THE STRETCH RUN IS COMING.....BE READY.

It's that time of year. All the "cyclists" are out there killing themselves every single second of the day to get what they perceive as "faster" on their bikes, despite getting older, and the "skiers" are just ramping up for the best part of the season. It's been an odd snow year in Colorado, amazing start, and then the wind out of the sails the last month or so. But for those that know better, this is the time to be ready for the spring thing. The snow in the true "high country", and I'm not talking about Vail, is about to get REAL. Fuck El Nino and all that bullshit, don't need it, just need elevation and cold temps. The quiver is tuned to perfection, so go ride those bikes all March....more for the shralpers.

TURNING LEMONS INTO LEMONADE, LEZYNE, THE BANE OF MY EXISTENCE....

Somewhere about and around ten years ago, when I lived in Eagle, Colorado, and my local bike shop was the Mountain Pedaler, where I occasionally worked, if you needed something your balls were basically tied to the cutting board when it came to buying exactly what you needed. You were at the mercy of what was available in the random piles of stuff strewn around the bike shop and what was recommended by Charlie Brown who was the guy who ran the shop. Whatever was available was always the latest and greatest according to somebody and when the Lezyne floor pumps came out it was absolutely the greatest piece of equipment ever invented by man at the time, so I bought one. That fucking thing was the bane of my cycling existence for the past ten years or there about. A couple of days ago I had the guys at Campus Cycles in Lakewood, where I now do all of my cycling related business, order me a Silca chuck to put an end to the madness, the chuck was there in two days. This would have taken a couple of weeks at my old mountain shop. I was happy.

What happened next was one of the most incredible experiences of my cycling life and world. The joy I took in cutting that piece of crap Lezyne head off of that pump was beyond epic, let's just say it would have been comparable to Florida State winning 10 National Football Championships in a row. That piece of my old pump had been responsible for pulling cores out of presta valves for ten years, not "turning" freely and smooth to get that fucker on and off the presta valve (it was threaded to do so) and now it laid there dead on my work bench. Great Joy. Attaching the new Silca chuck took a little bit of heat and grease but I got er done, and presto! I now have the world's greatest presta valve pump ever invented. Life is all in balance once again and the stars are aligned and I can keep the old Lezyne head in a prominent position on my garage work bench so everytime I see it I can flip it a bird and tell it to "fuck off" which will bring me great pleasure. What a great day.

Die you Bastard.

I'M NOT SURE WHY I'M POSTING THIS. IT JUST HAPPENED.

Donald J. Trump: Show Us Your PenisUse hashtag #trumpshowusyourpenis

Posted by CollegeHumor on Sunday, March 6, 2016

LIVING IN THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE IN AMERICA....DENVA.

I looked down the list a long way and did not find Eagle on the list, must be some kind of mistake JS, right?

SURELY....

THE ENTIRE EVELYN STEVEN'S HOUR UCI WORLD RECORD AS IT WAS LIVE...

HERE IS MY POLITICAL POST FOR 2016. GOOD LUCK WITH HILLARY VS. DONALD, I'M EMBARRASSED TO LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY AT TIMES.

My parents and sister were all born in Canada, they are dual citizens. My brother and myself were born in the United States. It would not take a whole lot of effort to apply for and become Canadian citizens. The way things are unfolding here, it's probably a pretty good idea. Jesus Christ.

Canada prepares for the U.S. election debacle and it’s hysterically funny #USElections2016Courtesy: http://www.americabutbetter.com/

Posted by In the NOW on Wednesday, February 17, 2016

TAYLOR PHINNEY GETS IT...

"I've been thinking a lot about training recently. It needs to be personal. A lot of people feel like they need a coach because they need to have someone to be accountable to. But if you don’t have that accountability within yourself first, you can’t really expect yourself to be as good as you want to be.”

Photo Credit....Kevin Scott Batchelor, Velo News Article

This quote from his recent Velo News interview...I've been preaching this mantra for years. People "think" they need someone else to get them on a program to finish 14th in their age group category at the local Roubaix. Well, fuck it, just go ride your bike a lot if you enjoy riding your bike a lot, and don't tell me about it because I do not really give a shit....you've been born with a limit to your natural engine, be happy with that, because no one else cares. If in all your insecurities you feel you need to social media and Strava every single bike rid you do, you are doing it for the completely wrong reasons, and just motivating the people who  already kick your ass in races to kick your ass more, trust me. So have a good day and go ride your bike because you want to, and that is all.