oh crap, the tdf is on!

hey, why did no one mention that the tour is on?

wtf? srsly.

anyway, i guess you probably know more what's going on over that since you've been watching it for like weeks now and i am trying to catsup. (clever pun, eh?)

so, instead of some tdf review/prediction/made-up b.s. i have decided to 'run what i brung', cuz 'rubbing is racing'.

hot/not.

calling it in = hot.

as much as i dislike the cav, i gotta like that fact that he spends his day in the peloton coming up with new and exciting victory salutes. but.... hopefully he was calling in an order for a green columbia/htc kit b/c a leaders jersey w/o matching shorts/gloves/helmet = not a good look.

srsly.



"hello, bob stapleton? yeah, it's cav. hey man, um, do y'all think you could hook me up with some green tinted bibs and shit? i mean, even euskatel can deck their guy in full polka dots, and they are a joke... oh, and bob, how hard would it be to get my national flag on my shoes? look into it ok? thx."



hell, even ag2r was prepared!
who even thought they had a shot in hell at any jersey!?
but nocentini proves the italians a born with the genes to know how to work a runway.

the man busts out the full yellow kit/gloves/helmet/socks/wife/kids... that's preparedness.



live it up, bro.
you're on a french team. your days are numbered.

custom airbrushing on anyone/thing that is not mario cipolini = not hot.



thats like spitting in the face of all things cipo, and blasphemy will get you nowhere.



i was glad to see heinrich haussler doing it for the revolution on stage 12.



he took an enormous risk throwing the fist, could've lost everything.



maybe the uci did not take heinrich seriously as he is 'just some white guy on a bike' to them.
we know the truth.



all photos stolen from cyclingnews.com/bettini. whatever.
oh, except the 1968 opympics. i googled that shit.

i heart coffee and bikes. together.

[all the way ray, and hurl at crc. circa may 2009].

i am currently sitting at the CRC cafe.

for those that haven't had the pleasure, it's kind of a coffeeshop, and kind of a bike shop, and kind of always full of nice people. hell, i even saw the cullen's here once!
and bob williams. no shit, bob williams!

so, i sit here kind of a lot. it's close to my house, sure, but i do feel like i should take every opportunity to support CRC that i can.
i mean, where else does this exist in the world?
my two favorite things in the world collide; coffee and bikes.

excellent.

plus, it's a pretty awesome place, and i would like to continue to hangout here into the future, so that makes it easy to support. and that's what i'm all about..
hurl can make a mean soy latte to boot! (yes, soy. it's delicious).

LGR has been starting our weekend training ride from crc for the last year now, and it is pretty great to be able to grab an espresso, and a tube before heading out, let me tell you.

so, i hear rumors that might make your head spin a bit with excitement:
there may be another coffeeshop/bikeshop in minneapolis!

holy crap, i know.

longfellow/hiawatha residents can rejoice, angrycatfish bikes & coffee is coming to south minneapolis soon!
4208 28th Ave South, to be exact.

you can trust that as soon as i opens it's doors, i'll be there.
supporting.

internet fame.

so, the internet is all a-buzz about cycling lately and all the attention is on one man...

no, not lance.



srsly. check me out;

• got to star in the new urban velo magazine, masi ad. (hot placement on the backcover, in full color!)
• i also scored what i am calling the 'lead role' in the sweet masi promo video. (hot velodrome racing action!)
  
• and, riotminneapolis.com got a nice write-up on my favorite fixedgear trend-watching site, hipsternascar.com!

i'm everywhere.
get used to it.


notes:
1) photo by pete demos. he's good at his job, but i like to think as a professional model i made his job a lot easier...
2) i am not an advocate of riser bars on fixed gear bikes.
3) i do support riser bars over mustache bars. those are just retarded.

omg, a new post!

bet you thought i quit, huh?

maybe you were right. who knows.

anyway, here i am writing a stupid blog post. you are fucking welcome.

so, i guess the recent news is like so;

i raced up in duluth last weekend for tonytonetoni's duluth-classic. it was a ton of fun like usual.
a bit different from last year, as LGR did not field a full squad.

only me and the infamous littleguy made the trip.
stage one was the TT. awesome.
since neither of us would crack the top 10 on our best day, we both bagged it and rode tempo saving the legs for the "important" races. i did catch LG though, and we had a sprint finish where he got me by a tire. most excitement the officials had all day.


see me? i'm the cute one. (photo from www.viewthroughmylens.net)

the rest of the weekend was us attacking the field and having fun racing. managed some decent results, but no stage wins. which was expected, since i am currently way off the form i had last season at this time... it was good to see some new out-of-town teams in the mix.
you a-holes get boring to race every week. 'nowhatimsayin'?

and then;

the week prior to duluth was a busy one for me. masiguy (lgr's super fantastic awesome super sponsor) and staff were in town, and i spent the week showing him the sites.
masi was in town to shoot photos for their catalog and for ads/web stuffs. all that jazz.

fyi, my modelling career is about to blow up. get your autographs now.
i hear i will be in the next issue of urban velo.

we gave them the grand tour, and got alot of awesome stuff for the catalog.
they came out to the velodrome to catch the thursday night racing action.
they were treated to lgr and masi bikes going 1st & 2nd in the very first race of the season.
can't beat that.

me? i just tried to look fast.
i hope it worked.

...

don't forget, i have a new business!
please check it out and maybe buy some stuff. i have no kids to feed!


photo by TC worley