Lee's B-Day....

So Friday night was my dear friend Lee's surprise birthday party. He definitely seemed surprised (as was I) with many of the characters that showed up. When the keg stands started to happen it definitely felt a little like college all over again. Here's the proof:


-Surge and Pink in deep discussion...


-Lee's B-Day cookie!


-Yes. They're both mine.




-The birthday boy and some weirdo....




-Got lai'd in here at some point.


-Melissa wondering what the hell is wrong with all of us.


-eh?


-Lee and Jill


-After I drank all their beer, we went home and crashed on the couch.

I Love My Friends

Good luck to Mike E. who's heading back to dirty-Jersey in the coming months. Mike is an awesome shop guy and I learned a lot working with him. We're going to miss you buddy! Let us know when you're coming around and we'll all get up and ride some trails! Here're the photos from his send off party.



-the crew


-Dean and Todd laughing at someone's expense....


-Dean and Spence


-Dean ingested ungodly amounts of hot salsa under Paul's watchful eye.


-No eveing is complete until Digger Davis souts someone.


-Mike with the infamous hot salsa....before.


-Mike with the infamous hot salsa....after.

A good time was had by all....unless you ate the hot salsa.....

wake up depressed.....

have you ever had a dream that causes you to wake up feeling depressed? try this one on.....i dreamt that i was in a mall-like area with my ex. she was bragging about how guys try to pick her up all the time, how she likes the fact that she has so many options, how she can't wait to 'try them out'. i really felt like i was reliving the break up all over again. then I woke up this morning feeling really depressed. maybe i should limit Alkaline Trio listening sessions just before bed.....

8.20.06

Here It Is!

You've all been waiting patiently so here it is. Indy or Bust!

Road Trip'n

I Need One!!!!!

I think this is the cutest fucking thing I've ever seen in my life.

Chomping at the Bit....

I know you all desperately want to see photos that I took during my recent road trip....however, you're going to have to wait. I have something special currently in the works instead of my usual photo posting. How long is it going to take? That's a good question. You may have to wait until next week. If you can't take it anymore and need to see some of what went down, head on over to the Tyrant BMX blog and you can check out some of the goods. Please be patient! Begging and/or whining will get you nowhere! Stay tuned......

We Have Returned!

So we're back!! We've got stories to share, photos to post and videos to use as blackmail (if they were to fall into the wrong hands....hmmmmmmmm.)! We drove 16 hrs straight from Louisville, KY this morning so I'm pretty beat. I'll post what I have in the coming week (along with a special movie I'm putting together). Until then, here's some highlights of our trip to be explained a bit more fully in the near future:

Rednecks.....lots of 'em!
sunburn
crashes, taco'd wheels, broken bikes
shitty fast food, cold beer....RAGING
the Louisville Skatepark!!!!!!
carving the full-pipe
leaving skin in the full-pipe
Punk-O-Rama
deer
making new friends
Sapporo!
the Velodrome!

In short, the trip was a huge success and we had an amazing time!

Off to Indiana....

Tomorrow, Tony Tyrant and I are embarking on a road trip to Indiana so we can race at the Race2Replace held at Indiana Motorspeedway. Check out our list of must-have-items:
-2 road bikes
-2 bmx bikes
-2 ipods (exploding at the seams with music)
-camera gear (video, film and digital)
-riding gear
-stickers from our respective clothing companies
-2 cel phones + chargers
-energy gels and recovery mix
-tool kit
-concrete mix
-saw blades
-roman candles
-gasoline
-20' of surgical tubing
-2 full-size gerbil suits
-50 Clif bars

Should be a good time. We'll have plenty of photos that you can blackmail us with in the futue and lots of stories to fill up many nights of beveRAGING. If I can get to a computer, I'll try and post some updates from the road. Otherwise, you'll just have to fantasize about what we're doing with the hamster suits til I get back. Oh yeah, if you don't hear from me in person, on the phone or the internet by Wednesday of next week, grab a pair of my dirty cycling shorts or socks, get some bloodhounds and send them into the eastern border of Indiana. My sources tell me that the cornfields stretch further than the eye can see......

Night Mission II

A few months ago, Tony T and I went on a night mission and hit up various spots in central and southern CT. The 4 rolls I shot turned out like shit, so we hit up some of the spots again a couple weeks later. Here's the proof!


-rad old school foot-jam nose pivot.


-tail tap on a bank-to-guard-rail hidden somewhere in the 203 area code...


-artsy take on a LONG-assed manual.


-double peg on an infamous local rail.

a rant.

Yes I work in a bike shop. Yes I have an opinion about the whole Floyd Landis doping scandal. But just because I work in a bike shop, and I have my opinions about Landis, doesn't mean that you (customers) should engage me and ask what that opinion is. I like to keep my opinions to myself. I find that it's a waste of my time and energy to share an opinion about something only to have you argue against said opinion. It's kind of like discussing politics @ your job or at a party. You just don't do it! Eventually, someone ends up really pissed off, and for what? So you can flex your ego and be 'right'? I don't buy into all that.
Oh yeah, if you're some random person who doesn't follow cycling (or didn't watch the Tour cause "It's going to be so boring without Lance this year."), please excuse yourself and shut the fuck up! Just because the guy who won happens to be an American, doesn't entitle you to whine, bitch and moan. If he was French, Spanish, Italian, etc, you wouldn't give a fuck! How many of you knew who he was prior to his performance in Stage 17? I thought so. How many of you can name any of the other riders out of the 32 that were DQ'd just prior to the Tour? mhm. Thought so. And if you're one of the morons who thinks that he was feigning exhaustion "like Lance did", you're dumber than you look! You don't fake something and lose 10mins of time! He fucking cracked! And if a few shots of JD before a race gets you into that kind of shape to make up 10mins, then myself and every other amature racer/messenger would fucking RAGE during every alleycat that we race in!
Argh! That's enough ranting for now. Stop asking me what I think!