Roubaix Cross

Roubaix WC round was amazing to watch even with a glitchy streaming feed. Cyclocrosschannel has it right above. You know that downhill to right turn was gnarly if Nys and almost everyone else was running it.

PS I guess shitty pre-fab skateparks exist in France too....

scott bourne

AHTBM had a post which was a where's waldo thing involving scott bourne. Hadn't really thought about him in a while. Consolidated ripper. Where are they now file? Maybe living in France? Heavy Henry Miller action. Love the guys who shred and then disappear to do their own thing. Anyway here is some old SB video action
This clip was a classic. did a lot to make white kicks and khakis cool for gnarl-dogs.

and perhaps some more recent?




So stoked to go ride tomorrow.

interweb

no cross to nerd out over, so after trainer rides its digital digging for old music and demos. this was a classic jam from a band that was bad for way longer than they were good.....

a quick HTFU from Stijn Devolder

"It is not so cold that you freeze on to your bike," he said. “You go from a temperature of zero (Celsius) to minus one and you're not dead; It hardens your character.”
So in other words HTFU and train.




full story here.

Team Sky First Impressions-Great Rock and Roll Swindle

My first impression of team sky was Pinarellos with Shimano??? Come on. Even if it is Di2, why not Campy?
Next up was the kit. Boring. Is it Adidas's fault?
Last up was Jags as team car? Why not Ford Taurus-they're cheaper.
Sky should have better kit, be on Campy, and the team cars should be Aston Martins.
I am more excited to see what BMC can do as they are shaping up to be a Bad News Bears mishmash of ridrers (like Cervelo last year)
Conflicted. This team should do something and I like a lot of the riders they grabbed, but feel they have a lot to prove.

random

You focus on pretty random things when beating yourself up the same hill
again and again. Your world kind of shrinks to your bike computer, your
front tire, and not much else. When you do your workouts on the same hill
week in and week out, you don't really have to pay much attention to the
scenery. So last night 2 things stood out. About half way up the first part
of my hill was a flimsy, broken pair of scissors in the gutter. Almost at
the top of the 2nd part of the hill was a burned cd
The scissors were important to remember, so I wouldn't ride over them when
my oxygen deprived brain ceased to function. The CD was just a shiny thing
that let me know the pain would stop soon.
On repeat 7, I saw a kid on a mountain bike in the distance. He stopped on the
hill and leaned over. I thought he was messing with his bike or something
and then he peddled on.
As I passed the spot he stopped, I realized that he had stopped to grab my
second marker. The shiny blue CDR had caught his eye, but unlike me, he
stopped to grab it.
This one really got my mind churning. Why did he stop? Was it his? Had he been retracing his steps for hours? Was he a music geek excited to hear new music?
Based on the fact the 50% of kids under 18 not buying music, I doubted that. So why did he stop? What else can go on a CDR? Was it pictures? Movies? Why roll the dice on something that had probably been run over by a dozen other cars?

blacklisted.-no one deserves.....LP

Deathwish releases another Blacklisted LP. Vinyl only. Colored vinyl of course. This is an odd bunch. Always thought(since seeing their ace of spades skull logo split single) that they were some generic Integ/mosh metal deathwish action. Got the "heavier than heaven" cd and was pretty surprised. short songs that left you wanting more. Obvious Nirvana influence, but it had all the classic core-kid essentials. Pretty classic. It is strange to get into a band backwards and work you way through their older releases....
So I was curious as to what they would be up to on this "arty" release. Apparently controversial to some... I suppose if you have been asleep at the wheel since "bringing it down" then a few trumpets, violins, and "interludes" might push your artistic sensibilities, but to me it seems like a band doing what it does after a few records. Try and keep up, dummies.
For me it's good sounds, good hooks, and a good listen.