Monday, June 30, 2014
Perfect vintage
2003 was only 11 years ago, but it looks like it was 1000 years ago when you watch old Sony Handycam NORBA race videos.
The good old days.
Thursday, June 19, 2014
ROBOT APOCALYPSE imminent
You humans had your chance.
At this point the ROBOT APOCALYPSE is more of a mercy kill than anything else.
At this point the ROBOT APOCALYPSE is more of a mercy kill than anything else.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
The dumbest bike-related article I've read in a while
http://www.backcountry.com/explore/what-your-post-ride-beverage-says-about-you?cmp_id=sm_fcbkexp52
And I read a lot of bike-related articles.
And I read a lot of bike-related articles.
Monday, June 9, 2014
The Club
Out of all the guys racing the World Cup right now, these are the only guys who've ever won one:
Sam Hill
Aaron Gwin
Gee Atherton
Steve Smith
Greg Minnaar
Remi Thirion
Marc Beaumont
Steve Peat
Brook MacDonald
Sam Blenkinsop
Mick Hannah
Sam Hill
Aaron Gwin
Gee Atherton
Steve Smith
Greg Minnaar
Remi Thirion
Marc Beaumont
Steve Peat
Brook MacDonald
Sam Blenkinsop
Mick Hannah
and Troy Brosnan.
Welcome to The Club, Troy.
Welcome to The Club, Troy.
Saturday, June 7, 2014
Team work
Team work makes the dream work with Team Transition at the Oregon Enduro Series.
In a related story, Luke Strobel's here and he thinks this Enduro thing sucks. He's perma grumpy about everything that happens and thinks this is just cross country racing. It's awesome.
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Doctors love to see this stuff
Especially when surgery, plates, and screws are involved. They love it.
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Bets
I think Loic Bruni was on track to win a World Cup by the end of this year, but my bet is that he completely falls off the back now that he has to ride the rolling garbage pile:
You can stick as much duct tape on there as you want, it's still going to suck.
At least it fits well:
I don't actually know anything about this new bike but, call it a premonition, it sucks. After all, this is coming from the same company that copied I-drive... I-drive... to bring us their "Pendbox" design. When GT's big product innovation from '99 is your major design influence, things are pretty rough at the Lapierre engineering department. We're not expecting great things with the new bike, which sucks because Aaron Bartlett has been doing good things with these guys.
For a while there, it seemed like things were really getting better. Loic was learning better english, Blenkinsop seemed to be having fun again and racing well, and this young Brit Aaron Bartlett was making interesting videos with the team, complete with clips of clogged toilet and shirtless partying, so the head bosses at corporate French Lapierre had to come in, take everyone down a few pegs, and make everything weird and French again. Mission accomplished. This new bike fits in with lots of other great things France gave to the world, like:
The Maginot Line
The Citroen DS
Rwanda
Vietnam, too
Okay, and Haiti also
And Libya...
And Syria
Anyway, Crepes are really good:
Other bets:
TEAM ROBOT believes that regardless of facts, history, or reason, Sam Hill wins and Steve Smith will be in the top three at Fort Bill. Probably Sam Hill finishes in second place, too.
You can stick as much duct tape on there as you want, it's still going to suck.
At least it fits well:
Oh... nevermind. Side note: top secret shoes.
I don't actually know anything about this new bike but, call it a premonition, it sucks. After all, this is coming from the same company that copied I-drive... I-drive... to bring us their "Pendbox" design. When GT's big product innovation from '99 is your major design influence, things are pretty rough at the Lapierre engineering department. We're not expecting great things with the new bike, which sucks because Aaron Bartlett has been doing good things with these guys.
For a while there, it seemed like things were really getting better. Loic was learning better english, Blenkinsop seemed to be having fun again and racing well, and this young Brit Aaron Bartlett was making interesting videos with the team, complete with clips of clogged toilet and shirtless partying, so the head bosses at corporate French Lapierre had to come in, take everyone down a few pegs, and make everything weird and French again. Mission accomplished. This new bike fits in with lots of other great things France gave to the world, like:
The Maginot Line
The Citroen DS
Rwanda
Vietnam, too
Okay, and Haiti also
And Libya...
And Syria
Anyway, Crepes are really good:
Other bets:
TEAM ROBOT believes that regardless of facts, history, or reason, Sam Hill wins and Steve Smith will be in the top three at Fort Bill. Probably Sam Hill finishes in second place, too.
We believe.
