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“Una michelada con clamato, por favor” T he asses have spoken (hmm, I meant to say "masses" but spellcheck doesn't catch that sort of thing, oops) and it seems that the Next Big Bikes Single Speed Worlds Fund-raising event will inevitably involve "Chelada." Not familiar with what exactly ...

Bacon Egg & Cheese on a Boston Cream Donut Q: In your horribly executed artist's dramatization, why are you depicted as a Lego man with a large human head? And why is The Dunkin Donuts man AKA "Fred" portrayed as a Lego James Bond? Why didn't you just use the footage from your video ...

Cage-Fighter Mother I can't remember what year my mom actually started mountain biking, somewhere in the very late eighties or very early nineties I think. I do recall that we went over to Newton, to what is now my place of employment (yes, I suppose I'm a townie), to get her first ...

Battle of The Bulge Road F irst things first, I have to get my excuses out of the way...er, I mean "further hype" the Thom Parsons (Bacon Egg & Cheese on a Boston Cream) Project . Despite the fact that I received a generous donation from an anonymous donor, I was not able to schedule ...

Thanks I 've got so much to be thankful for, I don't even know where to start, the above photo sums up a lot of it. I'm also thankful for the really nice thank you text message I got from my Cog sponsor (who I will officially thank Monday) yesterday. And I'm thankful for the huge donation ...

100 Times Faster Than Me B acon Egg And Cheese on a Boston Cream Donut Challenge Total = $10.69 Thanks to Charlie for the sixty-nine cents. See, now if you donate, as an added perk, I will link to your blog and you will experience "the Big Bikes bump." How do you think Fat Cyclist , Bike ...

Mis-re-direction and Sponsor Thank you #1 T he main story is over on the 29er Crew Blog today. Did a write up of my Bay Circuit Trail scouting mission yesterday and posted some photos, RIGHT HERE . The above photo is from the NYCMTB Highbridge Classic from earlier this summer. It was one ...

The Thom Parsons (Bacon Egg & Cheese on a Boston Cream Donut) Project Y ou may have noticed that little Paypal "Donate" button over on the sidebar there. You probably thought to yourself, "why in the hell would I give money to this guy?" I don't expect you to give me your ...

Oot And Aboot B ig day...big day. It all started with trip out to Harvard, MA with my friend Deborah to watch her horseback riding lesson. While this might not seem exciting to some, it was exciting as hell for me. I felt like a little kid at the zoo — a zoo where you get to pet the ...

Everyone is so different. S ee the above photograph? When you go out dressed like that on any given day...on a normal day — dressing up for Halloween doesn't seem all that exciting anymore. When I was a kid I used to die my hair, put rings in my nose and ears, dress crazy, go all out of ...

No, You're Out of Order! I have a few more North Carolina/Swank 65 photos here, and yes, they are out of order. This is about the last of them. We have to move through this stuff and get on to such pressing topics as The Ice Weasels . It's strange, not strange like a huge, sketchy ...

I Only Look at Big Bikes for The Pictures A fter typing up yesterday's Swank 65 race report , my fingers are exhausted. I may have also used up all the words in my brain, so what we have here are photos from the first day (hey, it was an action-packed day, what can I say?) of the trip to ...

The Swank 65 - Wicked Pisgah O h Hello. I see you came over here looking for something . Well, what you're looking for is over HERE . It's the 2009 Swank 65 report over on the 29er Crew blog . It was crazy, it went well, and I apparently had a whole lot to say about it, so top off your ...

Fiasco Day Q: "Do you ever get a good night's sleep before you leave to go somewhere?" A: "No, no I guess I don't. I think I like it this way." As you can see above (above right, not above left...we'll get to that thing on the left in a minute) I have very important things to do the night ...

I'm A Mess I leave for North Carolina to do The Swank at 6:30 tomorrow morning. Half my bike is already there, the other half is still here, in pieces: the just overhauled yesterday hub is sitting in front of me on the desk; the fork is completely dismantled, lying on my bench at work , ...

Bay Circuit Trail Andover to Hamilton Part One? B elow is a link to Bay Circuit Trail, It is a trail that stretches from Newburyport to Duxbury, 172 miles. I have ridden it with Andy Sanidas from his house in Hamilton to rt 114 in Middleton. The sections I have ridden are a cross of ...