ride the mustache

I hope you are all having a wonderful day. I know that I am. Did I ever tell you how much I like winter seasonal beers? I like them a lot. I hate horses though. I got nothin' for horses. 

Hold on to your mustache

Just giving everyone a heads up on a good friend and his upcoming race. This fellow has decided to jump into the mix of bike event organizing in what could possibly some of the most dismal weather Boise can see. Therefore we here at Bikes and Rec are going to support the hell out of him and run some pixel-support from this end. This guy brews beer for a living folks, this is someone you want on your team. 

MAGIC MUSTACHE RIDE. Rhodes Skatepark. Saturday, December 20, 2008. Sign up @ 2:00 p.m. Race starts @ 3:00 p.m. $10.00.  The biggest reason we are pimping so early is that a mustache IS REQUIRED for this race (ladies are apparently being told to "get creative" so I suppose some of you sissy-boys out there could do the same). 

Just thinking of you makes me wet.

HUGE thanks to the WBC for the amazing evening that was HELLR4CER. These images pretty much sum up how I started the race, felt during said race, and eventually how I feel I came out in the end. I will be represented as the green pumpkin and the orange one can be HELLR4CER. 

P77's photo's are amazing as always. Well done. 

As far as casualties are concerned, I seem to have done something very strange to my right knee and I lost my tire irons at Scuglia's. I consider all of the above acceptable losses. I can always get a new knee. 

Stay posted here for the MAGIC MUSTACHE RIDE information as it will be available soon. WATCH THE SKIES and remember... Bikes and Rec loves you. 

rise up and ride

today is a good day to die. 

gratitude and meatballs.

Not enough can be said to truly thank all of you for making this event as awesome as we here at Bikes and Rec thought that it was. Deeply and truly. 

Simple rundown and then more gushing. 

Men

1  Logan Barclay  40 min

2 Jarris Wieme

3 Cody Weaver

Women

1 Kristi  (7th overall)

2 Andrea

3 Kristy Martin

No swag. No prizes. Just honor, beer and and all the meatballs and salisbury steak you could eat. Huge congrats to ALL 32 racers, you all killed a very unfriendly course. 

Speaking of unfriendly courses,  I was told that evening that Jeff never wanted to hear the word "shenanigans" again so I will refrain from  refering to the rest of the evening under those pretenses. Sprints, Polo , Beerelay all went down and I think fun was had by all who participated. 

Sam and Anneliessa from the Visual Arts Collective are really amazing people and need to be not only promoted but placed upon an very high pedastal and worshipped. The men's restroom adorned in art by Erin Ruiz is worth a trip to the VAC all by itself. Tartufi could have been the best band I have ever seen in my life. No offense to all the other great bands that played that night but FUCK ME. WOW. 

All photos you see here (except for batman, Brook shot that) are by Ray J. Gadd. we love him a lot. 

Huge thanks to Sockeye for the help with beer. Thanks to D-Bagg, always. 

That said, I know I have missed a few of you. I will remember tonight after I go to bed. Don't forget HELLR4CER on November 1. We will be decidedly unofficially cheerleading that event from here in the next few days. Watch the skies. Bikes and Rec loves you.  

THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE BEER

Our  friend Josh King from Sockeye brewing has answered our pleads for beer with a keg of his WOOLY BUGGER WHEAT beer.  Looks like the weather will cooperate with us for the day of bikes, 70 degrees sounds pretty nice!  We should be set up no later than 2pm to get people signed up.  Race starts at 3pm, then sprints and skids after.  Bring your mallets, we want to get some polo going on in the parking lot next to the VAC.  Tapping the keg right after the Alleycat.  Bring a few bucks for "incidentals" along the route...

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