Mas of the same in C-town…
Patrick
to gnome
www.coloradoan.com
More of the same.
Cute girl. Died at 32 because she chose to ride a fuking bike. I don’t know about all ya’ll, but that makes me feel like a cheat at 34… and proceating, and otherwise not doing shit. WTF? Colorado… at once, too cool for school on the “pro” bike, and then peeps get slammed just for riding because it’s all just “More of the same”. I find it goddamned hilarious that “alchohol(sp?) may have been involved at the incident which occured at 5:30am.
What do we gotta do to pull heads out of spoiled, American asses? Fucking lame all around.
Fuck all…
It’s obvious to say that le Alpe d’huez was no dope show today with everyone looking at each other while the Schleck Bros. contained every single attack allowing Mother fuck’n Sastre to grow his attack at the bottom to over 2 minutes by the top. Genius from Riis, no doubt Mr. 60% knows the doping ropes and how to apply that, to an ‘al-natural’ reborn tour. Comparing today, to what I saw from LA and Pantani back in 2000 only confirms they were completely synthetic & fuck that shit.
Where’s the Tort lawsuit that’s going to pay me back for all the times I was beat by doping over a 4 year stint as a Cat 1? Today and the previous days of The Tour in fact, only go to show how substantial doping actually was and/or can still be.
To set the bar, I was able to snap this pic of the Randy Ride just prior to him disappearing this afternoon… again. Let the count stand at 6.5 grips:
Randy's full, two fist grip set
i have been busy. i drive around a lot and do my best to make people happy (or at least not mad), and i dont get hair cuts (that is turning out to be a big problem, my hair looks terrible (and by that i mean more terrible than usual)). and most of all i try to keep DC HQ at bay. i promise posts, and crappy poetry, i keep saying "big john, please dont threaten to beat me up agian, i will post, but im really busy, really, the beer factory wants me to work in exchange for their money, they just dont pay me to drive around and get loaded and see strippers, and art exhibits (true story, i really did see me some art), there is work involved".
in big john's last email to yours truly he threatened to write me off completely. he said "pineapple, im not, not paying you to sit in a truck all day, driving around to new and exotic locals and throwing big parties and getting drunk in your free time, while you meet interesting people and eat lunch with them. i am in fact, not paying you to sit in scabies infested hotel room and write, god dammit. i need you to take your meager beer factory earnings and spend them on gin, and write stupid things that people dont even like, or read. this is yor last chance." and when he typed last chance i think he was serious, this guy has a lot of power, and a lot of sharp stuff, like knives, and pens, and other stuff to sharp to name.
and to add to big johns irrational outrage, i also just received a tm (and by tm i mean text message for those that lack the techno-savvy skills that i very much possess) from BGR and he told me that my quest for mountain bike grip superiority (and by mountain bike grip superiority i mean the sheer quantity of mountain bike grips present on one's mountain bike handle bars) has been thwarted by guess who? fucking big gay randy, god dammit. BGR himself has taken to putting even more grips than me (1.75 grips per side of handle bar is the standard that i have been running) on his new bike. he is now running something super fucked up, like 3.5 grips per side, that hit me like a spoon to the heart, and i mean like threw the ribs and directly into the heart, death blow kind of shit, all because he hates me, not because his hands are huge or he likes several places to rest his weird looking gnarled knuckles, its because he hates me.
so i am writing this post for two reasons: reason 1- big john will stop yelling at me, and 2: to call out BGR in a cage match of oury grips, who can get the most grips on a bicycle. its lucky im not in flag right now, becuase i think he bought up every pair of grips in the whole town.
heed my call people, there will be blood (and pictures).
-the pineapple
ps, john i swear i will have a poem up thursday, seriously.
Well, actually, I can believe it. I just don’t want to
From: Todd
Subject: Toronto cyclists have something to cheer about.
The city’s favourite bike thief gets busted.
theglobeandmail.com
torontosun.com
citynews.ca
This wasn’t just a bike or two. The Police found what they believe to be 150 stolen bikes in that shop.
There’s a staggering amount on display.
“We’ve got everything from Canadian Tire specials up to the high-end carbon fibre bikes. The carbon fibre bikes are worth up in the area of $7,000,” outlined Insp. Paul Vorvis.
Police returned to the Bicycle Clinic to try and retrieve more bikes, but the ceiling was deemed unsafe. Our CityNews camera found dozens of bikes hanging inside and many more piled up at the back.
The store’s closure was happy news for local residents.
“I think people are actually pretty happy about it.hopefully it’s the start of the cops really rack cracking down on some of the bike theft,” praised Kevin Smith.
Owner Igor Kenk, 49, and alleged accomplice Jean Laveau, 47, are each charged with:
1) Theft,
2) Attempt Theft,
3) Possession of Stolen Property,
4) Possession of Burglar Tools.
Officers claim they also found cocaine and marijuana inside the shop at 927 Queen Street West.
Run that around in your mind a few times.
From: Chris
Subject: pics from the hautacam
hey man, pass these along to snake hawk, the riders might not sit and chill on the side of the road smoking and drinking anymore but i sure do. i was hanging out on the side of the Hautacom with these basque guys that all called in sick to their shitty jobs to be there that day to cheer on their “country men” from Euskatel. they made be Basque for a day, pushed my bike up the hill for me so i could drink more, fucked with cops, and blew lines for Boonen. I also tried my best to represent some DC in france the only way i knew how
You make me proud to be an American.
Looks like I missed a few things over the last couple of days. I blame it on a) weddings b) alcohol and c) McCall, Idaho.
In that order.
From: Nat
Subject: sram - saunier duval
On Sram’s website
“In the end, SRAM moves on. We’ll weather the storm and continue to support the other teams that we sponsor. To you that support us, just know that we’re committed to fair play.”
theroaddiaries.com/?p=110
The other ‘fair play’ teams which they support would be Astana, eh? Isn’t that the only team dirtier then Saunier?
It does make one wonder… They should just sponsor drunkcyclist. We like beer. That’s about the long and short of it.
We break doors off the hinges.
This is the entire post from SRAM:
SRAM moves on…
Posted: davidz
July 17, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Wow. So today we all heard it at the same time. Ricco is out. We woke up shocked and in a complete state of utter disbelief. Two years ago, when we hooked up with the Scott boys and sponsored the team, we were excited to get our stuff on the pro’s bikes. We were excited to get our stuff “ProTour proven.” We were excited to go to the Tour de France.
We’re extremely disappointed that a team that we sponsor would have athletes that act with such disregard for the rules and regulations. At SRAM, we have a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to illegal behavior in the sponsorship game. We do not take lightly the actions of those that discredit the sport. We take pride in our products and our brand’s image and want to make sure that everyone knows what we stand for. We’ll all learn more in the next 24 hours, but until then, we will stop supporting this team and its athletes.
At the end of the day, sponsors like ourselves and Scott bikes, have lost a lot in this game. We have invested thousands of dollars, hundreds of hours working on bikes, and countless numbers of spare parts to support the team. We lose the ads that we ran in the magazines, we lose the pictures that appear on our websites, and we lose the imagery that we use in our brochures. I don’t think I’ll be wearing my coveted Saunier Duval jersey anymore at my local group ride.
In the end, SRAM moves on. We’ll weather the storm and continue to support the other teams that we sponsor. To you that support us, just know that we’re committed to fair play. We’re committed to great products that make your riding experience better.
I wish ‘em luck. They might just need it. Two teams rep’n their wares. One is done and the other is turning heads for all the wrong reasons.
Cavendish calls it good at 4 and doesn’t even show to the start of stage 15.
Pate gets in the mix and comes oh so close to a stage win.
Pereiro, coming in hot…
And, poor old Evans… seems he’s getting a bit lonely in the pain cave. Defensive riding blows.
Cadel in pain cave, Vandevelde works tempo.
While Schleck pimps out the extra second and Simon Gerrans is an afterthought.
The Tour. Now Totally Bad Ass:
Six of Garmin-Chipotle’s eight men crashed as the peloton parted a roundabout on slick roads with 60km remaining. Vande Velde, Ryder Hesjedal, Trent Lowe, Will Frischkorn, David Millar and Julian Dean all hit the ground, sustaining scrapes but no serious injuries. Only Pate, up the road in the breakaway, and Martin Maaskant finished without hitting the deck.
Source: VeloNews.com
Fränk Schleck and his CSC -Saxo Bank team-mates Andy Schleck and Carlos Sastre putting considerable pressure on race leader Cadel Evans on the final climb. Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner), Sastre, Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne) and Denis Menchov (Rabobank) managed to jettison the maillot jaune, while Fränk Schleck was more conservative, waiting for the final few hundred metres to jump away in a bid for yellow.
Source: CyclingNews.com
Fuck’n A. The Tour. How it should be.
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