely make the top ten and when you are elite you are going to be fighting out the win?...

I am not saying that Tree Farm sucks, but he needs to work on those technical skills. like what the hell is this shit -

http://www.printroom.com/ViewgalleryPhoto.asp?userid=abbiorca&gallery_id=297305&image_id=31

You building a frickin sand castle?


So... i'll leave it at that.. and we will see what tree farm has to say about playing in the sand box... so if anybody wanted to follow your exploits do you have a website or something?....

Here is the site for our blog - http://eurocrossers.blogspot.com/ It will be up and running soon.

oh yeah...

i got some good interviews coming down the pike...

and a new website too...

back to work...

i want to interview a good cross rider.. so if you are a good cross rider e mail me... if you are maybe famous like JP or B7 or TJ or el gato... or like Marky Mark.. or if you are some famous belgian or dutch guy that might win a big race that would be cool... because i know famous people check the site every now and again... but you dont have to be famous or actually good.. you just have to think you are good in your head and that will be fine for me...

thanks...

i like when a hot girl has a bad car... makes you think you got a chance...

coffee puck conservation

what to do with the coffee pucks ejected by your fancy coffee machine?... you can make wonderful deserts out of them.. like this one topped with whipped cream...

very gourmet...

this is a beautiful coffe puck terrine...

the mold is visible and creates a strong flavor that balances the sweetness of the cream and the bitterness of the espresso coffee...

http://www.devilducky.com/media/38524

How to beat the man and his evil machine empire!

its all about overcoming the evil IVR network...

from Paul English:

The term IVR stands for "Interactive Voice Response", the fancy name for annoying computers who answer most phones these days.

Frustrated? How about when you call your phone company and they ask for your phone number? Or when your bank asks you to type in your credit card or ATM number, and then when you finally get a human on the phone, they ask you to tell them again. Hello, don't I pay *you* guys money?

The problem with most big companies is they hire non-strategic bean counters to run customer service as a cost center, and those executives get paid based on costs not based on customer loyalty and revenue. Guess what? If you don't talk to your customers, they won't be loyal to you, they won't come back, they won't recommend you to a friend, they won't buy more products from you. Some companies have figured this out, and they have created wonderful products and services that customers love, and which allow those companies to make money.

so how can you do this?...

freedom fighter Paul English has constructed this list of directives... Good site to bookmark... It'll help you bypass many of those automated helpdesk frontends...

www.paulenglish.com/ivr

and the info page... INFO...

hey I'm drivin' ovva heah!

Only in New York City...

heras positive B sample

hmmm... what does it mean?... hamilton was positive for blood boosting and it didnt change much... so i think the beat will go on after heras too...

as a person who believes in due process and fairness under the law i am very interested to see what happens with his inevitable appeal... there have been a few riders to be exonerated after this epo test... and i do believe that if there is reasonable doubt as to the reliability of a test it shouldnt be used... and i also believe a person has the right and responsibility to challenge the validity of claims against him...

it would be nice if a positive B sample was a guilty verdict and then you could sanction the athlete right away and be done with it... a nice and tidy process... but i think that in the case of this epo test currently in use a positive B sample is just like an indictment... with the real trial to follow... there is a nice sized hole in the epo test, one big enough to drive a legal process through...

the story

Happy Thanksgiving

what are you thankful for?... hmmm...

see.. this is the kind of job i'm talking about...

it would be nice if they are able to move the SFGP to San Jose...

i think that the city is losing something by not having the race.. but its up to them to set their priorities and to etablish their boundaries politically... its a shame that the merits of the event couldnt be made compellingy clear to the city... but what can you do?...

will the ToC replace what tehy lost in hosting their own classic event?... no way...

i dont see them being able to have the same epic kind of course that the SFGP had... the two vent would have had a nice synergy for the city... but i dont see ToC replacing what was valuble about the SFGP...

this is what tis like when me and billy innes hit out...

Ebay: WTF?

Didn't think you could post this kind if fascist crap on Ebay.

coach colby

is now the USA endurance track coach... he is a pretty smart guy about training and stuff... so i think now there is some potential for growth here... now if there was some money and some races...

story

TOP 10 UNSAFE PLACES

1. Camden, N.J.
2. Detroit
3. St. Louis
4. Flint, Mich.
5. Richmond, Va.
6. Baltimore
7. Atlanta
8. New Orleans
9. Gary, Ind.
10. Birmingham, Ala.

methodology

now what does this really mean?... i grew up in RVA when we were consistently in the top 3 per capita murders.. i always felt safe because i knew what was going on... i was for sure street smart... i feel confident in saying that in the case of RVA its violent crime is not random and is tied almost exclusively to its drug traffic problem... any city on the I-95 between Miami and Maine is going to have a problem with violent crime... i think that if you arent out in the street you will have much less of a problem... and if you can live a life where you are not required to go near projects or areas where drug violence is prevalent then you are living in a much different city than the RVA that made this list... you might have a break-in (i never had one and i lived close to the hood) but if you dont have any involvement with drugs, or "street life" then you are significantly more likely to die in a car accident than as a result of violent crime...

so then.. when you consider what cities are the most dangerous wouldnt it be more accurate to include all possible dangers?.. or at least the dangers that people are more likely to be affected by?... like car accidents, cancers caused by environmental factors (DDT or radon, or lead in the water, or something like that) death by house fires, hurricanes, or earthquake?...

or at least consider that a significant portion of violent crime is not random...

Newfound Ancient Beast Dubbed Godzilla

Newfound Ancient Beast Dubbed Godzilla check this out...

and also you can listen to talk of the nation science friday... they are talking about dinosaurs and stuff...

listen to talk fo the nation

my new baby

ok then.. me and my babe are having a baby girl in march...

offer me a job!...

ok... now that i quit racing you can offer me a job.. we already estabished that i have no CV so you just have to take my word for it that i can do anything and have probably done whatever you are thinking of hiring for before... so then.. offer me a job... cycling realted jobs are fine.. but i am also interested in marketing and PR jobs... i like work from home jobs alot.. and i like also jobs where i am indy contractor... but i would also be an employee if its a good fit... part time work is great... especially work from home part time...

no more SFGP

i guess they couldnt work it out... thats fine because i never liked that race anyway.. and i look at it as just one less race that i have to do next year...

vocab-

solipsism... word of the day...

honda ad

go

To Erik Saunders Non Believers

this used to be the video of Moma Said KNock You Out.. but i got sick of turning it off....

Rahsaan Bahati in drag!!!

Red Bull Road Rage

Red Bull Road Rage

there is a little video up with footage from the rage

GARMIN GPS

this is my GPS... ok nate.. go buy one now...

FIGS

there were two ripe figs on my fig tree and they were so fucking good... let me tell you... get fruit trees... figs and dates are great they produce fruit easily and they grow in almost any climate... and they are cheap... mine is a little tree not even 6 feet tall and it produces fruit... it took a year after planting for it to make fruit.. once it got established it went nuts and made fruit...

the new ERIKSAUNDERS.COM

this site is about to change... the blog format will be quite different with an emphasis on intelligent analysis of cycling and popular culture... and of course trash talk... BUT... contributions will only be made by a group of hand picked analysts...

if you would like to be one of these analysts please e mail me and ask.. i want the group to be very large and diverse... and i want to include all those of you who are regular posters... some people i will be inviting soon, but i dont have contact for all of you who are regulars...

so... e mail me

MotionBased Dot Racing...

dot racing is a cool feature of MotionBased.com using the data upladed from your Garmin GPS Device.. you can compare several runs over the same course.. this is a dot race of pro biker mark weir at the road rage...

props to JRB

reading that bit about matt vs stockton/zelner/kadis on stolenunderground made me think what a dumb way to handle the whole thing that was... cover-ups and re-do's trying to avoid who matt is and what he has done...

so huge props to the big JRB for coming clean when one of his riders got caught with growth hormone... it was in a team search of hotel rooms that they found it (a team search!.. thats taking the bull by the horns)... they they could have kept it quiet but they didnt.. and then to make sure they had that stuff tested to see what it was... and then they told everyone... did it look bad for the sponsor?.. hell no!!!... it looked good for JRB and the team and the sport to have this handled in a serious, honest and transparent way...

its ok to talk about drugs and to admit that it exists... silence and avoidance of the issue isnt the answer...

NPR : 'My Lobotomy': Howard Dully's Journey

NPR : 'My Lobotomy': Howard Dully's Journey ... whoa...

Adventures with an Ice Pick

lobotomy!

USPRO championships moves to Greenville, South Carolina

USA Cycling has announced that the 2006 US professional championships will take place in Greenville, South Carolina with the road race on September 2, 2006 and a time trial on August 31. The 2006 races will be restricted to US citizens who must be members of UCI-registered trade teams. The move is a departure from the championships' traditional venue of Philadelphia where it has been held since its inception in 1985.

yeah... thats nice.. i dont particularly care... they just really need to have a race and call it the championships and give a jersy to the winner.. its nice to have no foreigners finally... it would have been cool to have the race in a major market, but hey... nobody probably bid from a major market.. and i bet there is no on-going effort to cozy up to officials and sponsors in major markets, so then... what can you do?...

I Need a Pro Contract!

I Need a Pro Contract! this is the greatest site for all you bikers out there that put the pro level time, effort and emotion in but without the free stuff and recognition.. step and get yours...

new deathray

GO!

from cycling4all:

 

 

14.11
Nerac and Sport Group Nord-Ost have reached a three-year agreement to continue title sponsorship of the USA Continental Nerac/Outdoorlights.com Pro Cycling Team. Full time manager of the team will be Thad Fischer. From the 2005 team are staying: Aaron Brown (Usa) - John Hanson (Usa) - Patrick Heidkamp (Ger) - Adam Hodges-Myerson (Usa) - Michael Norton (Usa) and David Werling (Usa) New additions to the team include Thad Dulin (Usa) = Jitter Joe; ex-pro's Jon Hamblen (Usa) and Justin Spinelli (Usa) + neo's Scott Edge (Usa) - Jacob Fetty (Usa) - Hoyt Halvorson (Usa) and Todd Yezefski (Usa). Leaving are: Ari De Wilde (Usa) - Roger Farrell (Tri) - Oscar Pineda (Gua) - Cody Powell (Usa)  and Jason Williams (Usa)  =  (thanks Aad !!)

tour de nez

conspicuously missing from my list of great races is the TOUR DE NEZ!...

 

you can see it here- on www.cycling.tv

team car

New D3 team car.

two things

1- i broke a string on my bass

2- i am thinking of racing BMX for fun this winter...

eriksaunders.com top races

this is my list of best races in 05... not in order...

red bull road rage- treated athletes like they should be treated... take media seriously... pro production effort.. course safety

superweek- provides a series for young riders to get a lot of quality racing in and prove themselves against a good pro field.. great competition... nice spectators...

nature valley- actively seeks input and criticism from cycling experts (the riders, imagine that!)... great courses.. always looking to change for the better and have a nice race that the athletes enjoy...

captech classic- pro organiztion... media smart... dedicated harworking organizers... works with the city very closely... willing to try different things...

charlotte- its got a lot of money (not if you are a golfer though)...

t-town- i think i might have to make it back there...

all races in the mid atlantic in the summer- you can seriously make a bit of money if you are a good young rider... its good hard racing to cut your teeth on and see what kind of level you really have.. the locals are good.. then there are always a few extra regional stand-outs.. and then you will always get a few good pros that time of the year... if you are a young cat 1 and you are killing it at races like park ridge or mt holly or faulkner honda then you are a good bike rider...

RACES I ALSO LIKED A LOT IN 05...

sommerville
cats hill
sea otter
hanes park
giro di SF
Tour of Connecticut
CSC invitational

real pro

This is when you know you're really a pro bike racer:

When you've got you're very own watch worth about 8 grand.

France

my man steve pointed me to this:

andrewsullivan.com

it is something regarding the civil unrest in france.. as i gather my thoughts i wil have more to say about this... i will say that many french are racist xenophobes... and after living there, reading and talking to people i can say that i think that the french in power in occupied france werent too bummed out about the nazis which is something that you dont hear about in school...

some photos...

miles winning...



the fastest guys in the speed trap... i was in this elite group...



old miles... normal bike.. no fear.. no worries...


mc cook was very serious in his mental prep...



i think that dave is one hell of a handsome guy...



clinger... he is one easy going guy...



i like to wear pads




smarty likes pads too...

GWAR

see their myspace

see their website

after party...

me and slover hugged and made up for him posting that tonya harding fantasy on my site... i banished him from originating posts... he is all smiling becuase he thinks i am going to let him back on... but i havent really decided yet...

nate was happy to meet some celebs...

old bob hates the paparazzi and he punched out slover right after this photo.. and when he was on the ground roll cracked him in the head with that bottle.. then nate spat on him and pretended not to know who he was...

this is hollywood nate with wike

wike represented in the road rage.. this old guy bombed down the hill like a mad man and was third in the 4x.. good job...

these guys were playing upstairs at the key club...

this band is called Banane Metalik... they are a french psychobilly band if you can believe that... they put on a good show... after you see GWAR this kind of stuff on stge just isnt all that but they play good loud and fast music and the upright slap bass is a great sound for punk music.. its like two drummers...

see their myspace

see their own site

PDF reader for palm

There is a reader for palm devices... Its free... And if you have a treo you need this to see race announcements... So go to the adobe site and get it...

Treo 650...

yeah.. the winner was Miles Rockwell

the guy is 200lbs.. and he can turn fast.. and was really happy to win...

 

all those gravity dudes are cool as hell...

 

if there were a series i would prioritize them over road races and then just train for a 5 minute effort and race redbulls and crits...

 

the road rage is the best race i have done in a long time... everybody was treated well and the staff was great...

Crashes

Duncan riffle... Ok i hear..

Dean myers... dean broke a collar bone... He had full gear...

Dave mc cook... Ok but dented my tt helmet...

I thought the course was safe.... They added a lot of extra barriers, 6 foot fences, and hay bales...

if they had a series of these and i could make ok money i would quit road racing and do them all...

This was a great event to go to... The athletes were all super cool and the vibe was real chill... We treated great by jon mesko at giant and the redbull staff... And bcore did event productions and they were all cool too... If ever crit could be so much fun it would be nice...

They just need to come up with a better spectator format... Like using a street luge type course so you can see more action and do 2 up instead of 4... Like do a match sprint format...

Redbull was pretty cool... I was ok fast in the hill but i went off in the heats... So it was race over...

i am trying to blog some photos right now and then i will go to the after party do an interview with audio..

Red bull

Dave mc cook wins the road rage... My prediction... Interviews tomorrow... Come back...

wtf?

all of a sudden i cant publish the blog and its has something to do with the ftp acccess...

a road racer will win the redbull road rage...

like mc cook...

NPR : Biotech Firm Amgen Sponsors Bike Race

NPR : Biotech Firm Amgen Sponsors Bike Race

Nyvelocity.com

Nyvelocity.com
i made this interview recently... this is a nice site i think.. also of value:

Do's and Don'ts

Ali G Inda Beez race

Jerseys: What Not to Wear

Excuses, Excuses

eBay: Avoid the Noid Mascot Costume (item 7192696127 end time Nov-03-05 17:06:48 PST)

eBay: Avoid the Noid Mascot Costume (item 7192696127 end time Nov-03-05 17:06:48 PST) sweet...

NPR : New Father's Sex-Offender History Sparks Custody Battle

NPR : New Father's Sex-Offender History Sparks Custody Battle

this is really scary to me and i am not sure that this is the kind of government that i want to have... this is the kind of thing you gotta watch out for... dangerous precedents... slippery slope... all that...

i will have to keep an eye on this story... to learn more about the particulars... and the legal ramifications...

good for the TOUR...

hey man... seriously... good for those guys at the tour to come out with the big F-U to everyone and say that they are going to do what it takes to run a clean race... wether or not the UCI will have anything to do with it...

ha...

check cyclingnews or velosnooze... everyone is so amped up... this is comical to me...

not that the ASO didnt turn a blind eye for decades.. but hey... you gotta start somewhere... and in my book, a self-important FUCK YOU ALL is a good place to start...

maybe they will actually do it.. maybe not... either way i am having a good laugh...

bigneal

i gotta but big neal up there too... www.4th25.com... he was on mtv last month...

thapoopshow

has been officially added to the links... no matter what jmurder.com thinks... its a good thing he moved out of MD because it got too hot for him there after he had to trash talk thapoopshow... ha ha... you were gonna get that ass tore up!...

finally.. resolution with cingular

i found the flyer that said i got 5000 night and weekend minutes... and that my plan does in fact exist... losers.. and they credited me everything since may...

more than a million hits this month....

thanks everyone...

Training Music

In an attempt to redirect some side discussions and to satisfy Zamudio's endless gripes about having more bike related topics I give you:

AN OPEN SURVEY OF YOUR FAVORITE MUSIC TO TRAIN TO.
Please let me know what you load on your iPod or what drills into your head when you're trying to stay motivated on your trainer.


Someone please gag Kelly Clarkson...

prius mods...

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4615724

slover.. i swear you are an idiot.. get your own website...

so what is this link that i am getting from bike forums?

i cant figure it out... e mail me

tanya harding website

yeah.. jmurder posted this at first but the link led me to the most disgusting thing i have ever read... so i will repost it but link to the main page...

tonyaharding.com

this has got to be one of the silliest sites i have ever seen... be warned it spirals downhill and out of control...

death rays

here are some links to various death rays....

solar death ray

the famous and historical Archimedes Death Ray

Build your own Adiabatic "Death Ray"

and this death ray also

all new best tv

the knife show on PAX...

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/nightclub.shtml Play this game

UNPRO?!!!

perspective:

on The World radio program there was a story about a Sudanese imigrant who serves in the US Army and is stationed in Iraq... in the back of an armored veicle soldiers joke and haze eachother... the sargeant slowly rubs the ear of the "new guy" to get a rise out of him minutes before they step out into the hot ass sun to patrol Mosul... then its game on because they have a job to do that has serious repercusion on many levels... all business in a life and death situation...

i hear stuff like this it makes me want to smack anybody who wants to tell me about "professionalism" or "appropriate behavior" in cycling... as if this is all so serious that you cant have a good time and just get silly when you feel it...