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Hecho En Mexico

Got some R&R in Mexi, now back to the grind. Here's some links that we found amusing over the past few days. Slogging through the suck. Weird surf. Homage to freestyle. Viva PJ's. Year of ice. Wacky Brit proposal for bike thieves. Team 7-11 in '86. Pagey gets his due. Viva!

Giving It Some Gas

Rides, rides, rides and more rides. Nice to have some light and some pleasant weather. These kids in Cleveland have the right idea. Here in Los it helps to know the law. Some folks in the law are working for a cycling solution. Some writers have books on the law. Bike sales overtake car sales in Australia. The peloton is suspect of being rife with dope. In Australia, so is Sly's carry-on bag. Go ride fixed off road. Or, how about a spring cyclocross race in which you must compose a haiku on each lap? We say hell yeah! But not on these hoops. Damn!

Whistling Rubber

Spring is sprung, happy st. drunkards eve and viva la racing season as it thunders out of the political shitstorm that is premiere league cycling. The kids these days are not giving the pampered birds any quarter. Eye of the tiger son. Classics could be very interesting. Cyclocosm has some fantastic color commentary on the currently underway 42nd Tirreno Adriatico and Paris-Nice, rife with all it's prerace controversy. Wanna?bet the kids continue to crush it all year? Onward!

Word Of The Day

Trustafixarian. There will be a PayPal account soon so y'all can send in a nickel for each use. You're welcome. RE:Load Baggage has the ultimate trustafixarian t-shirt.
Where'd you park?

Wanna?Bet

Paris-Nice, starting tomorrow without the team that previously was backed by a different on-line betting organization who was once asked to sponsor the race. Does pro cycling represent our sport anymore? Has it ever? Puerto es finito while Le Union contemplates a new strategy? Nico Mattan backpedals on his previous statements about le dope. Same as it never was. Meanwhile more journalists in Russia have mysterious life-arresting accidents, while whistleblowers in the US get quietly shot in the nuts for their troubles. Oh, and happy birthday Ghana. Most overheard quote last night at Midnight Ridazz: "Where'd you park?" We rode from Atwater. Breaking news: Roger Ailes is still a dick. Onward.

Feet Up, Brain Off, Fish Bike!

Haven't been riding or writing much lately, but have been reading a fair bit. Now you can too:
Fish Bike, built by the same dude who chases after the peloton in a devil suit every summer. Name Campaign. The world needs bikes. Bikes need wood. You don't need a coach. Smarter dumb cops. Mob rules. Get fixated. Speed safely. Ghosts of the machine. Remember the peds. The book of Saul. Burritos save lives. Canadian bikebloggers. Tinker talk. Biofuel threatens beer supply. A picture worth 1000 words. Street flicks. If you need somewhere to focus feelings of hate, look no further than this dickhead. Handbuilt's rule! Photos here. And here. More to come. Onward.