Can I Borrow $200 dollars (Not for the kids)

So its VeloNews time! Is my wife looking...

I read VeloNews for the articles not the back cover advertising!

Quiz time - Which one is real

Option A

Option B


Answer B - My burger looked like shit compared to Burger A

Let's try again:

Option A

Option B


Duh... Option A - Women's Pearl Izumi P.R.O. Octane Jersey $200

For that price I better get option A Jersey plus the burger!

Jack Frost Bend Over - The Hub Crawl Cometh

Yes you can say it. 8 inches of snow, alcohol and biking go hand in hand - the winter snow Hub Crawl of 09. We left the shop and did an urban mountain bike ride around Webster stopping at fine establishments like Hiene's Speakeasy:

Weber's Front Row and Cousin Hugo's. Riding in that amount of snow was intense! Part riding and part ice skating, all the while being pelted in the face with snow and freezing rain. The words "Rider Down" was common and comical - with Ron Clipp leading the crash parade in his effort to knock the rest of us down. "No touch" became "touch."

Highlights from the evening:
Waiting outside Kevin's house for twelve hours - making a snowball fight necessary. Riding through Blackburn park, seeing a Sherman tank riding down Lockwood (no Shit), and of course showing those stoned Webster bitches on "Suicide Hill" who has the big balls. There must have been about 150 plus people and a huge bonfire on top of Suicide Hill watching snowboarding shits slide down the hill thinking they were crazy. And then The Hub Racers showed up. Without a pause, down the hill one by one. The crowd freaked out (either because of us or they ran out of pot). Kevin took a nasty fall that had the crowd on their feet - and tore up his!

On my second run this kid popped out on the side by the woods and I moved into the middle of the hill where there were jumps - no good as I bit snow - which drew the loudest applause from the stoners on top. By the end - the stoners bowed to The Hub and our fifth of Jaegermeister! The biggest props go out to Ryan Hiene for not only riding down Suicide Hill with the Jaegermeister but on a fixed gear cyclocross bike! That was Master Says Faster balls out dope. The night ended like any good Hub Crawl (no I didn't puke) feeling good and tired.

Crossbike pimp out update: The cross bike took a huge step to being tricked out. With the help of my good Jewish friend Michael Rawitscher and a snow day, we put on the handlebars, stem and Spooky brakes.

For the help and use of the tools what do I get this bike racer who has everything including a custom Seven race bike... Hebrew!

Today I put on new brake cables, housing and bar tape. The bike weighed in a 19.12 pounds - with the heavy ass seat! Once I get the new seat and post - I think I will get this bad boy under 19 pounds - Hear that Rock! The cross bike is close to the end.

spin and swap

The weekend of biking - sort of. Saturday was indoor because the temp was 16. Hats off the my -Runner Up - wife for riding Team -Runner Up- Rev Frostbike - pretty Runnrrrrr down... tough stuff... The good news is she now has a nice new coat from the Swap Sale to keep her warm and toasty.

The Swap Sale was pretty good this year. I had fun. Just for shits and grins, ask Andy what color hell is. His answer, "Celeste Green"

I did some damage to my wallet - but it was worth it as I am almost to the end of the cross bike pimp-out. Soon Xibit will me able to say "Your bike has been pimped." I sold some of my old stuff to help recoup some cash. Here is my old stuff being sold by the boys of The Hub:

So - the big question - what did I get? The answer:

Ok here we go: On Saturday my Spooky brakes with Chris Malhausen brake shoes arrived in the mail. I know you are jealous! We forgot about the mail until we were leaving for the swap on Sunday and Judy looked and was like - what are these? It was like Christmas for me. These things are cherry! Some dude is selling a set on Ebay for more money and not as nice - I did well. At the swap I bought a WCS handlebar and a WCS carbon stem for my cross bike. They are in great shape and I saved a bunch of money from what I would have spent on Ebay. Once again, score. I also bought a new set of Craft gloves for next season and - for the hell of it - a new, in the box, ZIPP 145 stem for my racing bike. OH YEAH! Aside from the cross bike - I have been looking for a new rode stem and man did I get one. Afterward Judy and I stopped by a mall and went to Fredericks of Hollywood... but I will not discuss anything about that - this is a cycling blog - keep your mind on the road! I want to spin tonight but I have way to much work to do - hence the title of the blog! Oh well - tomorrow.

Beer, Sun and Biking! Oh My! (say it like Dorothy, dammit)

Last two days = good stuff. Wed night Fixie ride - on which I rode my cross bike - which I will discuss why later - yeah it's getting more pimped out by the day - we had five riders brave the cold air. The Rock, Bergermeister, myself and my good friend on his new Giant - Frank Aufmuth (say his last name like you are sneezing). A Master Says Faster shout out goes to Frank! And finally some guy showed up by the name of Adam Eaton - The Prodigal Son has returned - drink the fatted beer! Yes he deserves shit - and we gave it to him! Here is a crappy picture of Andy drinking the fatted beer!

We ended up at The Roadhouse where we missed Kevin play - but we drank beer, ate chips and were merry - and giving the finger

Today was amazing - 65 degrees, sunny and awesome. Went riding 20 miles after work - a ball buster. Michael R, Jeff L and Brian Sauter showed up for the ride. A strong-superfast ride for Jan. I guess we had a lot of pent up energy. Since the weather will be in the 20's through the weekend and beyond with the forecast of snow - we had to take advantage.

Finally, The Jake the Snake - fitted with my "new" fork - Reynolds Ouzo Pro Cross Fork!

Man was it awesome. Now many of you are like - you can do better - like some Spooky Brakes... HMMM...

So last night was pretty bad ass cold - mid 20's - yet we rode our Monday night route - Here is a crappy picture of Andy

We increased our numbers with me, Andy, Rock and the return of Bad Ass El Cavano. Although the wind was something fierce - It was a fun ride - we did see a lot deer on the path and I tried to take their picture but had no luck. Here is a picture of us

Tonight was spinning at The Hub.
The place was packed with all the local favorites. New additions included Stephanie (blog follower!) - so a shout out to her! Here is a picture of us in Hub spin mode

A few major things happened tonight:
First - Andy knocked me off my rollers - More me than him because he was getting me water - but I'm still going to call him a dick. Second Kevin Wayman got a kick ass set of Velocity Deep V's with skulls all over the wheels. When he lines up at the track with these bitchin' wheels cats will give him a couple of lengths - out of pure f*ing fear. Third - we have picked a tentative date for the next HUBCRAWL - the first week in March - an early Ides of March Crawl -- ET TU BRUTE! (and you Brutus) For all of you losers not familiar with the HUBCRAWL - lets just say the the "beer before fucking ride" ended up with me not remembering how I got home, me crashing, and me throwing up most of the next day - yes, it was that cool. This ride will have spoke cards - my promise!
Tomorrow night fixie fide is being pushed up to 8:00 pm and we will catch the David's Guitar Loft at the Roadhouse.

I've ridden very little over the week - not enough to make me happy. Except a few times inside my home and yesterday at The Hub. I had to bolt right afterwards to go to a funeral. The only thing that is keeping my cycling sanity is my desire to pimp out my cyclocross bike! That has become my agenda. Not only did I dig Cross this season - but I have really enjoyed riding my cross bike as a winter bike. So the plans are being laid. I do not have enough money to buy new stuff so I am looking for "gently used" ebay stuff. Being new would be the best - but I lack the grip!

So the plan: First the Bike - a 2006 Kona Jake the Snake - Neon Orange. I love this frame. Here is a kick ass Kona photo:

Here is me on the bike at Bubba Susan in the pain cave!


My planed upgrades: Reynolds Ouzo Pro Cross fork (OH Yeah and already bought) Spooky brakes (Dope) Paul cross levers (I've been debating about scraping the levers - however, I think I like them) WCS bars - (I'm debating on carbon or Alum.) WCS Alum. Stem and seatpost. I have my eye on some used WCS tubular wheels too! Yeah - some bucks but I think it will worth it - if anything in the pimp factor. The rest of the bike has 105 and my old Ultegra cranks. I'm OK with the components. I will keep up with the upgrade progress!

Question answered - the temp is zero and I Suck-Ass (hence the title) - no riding outside for me! I wished I had made plans to do the indoor computrainer ride at the Urban Cowboy - Sounds cool - maybe next round.