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 Sunday May 19th join Bike World at Water Works Park in Des Moines, IA for a Catrike demo.
The full like from Catrike will be there to check out and test ride.
Including the new 2013 models (Expedition and New Road)!
As an added bonus there will be HOT DOGS! (free food always brings in the crowds)

Weekend funnies.

The moral of the story?
Pay attention while riding single track.
It all goes wrong at 0:14...

 

Ride like a kid

I admit it.
I like going for rides in my stretchy pants and tap shoes.
I like watching bicycle racing.
I spend too much money on fancy equipment etc...
I know none of it is necessary.
Not really.
Just grab a bike and go ride.



And why is it snowing?
Isn't it May?
Its been snowing all day.
Two days ago I was riding my new Krampus in shorts and a t-shirt.
For today's commute I was dressed the same way I dressed to commute all winter.
Come on Spring!
I'm ready for warm temps, dry trails and lots of miles in the sun.

Worth your time?

I think so.

 

Found via Tracko

Weekend funnies

Many thanks to Stevil over at AHTBM...

 


Like the Giro D'Italia? Like Evil? Want a Giro Evil shirt?
Coming soon to the Evil gift shop is a new Giro inspired t-shirt.
Each line represents a stage of the tour.
Get one and look 2% better while drinking beer on your couch and cheering on your favorite pro rider.

 

**Edit - from the Evil FaceySpace:

Pre-orders open this weekend and will run through May 15th. Men's and Women's styles available. Each line represents each stage of the Giro d'Italia, share this, tell your friends, and stay tuned for ordering details.

The ordering system on the Evil website is being revamped (supposedly) to make ordering happen. 
Hopefully things get all squared away or Capt'n Dave is gonna have himself on hell of a headache.



Have a good weekend. Time for me to go to work.

Success!!!!

I'm very excited to announce:

 My home now has interweb access!

I know.
I know.
Amaze-balls.
Right?

Odds are this means I'll get back to updating things here a little more often.
Or I'll just spend a lot of time on Netflix.
Time will tell.

Until then...
Here is a snazzy photo my lady took on the way home from last weekends BikeIowa dot Coms Iowa Spring Classic Gravel Race in Cumming, IA.




And another from my Instagram from this week when I test rode a Surly Pugsley after tuning it up:

 

Now that you are updated on my life... well sorta....
 I'm gonna ride my bike to find some dinner... and some new tooth paste.
Cheers!

Shop propaganda

Trek Fest has been extended trough the weekend!
Buy Trek. Save money. Be happy.
Sale ends at store close, Monday the 22nd.




Bike World
http://bikeworldiowa.com/
The Store that Supports the Sport!

Oh hey... I moved.

I went and did something foolish. I fell in love with a pretty girl from Iowa.
So... Three weeks ago Saturday I packed up the dog & pony show and moved to Des Moines, IA. 
New home, new job & things are going great! 
Once I obtain a home interweb service I'll get my dinosaur of a computer running to do some posting on the blog about the move, job etc.

New tunes for the weekend

If you follow me on any of my other social network thing-a-ma-gigs, the first question might be, Why?
Surely you have better things to do.
But whatever the reason, you and the other 3 people that "follow" me (Hi Mom!), may already be aware of the following:
Thanks to a recent blog by the fine fellows over at Surly Bicycles I have a some new music on heavy rotation in my ear holes.
The one that has seen the most play time (besides the new album from the Bronx or whatever is on NPR) is a band called Goat
I would make a terrible music reviewer since my only description of their sound would be that it is: really f'n good. Guitars, horns, keyboards, drums and vocals mix in a quasi tribal sound that has really hooked me the last couple days. 
I suggest checking it out and to give you a taste I've posted a couple of their odd videos below.
Enjoy!






*Cover of World Music: the Goat album that has hooked me and the two songs above are from

"The first step to solving any problem is recognizing there is one."

It's making the rounds.

I find it to be quite true.  Sad, but true.

 

 I saw the above clip earlier today thanks to a FaceBook "friend" posting a link to the following story:

 http://bananenplanet.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/10-things-most-americans-dont-know-about-america/ 

 I don't know what the YouTube clip is originally from but the one I have embedded is longer that the others I've seen and shows a little more.
Is it from a movie?
If you know please give me a heads up. I'd like to know.

Cheers