jams

Rock and roll forever

homies

Aaron and I went to the same school and have always been super close friends.  If there is one person in the world who I honestly don't think could care less about what anyone thinks about him and truly just lives to be happy and have fun doing stuff he loves it's him. One time when they tried to kick him out of school we stole candy bars from the teachers lounge during his expulsion hearing.  Just saw this video of his antics and wanted to share with the cyber-verse.  Stolen from Tortoised

weekend

 After a long week of work I got back Friday relaxed for about an hour and headed out the door to catch the Hold Steady show on King. The blurry photos kind of give away the energy of the show and my general state of being.  Awesome time followed up by drinks with an old friend and a no handed pizza eating ride home.

 Saturday was kind of a fluke. I slept in way too late, worked on bike stuff, headed to the Ty Segall show which after standing in line for 5 minutes I was informed had sold out, and gave up and got myself in bed by midnight.  Today I swore it would be different so I got up at a reasonable hour and headed out to Blue Mounds.  The whole afternoon was gorgeous perfect weather and great trails.  I've been hearing about the Blue Mounds trails since I got here and was happy to finally have the time to go and check them out.  I deffinetly did not expect what I got, lots of technical rocky climbing and descending.  Not a ton of flowy sections but still a ton of fun.  

 Get out and enjoy fall while you can.

Interbike

Interbike coverage is up and all over the internet.  As always I advise heading over to Urban Velo to check out the good, the bad, and the ugly.  More coverage here.

DIY Fun

As a kid growing up in the middle of nowhere WI I ended up making my own fun a lot.  I had no friends near me and no siblings interested in doing anything so I pretty much just hung out by myself most of my childhood.  One of my favorite things to do was rip around on my bike.

As an adult I still love making my own fun on a bike, riding by myself and organizing races and events.  I've been in a glut for organizing anything lately so this Almanzo video kind kicked me in the pants for wanting to get an event together.  I love the ethic that goes into events like this and it's awesome to see people doing them.

slacker

 You'll have to pardon my absence, I've been crazy busy with work lately and have had a few other projects in development that have kept me occupied, which doesn't appear to be changing any time soon.  In the meantime I've been riding as much as possible, and swung out to the CX Gran Prix Saturday to drink beer, heckle, and shake my cow bell.  The whole thing was honestly a bit tamer than I had imagined it would be but it was still good to see the pros taking pie hand ups and goofing around with the crowd.  

 Night wrapped up the way most good nights should, with beers and pizza.  Well now I've got to get out the door and get to work, short and sweet.

USGPCX

This weekend in Sun Prairie.  Should be sweet, more info here.