FUCKING WIND

When I was a kid being brought up in NJ, there were a couple of occasions when I got to take the trip to Seaside Heights on the Jersey Shore. This was back in the 1960's, and even then the place was pretty much a dump, but it was also pretty damn cool and had a bottomless pit of character. The boardwalk was daunting as a child, and an engineering marvel that seemed impossibly built over the ocean with roller coasters and other pay and take your chances thrill rides. It was a cool place. There was a booth there called Lucky Leos. It had a wheel that the carny would spin with 6 numbers on it. You put down a quarter on a number, and if the wheel stopped on your number you won an album, the equivalent of a $10 MP3 download these days. The FIRST quarter I ever put down on the wheel at Lucky Leos I won, and I picked out a Moody Blues album called "A Question of Balance". My parents had an old phonograph in our basement and I listened to it over and over again for years. Now Seaside lay devastated on the Jersey Shore, fucking wind.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM A2B YA BLODDY SWASHBUCKLIN SCOUNDRELS....

 Above image courtesy of Yan Ropers

IT WAS THIS CLOSE AT THE 2012 BOULDER CUP

The one-two punch on Danny Summerhill from Jamie Driscoll and Ryon Trebon pais off for the Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com team with Trebon narrowly beating Summerhill in the two up sprint by just about an inch. It was an incredible day of racing.
Image from Dejan Smaic

RYAN McFARLING'S 15 SECONDS OF FAME IN CYCLOCROSS

Colorado Cross Classic and Boulder Cup 2012 have come and gone, and now depression sets in, not really. We had some fantastic racing this weekend in the prom and amateur ranks. Georgia Gould easily swept the weekend and the mens pro field was hot and heavy with the Cannondale Factory/Cyclocrossworld.com team getting tangled up with Ben Berden on Saturday, and Danny Summerhill on Sunday. Berden took Gold on Saturday, Trebon took the coveted Boulder Cup win...

MY BALLS AND ASS LOVE YOU ERGON SM3 PRO..

For many years I've ONLY been able to ride certain saddles because I have a boney ass and big balls. It's always been a WTB or Sella for me. Well, that has all changed. I got the chance to try out this SM3 Pro from Ergon and my ass and balls have never been so happy while riding my bikes. Seriously, it's got a bit of a different design from traditional saddles which allows Ergon to put some extra padding in those ass bone and ball sack contact points which works like a dream...A2B digs this saddle.

 

HERE IS A SIMPLE SUGGESTION...

UCI president Pat McQuaid was part of an emergency meeting of the UCI yesterday to figure out how to "make sure this never happens again". How about not taking $100,000 from a person who you supposedly are trying to control. I mean really Pat, that shit is right out of  Mafia 101, and Lemond is correct, get a big ol mirror and take a look at yourself first...

GREG LEMOND'S LETTER TO PAT MCQUAID, UCI PRES...

 Here we go, whether you like the guy or not. Lemond has always put it out there...today was no different.

Greg LeMond posted this to his Facebook timeline this evening. Please pass it around

 
Can anyone help me out? I know this sounds kind of lame but I am not well versed in social marketing. I would like to send a message to everyone that really loves cycling. I do not use twitter and do not have an organized way of getting some of my own “rage” out. I want to tell the world of cycling to please join me in telling Pat McQuaid to f##k off and resign. I have never seen such an abuse of power in cycling’s history- resign Pat if you love cycling. Resign even if you hate the sport.
Pat McQuaid, you know damn well what has been going on in cycling, and if you want to deny it, then even more reasons why those who love cycling need to demand that you resign.
I have a file with what I believe is well documented proof that will exonerate Paul.
Pat in my opinion you and Hein are the corrupt part of the sport. I do not want to include everyone at the UCI because I believe that there are many, maybe most that work at the UCI that are dedicated to cycling, they do it out of the love of the sport, but you and your buddy Hein have destroyed the sport.
Pat, I thought you loved cycling? At one time you did and if you did love cycling please dig deep inside and remember that part of your life- allow cycling to grow and flourish- please! It is time to walk away. Walk away if you love cycling.
As a reminder I just want to point out that recently you accused me of being the cause of USADA’s investigation against Lance Armstrong. Why would you be inclined to go straight to me as the “cause”? Why shoot the messenger every time?
Every time you do this I get more and more entrenched. I was in your country over the last two weeks and I asked someone that knows you if you were someone that could be rehabilitated. His answer was very quick and it was not good for you. No was the answer, no, no , no!
The problem for sport is not drugs but corruption. You are the epitome of the word corruption.
You can read all about Webster’s definition of corruption. If you want I can re-post my attorney’s response to your letter where you threaten to sue me for calling the UCI corrupt. FYI I want to officially reiterate to you and Hein that in my opinion the two of your represent the essence of corruption.
I would encourage anyone that loves cycling to donate and support Paul in his fight against the Pat and Hein and the UCI. Skip lunch and donate the amount that you would have spent towards that Sunday buffet towards changing the sport of cycling.
I donated money for Paul’s defense, and I am willing to donate a lot more, but I would like to use it to lobby for dramatic change in cycling. The sport does not need Pat McQuaid or Hein Verbruggen- if this sport is going to change it is now. Not next year, not down the road, now! Now or never!
People that really care about cycling have the power to change cycling- change it now by voicing your thought and donating money towards Paul Kimmage’s defense, (Paul, I want to encourage you to not spend the money that has been donated to your defense fund on defending yourself in Switzerland. In my case, a USA citizen, I could care less if I lost the UCI’s bogus lawsuit. Use the money to lobby for real change).
If people really want to clean the sport of cycling up all you have to do is put your money where your mouth is.
Don’t buy a USA Cycling license. Give up racing for a year, just long enough to put the UCI and USA cycling out of business. We can then start from scratch and let the real lovers in cycling direct where and how the sport of cycling will go.
Please make a difference.
Greg

BOULDER CUP FINAL MAP....

You guys and Gals no the deal....it's on, Sunday. See you there, at the beer garden run up, screaming my balls off at the best in the biz.