THE FORGOTTEN ANGLER

The only place to stay current on the latest manic ramblings from the Florida Panhandle.

CHEEKY FLY REELS, THE OFFICIAL REEL OF THE FORGOTTEN ANGLER

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

THIS JUST IN....

Tiger Woods and Ben Roethlisberger are douche bags.

Monday, April 12, 2010

TO MY LEFTY ACCUSATIONISTS....

This my friends is PRIME singletrack in the EAGLE area, it sits on BLM land which both you and I own, it is accessed legally, and it IS NOT The Boneyard. There is currently HOURS of riding out here near EAGLE, Colorado which you should come and enjoy. The Hardscrabble Singletrack Coalition is here to help promote and steward these trails. The riding is AWESOME if you want to do a little work to get to there. Eagle Ranch is NOT the only way to access these trails, and if you do not know that, well, that's YOUR problem not mine. One thing the HSC asks this season is if you see trash on these trails, please pick up one can or piece of garbage and take it out with you. I know it sucks to stop, but do it, please. Thank you, and enjoy YOUR public lands, you pay for them.

CANCELLERA IS GONE

When every rider lined it up yesterday at the 2010 Boulder Roubaix they had a dream of attacking like this and going on to victory, for most of us, that was not the case. This is a move.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

I THINK I JUST SHIT MY CHAMWOW...

The fields were GIGANTIC
I am extremely dissappointed to have zero pics or vij from the Boulder Roubaix today, but while Cancellera was producing an epic result at Paris-Roubaix, many of the western slopers headed to Boulder for our local version of the race. As most know, (especially the other 150 or so riders in the peleton with me today) I'm no road bike racer, but today was damn epic and frightening all at the same time. Miles of bumpy dirt roads with MANY corners, plenty of crashes, shit tons of flat tires, and a guy next to me getting the speed wobbles at around 35mph and almost taking me with him. I guess this is what it is all about, and it was farking NERVE RACKING. A HUGE group of 35 and 45+ cat 4's rolled out together on the dirt roads north of Boulder and went at it for 40 miles. For myself, surviving was a victory in itself, and staying with the lead group until three miles to go was a war, but damn exciting. If you have never raced the Boulder Roubaix, don't ever miss it again, it's one GREAT experience on two wheels, if you can keep them inflated and upright...I'll try and dig some pix or vij from somwhere. I had to split and head back up the hill to work as soon as I crossed the line. Thanks to the Diesels for the support!
Ahhh! All photos poached from 303 Racing.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

UPCOMING A2B PRODUCT REVIEW, WTB 29ER TIRES

Stay tuned for an A2B WTB 29er MTB tire review in the near future, rumor has it I've got some coming my way.

And ya gotta be psyched that BMX is coming to Eagle so we can groom some of these types.

Not everyone gets to ride an ostrich... from FBM BMX on Vimeo.

MORE CULT CROSS PHOTOS FROM DAN DAVIS..

Andrew Judd running the barriers like they do in Provo
Cotter, came all the way from Gunnison
Shipp, Owner of the Dusty Boot, the Title Sponsor
Hamilton, one of the Provo contingent
The charge up the first run-up, Ingolsby on the front
Dan Davis took some awesome photos, see them at the link below. Dan will also be shooting the Dusty Boot Short Track Series
http://trekkerphoto.zenfolio.com/

THIS SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY GOOD WAY TO SUFFER ON SUNDAY

Looking for some "cobble like" experience this weekend? Want to beat the living crap out of yourself and your equipment like the big boys do this time of year during the spring classics? Well boyz and gurlz, this weekend is your chance. I highly recommend lining it up for the road bike "tough guy" competition at the infamous Boulder Roubaix, with a new and apparently more punishing course this year. Promoter Chris Grealish from DBC Events is pretty excited about his offering to cycling gods at this one, so you may want to check it out. I might.

FROM THE FRONT PAGE OF THE VAIL DAILY TODAY...

This has been the scene at Vail for the past two days, here's a pic from the cover of the Vail Daily today. It was the white room all day both days. 32 inches of snow in 36 hours.
Now lets go ride bikes.