once upon a beer at WA Legal
September 30, 2011
rub some dirt on it
September 28, 2011
Take two more of these and
call me angel in the morning
there’s a tension under the surface
a shadow on the shadow board
the missing wrench formation speaks
money talks and talk is cheap
walking the walk this way
ask about the running tally
the ratio of atta boys to ah shits
use the handy pocket-size conversion chart
the squeaky wheel lulls the baby to sleep
someday it’ll get some grease
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look me in the fender eyelet
September 27, 2011
grab a whole handful of disc brake mechanical a bike so rope they call it Mister Roper
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windshield wipers slappin out a tempo
September 25, 2011
some day a real rain will come, and when it does, a new Showers Pass Elite 2.0 jacket will help you focus on how wet your socks are getting
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126mm OLD = kinda old
September 23, 2011
riding with a kid in the cargo bay and one on deck
Copenhagen moms know what’s what
the clothes you’re wearing
can be cycling clothes
we don’t have to do things this way
because this is the way they've always been done
126mm OLD = kinda old
seven speeding in a ten speed world
something old something new
some Shimano and a lot of FSA
build me the ultimate utility bike
for less than $5500.00 retail
front to back left to right
day in day out day and night
make me a sandwich between
sequential slices from the loaf of consistency
flukes flubs fuckups
outliers stand out
the eye stops at irregularity
hiccups in the pattern throbbing
like a neon OPEN sign in the window
at the only diner in small town Idaho
decisions are easy
when you don’t have a choice
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here we are now entertain us
September 23, 2011
what day is this?
what year is this?
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tune in
September 22, 2011
daddy, what's a crank arm extractor?
September 22, 2011
light-emitting diode
September 21, 2011
I saw a vehicular cyclist with no lights wearing dark clothing post-up in the left turn lane to wait at the intersection in the dark early morning
and I said to myself “what a dumbass” with no traffic in sight as I rolled through slowly wearing dark clothing sporting one little blinky light
Mr Vehicular Cyclist looked at me and said to himself “what an idiot”
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pointillism (too close to see the big picture)
September 20, 2011
Chris Murray photo
Dress me up in horizontal stripes
Smooth me over expansion joints
Take me to the vanishing point
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don't worry
September 19, 2011
Ask me about my weekend as if you’re actually interested when all you really want is me to ask you about yours. However I’m not the least bit interested in your weekend and I won’t pretend to be by asking about it.
September 17, 2011
One thing that genuinely interests me is bringing home the bacon on a CETMA cargo bike.
The right tool for the job.
Have a great weekend.
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does my hair look OK?
September 16, 2011
make no guacamole before it's time
September 16, 2011
a YES or NO question
a Campy or Shimano question
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one more time around
September 15, 2011
clockwise
roundtrip
returning to the valve hole
on the coffee-beer continuum
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when in Vegas, do MadFiber clinchers
September 13, 2011
VeloNews photo
cyclingnews photo
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364.5 days later
September 13, 2011
breakfast burritos, beer & bloody marys
September 12, 2011
kickstand, you got loose and I threw up
with this key comes great responsibility
that's neither here nor there
but it could be anywhere
gas station parking lots everywhere
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...and it was good
September 10, 2011
a tisket a tasket a wire mesh Wald basket
September 9, 2011
popdresssitting by Diane Olivier 2010
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mirror check. signal. head check. lane change.
September 8, 2011
* A * T * G * C *
building blocks
chips chipped off the old block
elements of continuity
elements of distinction
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keep keeping it together
September 7, 2011
participant observer paper boy labor day
September 5, 2011
tired
worn out
thread bare but
only on one shoulder
lower than the other
forever and ever and
single strap bags never the same
holding 4 beers and 14 King Superior filings
two binders to C-203 and an Ex Parte'
radio holsters held real radios
top tube pads protected top tubes
so like years ago bro
sweat stains dried engrained
history stratigraphy
part of the landscape
the background the setting set
muscle memory neural pathways habit trails
1111 Third Avenue repeating
bad dreams bad tastes receding
phantom nostalgia syndrome sets in again
keep feeling for the ass-pocket U lock
and the key hold the button down
wait for the beep
1001 (ten oh one) bikes in situ one afternoon yesteryear, Jeff Kidder's on the left
On September 13, 2010 I turned in my Nextel and made a clean break from the messenger world. After quitting six times or so before, that time, this time it was for real.
51 weeks later I’ve gained some perspective on it. But I think it’s something that will never be completely finished and like 87 says:- “it’s hard to put a finger on it”
I believe Jeff Kidder gets a pretty good grasp on that bike messenger thing, that justwhatisitaboutbeingabikemessenger thing with his book Urban Flow The finger Kidder carefully and thoughtfully places on it, has a whole lot of social science fist behind it. His book is not just a romantic fluffy Travis Hugh Culley put me on Oprah kind of book. Kidder’s book is academic and substantial. I recommend it to bike messengers as well as their parents, friends and significant others. I recommend it to city dwellers and cubicle workers that ride elevators with messengers all day. I’d also recommend it to teachers looking to liven up their worn out classroom discussions of outdated vanilla anthropology, sociology, economics and psychology.
Look ma, no hands.
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meet me in St. Louis
September 4, 2011
Matt Hardin photo from a recent crit series in St. Louis
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there once was a woman from Ashtabula
September 2, 2011
zen and the lack of bicycle maintenance
September 1, 2011
I know a guy
that knows a guy
he puts his shoes on before his pants
just like everybody else
they say when in Rome do
as I say not as I do
2.54cm per inch
please make a note of it
2.2 pounds = 1 kilogram
white shoes > Labor Day
I see a table
and I want to paint it orange
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