Mom’s Fish Tacos

…smells sort of like pesto.

The Mission: The Quest for the Lost Ring

Click here for Sock’s Mission Report

Hitting the trail:

The journey:

The depths:

Suit Up:

The Search:

Dive #1:

Found it! After Dive #2:

Mission Accomplished:

Hmm, I wonder what could be in this one? Pirate Gold?:

The West Fork of Oak Creek:

Kind of makes me wonder who in shimano thought this was a good idea? This train wreck aside, I like my mid range oem shimano triple on my touring bike. Low gears are good for groceries and clothing.  Here’s a lengthy article discussing the demise of the  triple crankset and why compacts are popular.

I like my triple.

This will be my first post on the new trip we’re taking on this blog. Future posts will be mission reports from the exploits of the Extreme Picnicking Club. But this post is about bike porn from my day of laying around. The Japanese arm of Bianchi makes an entire line of small wheel road bikes. Maybe there are enough short Japanese people that they need to make tiny bikes? But take a look at this beauty:

Craziness. Some sort of victorian midget bike. And it has a big brother:

I have a crush on this bike. Found here.

Some highschool classmates made these stickers:

Give hipsters a brake.

And finally, I suffered in silence from the scourge of a numb package on long rides. Although I now know it can also be caused from stinging insects stinging you in your crotch while you ride, I figured it had something to do with my saddle. Two weeks ago I bought and installed a selle anatomica saddle. The thing rocks. I might have solved my problems with a cheaper saddle with a cutout, but the bike nerd factor wouldn’t have been there. You can even watch someone’s ass making one of saddles flex here.

I have finally found a religion that satifies my spirituality needs.  I am now spreading the word…see the link.

 http://thechurchofthebigring.com/

Hey Everyone,

 The above flier is for a ride that a buddy of mine is putting on on New Year’s Day.  I think that the CRAPers would be interested in joining in on the fun.

if it’s on the internet, it must be true  the truth   http://www.azcentral.com/php-bin/commphotos/show.php?referer=azcentral&colid=3137&slide_nbr=7&numslides=24&go=1  (edit - the page editor isn’t working on my machine ever. if you want to clean this up, delete this edit and fix the page. yep) 

This is amazing, right up there with Bear Force 1. In fact, I think the opening and closing sequence might have been their inspiration:

Some female undulation in the middle, but then they cut right back to the guy’s asses. What’s with that?

Sturmey Archer, you weenies. All I can do is hope you listen to me and bring a 3-speed fixed rear hub for me this christmas. It would be so wonderfully uneccessary, underappreciated, and amazing. I’d buy five!

but NOOOOOOOO, you are going to bring out a high end road groupset that looks like carbon Dura Ace. Ever here of the Modolo Morphos shifters? No? Well no one buys them. And unless you’ve got the marketing dollars of SRAM behind you, we’ll see where your road group gets you. Assholes!

Fuck you, I’ll be busy doing wheelies on my fixie.

Devo is awesome.

Required Listening!
Obligatory Jock Slaughter Song by Charles Bronson
awesome

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/

http://www.brown24.com/

Round 1 Decision:

Both have Eagles and beards, but Bicycle SB is clearly more amazing on both counts. Advantage: Bicycle Sheldon Brown