Kick Stands...

For you book lovers you may want to close your eyes...

We all know that kick stands went out of style a while back... so how do you post a good picture of your bike for www.bikejournal.com ? :)

Also I have recently discovered that more people come to this site than I thought... so feel more than free to respond to a post!

That is NOT my bike by the way! :)

There are four reasons kick stands went out of style...

• Weight plays a big role
• Aerodynamics
• It can be dangerous if it comes down while you are riding
• and number 4 it makes you look like a n00b! :)

Riding In Other Countries...

When I first saw this picture it freaked me out because I thought that the guys were riding on the wrong side of the road... then I looked where they were from "England" Imagine riding on the left side of the road?

Riding of the left side is for n00bs! hehe

I am "tired" of Flats!

I did not get a ride in on Saturday because it was still raining when I woke up at 5.5 in the morning... I was able to attend the TeamMcAllen BBQ. Of course it was another successful event there truly is a lot of hard work put into these things and it shows!

On Sunday I was able to ride with the team. Not the biggest show for the fast riders, I think I counted 12 at the start. As I was about to pull into Anzulduas Park one of our meeting spots on Sunday, I felt my back wheel bouncing again! "YES, I jumped in the S.A.G." I did have a spare tube but I knew that it had to be my rim strip and if I put it in again I wondered if I would make it home! The worst part was that I was now 20 miles away from home since I had ridden my bike to the team ride... again I was fortunate enough that my dad went out and he gave me a ride home, I did have a lot of offers to help though "rides home and tubes" :)

Flat Tires...

I HATE flat tires! they ruin your whole ride, I hate flat tires because...

• You have to stop
• You lose your momentum
• You ride worried
• You waste a tube
• Your ride back home is paranoid thinking your going to waste your last tube
• You wasted 2.50-5.00 bucks depending on the tubes you use

Ok that's my list of why flats suck! :)

I usually don't ride with a pump but since I have been using my camelbak I have been able to fit it in there and luckily I did! I had a flat 2 miles away from my house... so I put the other tube in and literally it went flat right as I pulled up my drive way!

is it good luck? or is it bad luck?

New Team Van

We let a bum with a red beanie in the picture for kicks!

I originally rode my bike from home to ride with the team. While I was at BK I saw Santi and Kelly ride by the group so I decided to jump on board. My legs felt great after the ride was over. We had our own personal sag wagon also.

WIND!!!

I was looking at Nick Martin's blog and I made a comment on how great the weather is over here! Then I started my ride today and the wind was insane! haha I guess that's what I get huh??

I Did Not Ride With The Team Today

I know that Camel Baks are out of style... but I only have one waterbottle cage on my MTB! and that's what holds my NiteRider battery! :(

I didn't ride with the team today because I was scheduled to work the whole weekend! :( BUT that just means that I had to wake up at 5.5 in the morning in order to get my ride in! :) I think that I am starting to get used to this riding alone thing... it is extremely convenient.

Quit Smoking Ad

I came across this Ad to convince smokers to quit smoking... I thought that it was funny enough to share! :)

I wonder how the environmentalists feel about this? :)

My Ride This Morning

Went pretty nice... I felt a small cool breeze out, but nothing too cold. I am not the fondest of riding in bad weather conditions, I don't like to ride when it's extremely hot, extremely cold, raining, or snowing! NOT to say that I won't! it's just not my preference! ;) *it's too exspensive* Right now the weather seems to be just right...

Roberto Heras Suspended Until Further Notice!

Link to cycling news

Lance Armstrong with Robert Heras

If I ever dreamed one day that I would want to quit my job, sell my house, basically give up my life to become a pro cyclist... it is things like this that makes me come back to reality. It almost seems that you have to do EPO in order to win. I hope that the accusations are not true!

Another Cycling Commercial!

There are more and more commercials that are cycling involved ;)

hey I'm not complaining!!

Bicycle Commercial

Fitness Marketing...

I am in the business of Marketing and I always love to see new creative & innovative ideas!

This is a picture of a passenger holding on to a hand rail of a bus :)

Jarhead out in Theatres!

I used to be a huge movie buff in high school and have not truly found the time to keep up with the latest and greatest... but yesterday I saw the movie "Jarhead." I grew up in the military and I thought that the movie was pretty close to reality, but the movie over all started out pretty good and then it kinda faded towards the end... I guess you could say that it "lost the plot" it ends oddly. The movie was made by the same director from the movie "American Beauty."

Photoshop + Curiosity...

I wondered to myself, wow what a difference one simple program makes. I had a friend e-mail me asking the name of the program that I used to make my pictures black and white in the background. I figure they only looked good because they were good pictures right? So I tested my theory and took some basic simple pictures to see if "photoshop" could make them better! ;)Here are the "basic" pictures...

And below is the final result with some color and text...

Post your thoughts...

and if you need a thanksgiving flyer feel free to take this one!

For the Lance Fan's Out There!

I had to post these pics!

They are super old school!

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