RIP - Jeff Hanneman
Like biking, Slayer is one of those rare things in life that's just as much fun now as it was when I was a kid. RIP - Jeff Hanneman "Slayer is devastated to inform that their bandmate and brother, Jeff...
View ArticleBike To Work Day 2013
I usually try and make it to the Bethesda pit stop but this year I made it to Silver Spring while taking my daughter to school. We were running late and the guy with the camera caught me off guard so I...
View ArticleNYC Bike Share: A Begrimination!
It's not often (well sadly it is) that an oped comes along that is so utterly shittastic that all one has to do is quote it to render the piece useless. Thankfully BSNYC has the shittastic stomping...
View ArticleFather's Day Haulings
I spent my father's day running errands with the kids. We went to the pool and then the grocery store. The XtraTrucker handled the load with ease. The only sketchy moment was when my youngest decided...
View ArticleNo Bike Parking
I arrived at the office today to find this sign in my bike parking space.I'm pretty sure I know who it was as I was fucking with this person pretty good yesterday. Below is my response.Nobody tows a...
View ArticleFurlough Merlot - Shutdown Chardonnay
I threw this together for all my non-essential feds out there. You know who you are.After that this seems pretty obvious.
View ArticleThe Armstrong Lie
I'm so numb to this story but I'll have to watch it anyway. I hope it's in 3D.
View ArticleKick Start: Buca Boot
I'm more of an extracycle, carry 3 hay bales kinda guy but I'm not gonna lie, well designed bike solutions make me randy. I wonder if I could put that on a front rack?
View ArticleJust Because You Can, Doesn't Mean You Should
Contrary to the frequency of my posts as of late, I bike to work quite often. On Monday I saw a dude on a tall bike cruising down Georgia Ave (a major artery just north of DC) in rush hour traffic. I...
View ArticleXtracycle Sighting
I saw this long bike in Silver Spring over the weekend. Props for making a sissy bar out of the footsies. I never considered putting a bar on the back like that. When my girls are big enough I'll have...
View ArticleCamelBak Relay Review
It's no secret, I a fan of quite a few of CamelBak's products. Not all, but quite a few. A little while ago I was lucky enough to receive a CamelBak Relay to test out. The Relay is Camelbak's first...
View ArticleGirvin Sighting!
I saw this proflex on Sunday. The legends are true, mine isn't the last one. This is a Yuba Mundo with a copper sissy bar. Very cool.
View ArticleMorel Mushrooms And A Bike
I found tonight's dinner at lunch today! These yellow morels like to pop up where dead Elm Trees can be found usually near Tulip Poplars. Remember, when you see a mushroom in the woods you are only...
View ArticleMacAskill Solo Ride
I like Danny MacAskill. He talks funny... he bikes funny too.Here's my favorite of his videos.Quick note: The Jezabels, who do the second song on this video will be in DC at the Rock and Roll Hotel on...
View ArticleThe Big Question: What Kind Of Bike Should I Get?
I think I have an average amount of friends, family and acquaintances. I'm not going to count them because I don't care and you sure as hell don't. It's probably a fair amount of people. I thought...
View ArticleRoad Rage On The Road Bike
This morning I woke up in the middle of a shitty dream. Not a nightmare mind you but a real pile of shit. This was not a good way to set the day in motion. I was in a crappy mood at breakfast. I had...
View ArticleWhat I Do In Whistler
This video is pretty good. I've never been to Whistler but I imagine my trip being a mix of the first and last segments. Bonus Girvin sighting!What I Do In Whistler from nsmb.com on Vimeo.
View ArticleSmell The Glove
I just saw this on Instructables and am all a flutter. I'm not very experienced with making electronic gadgets but this seems pretty easy to do and extremely useful. Yellow LEDS on the back of this...
View ArticleThank You Sprocket Man!
My daughter just attended a safety demonstration put on by Montgomery County. I have to give the county props, they sent a ladder truck and an ambulance to show off to six little girls. Way to go big...
View ArticleRIP Tom Palermo
The DC area lost a good one.Thomas Palermo, a senior Johns Hopkins Hospital software engineer recalled as a master bike frame builder, died Saturday after he was struck by a vehicle while cycling in...
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