Extravagance

Well, I did it: bought another bike. I got this one from K-BiLLy,
and she is a stunner! An Eddy Merckx race bike badged for Andy Hampsten, from the 89/90 season of the 7-Eleven Cycling Team. Please don't bust my chops for the SPD pedals: I love them, & I'm going to ride the crap out of this bike (special occasions, sunny days). I'm not worthy of this bike: but, there's at least four other bikes that I own that I feel the same way about, so I may get over it.

The Classics

Many of you know I'm a Spring Classics fan, and that I have a special place in my heart for Paris Roubaix. There's a film coming out in the Spring, "Road to Roubaix", that looks promising. For me, there will never be a film that tops "A Sunday in Hell", but take a look at this trailer. In other cycling-related news, I'm headed to CiTy BiLLy NoRtH land today, to hopefully add a very classic addition to eDLoNNiE's bicycle collection. This one is on the up and up: eDLiNDa knows all about it!

Finally!

This morning, I had some free time & jumped on the fixie & rode the Schnoctobeerfest 2006 route to Crete & back (around 52 miles). I can't tell you how good it felt! The picture above is from the 2006 ride, at the first beer stop in Denton. I'm already getting excited for Schnoctobeerfest 2008 (October 18th).

The State of the Union

Here's a pic for you! Artistic, don't you think? I'm slowly getting on the bike, and riding.











I'm constantly inspired by the CiTy BiLLy north contingent! Here's a picture of them, modeling their new King of the Road jerseys, during a recent MS ride- brilliant!



















In my state of the union address, I'd like to mention two things in the cycling industry:
1) Richard Sachs is closing his order que this month
2) Whitney Moyer has quit frame building

Happy KeRNeL Day!

Schweeeeet!

The Voler "King of the Road" jersey is done & from these spy pics, looks like an instant classic (I may be a bit biased). I can't wait to stroll into a tavern wearing this bad boy & order a PBR! In other news, I'm in training for Octoginta & Schnoctobeerfest, two of October's finest. I finally figured out to get on a bicycle again, but it will definitely be a trial to get into anything resembling riding shape. The only way I could do RAGBRAI would be on the sag wagon.

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Now playing: George Jones - He Stopped Loving Her Today
via FoxyTunes

Tweakin' the Clock

I have a weird job: retail. I work most holidays & lately, both Saturday & Sunday. Yet, yesterday (and today) brought a new challenge: working overnight (from 5 pm to 7:30am). The store is short one managerial position on third shift, so I covered it. Now, the grueling part: changing one's internal clock, so I can go back to working my normal shift (7am-6pm) tomorrow. I slept for two hours, woke up, had a cup of coffee, & went and rode the fixie. I actually feel pretty good right now. The one thing that upset me today was the news that Anheuser Busch is being bought out by InBev. I'm really not sure why this news is so unsettling. I'm not a fan of Budweiser, yet I admire the way the company is run. In my job, I have dealings with the company & they're first class, all the way. eDBiLLy's clan & my lovely wife & I went down to St. Louis & had the opportunity to tour the Anheuser Busch facilities, & were treated like royalty. I just hope the good folks from Anheuser Busch are treated with the respect they deserve for carving out nearly a 50 marketshare in the good ole USA. I'll get off my soapbox.