SHOVING YOU GENTLY

for those that care VELOCACHE #2 is up. Here is some inspirational music/video to push you down the path..

Mopping with intent to ROCK

I mop first, then enjoy a PBR and smoke while it dries, then on to the laundry.

With Red Fang playing tomorrow, there is a certain miasma of guilt that hovers about my person as my head expands and deflates with plans and schemes to leave the house as early as possible to excitedly (to the point of nervous fidgeting) prepare myself to venture out in public to see this show.  This guilt often results in me doing a few of the more noticeable chores that I have been avoiding all week.  

I am pretty good at keeping up with the laundry for some reason, not perfect by any means, but competent enough.  The rest is a crap-shoot at best.  The key chores I target before going out and leaving my family to fend for themselves, helpless, big daddy bacon strutting from the nest out into the village to stir up the shit with this week's paycheck, a fuzzy beer-buzz and my newsboy cap pulled smartly over one eye, ARE  1) sweeping and mopping ( I use a lot of whatever floor stuff is in the cupboard, so the "clean" smell lasts until morning)  2) the aforementioned laundry (at least 2 loads washed dried AND folded (most important step))  3) scrub the toilet (yellow may mellow, but orange doesn't rhyme with anything, and has got to get flushed)  4)  a load of dishes (these wait until morning for maximum attention as I do the dinner and breakfast loads together)  finally 5)  clear off and bleach the kitchen counter  (this is like a bow tie, ascot and scarf worn together to prom  i.e:  FUCKING BRILLIANT). 

 I just got a chill, good style, like an 80's song you get to hear in the car all by yourself and you belt it out the whole way home from work, all green lights, window down and you pull in and there is a new magazine in the mailbox and the kids are taking a nap, kiss your wife real good and sit in the back yard, good crossword puzzle, the sun peeks out from a cloud and you squint and your face turns hot and you die just a little bit and float up over your body and figure out the last answer to the crossword, but before you go back you float inside the house and get yourself 2 cold beers and drink one on the way back and don't tell yourself, now back in the body and you open your eyes a little, small tear streaks down, and you say:  GODDAMN RIGHT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY.  Finish that "first" beer and get the chores done because you are going out tonight to a rock and roll show. 

Call your wife early in the evening because she doesn't give a shit what slices are left at Pie Hole at 2:50am.  See you at the show.

Cheap date night

Got a tip from my friends at the Ram that this Saturday there is a beer release happening at the Stone House.  $10 for "samples" of three brews (last time ended up being 20 ouncers until the kegs ran dry) and a pretty decent buffet.  I believe it begins at 5pm.  Biking down with my wife and some BFF's to wash away the hangover I'm sure I will be wallowing in after an evening with Red Fang.  The last release was for the crushingly smooth, silently devastating Lost Reindeer, easily my second place winter beer to Sierra Nevada's Celebration.  There was a whiskey-barrel aged IPA, a nice dry stout and  a very drinkable pale ale in addition to the seasonal.  I have to allow that the Ram is not a place I choose to eat very often, but damn it's hard to pass by without stopping in on the brewers to see what's on tap and what's to come, the specialty brews are so damn good.  These guys have supported all of our events one way or another, and a ten-spot is a no-brainer to ride down and support them.  See you there.

VELOCACHE ANYONE?

WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY A GAME?

This is our diversion to keep our asses in the saddle, share some secret spots and discover new perspectives of our beautiful city. Here's how it works: pick a spot to stash the cache (in this case a politically correct re-purposed bicycle chain bottle opener: the "key"). Take a picture from the exact location of your cache. It may be as obscure as you can dream, or in the spirit of "Velo", a more well-known spot to keep the race for the prize quick. The key should be planted (buried, insinuated, camouflaged, etc) in the same spot the picture was taken, thus when a Velocache participant finds the key, they will be standing on the site of your unique perspective, secret spot, state of mind?, etc. Anyone who spies the post may participate, and the game begins at the time of posting. Feel free to add any treasures to the cache as you see fit. Obviously these photos/finds must be obtained from a bicycle-centric viewpoint right? RIGHT?!!! Oh yeah, new blog

"SEE YOU ON SATURDAY!"

These photos were taken during the most recent "recon" mission that the velopirates did for their upcoming INVERSION EXCURSION IV race.  

They sure look like they know how to  have fun! 

Those boys have posted a map for the upcoming alley-cross extravaganza and I highly suggest you go take a look at it here.

This ride looks as if it could be a lot less horrifying than was previously speculated so I hope to see the hordes of Bikes & Rec devotees out there on Saturday. I will be the one drinking beer and smoking cigarettes at all of the stops. 

this looks like fun...

We here at Bikes & Rec are pretty intrigued about this next race. I will quote Thomas on a myspace bulletin, "FOR THOSE​ WHO RIDE BIKES​ IN BOISE​ IDAHO​ AND ARENT​ PUSSY".  Well, I do ride bikes in Boise, Idaho and I don't think I am "pussy" (a lazy, out of shape, drunkard maybe but let me assure you I am ALL man)  so I suppose we should all, "COME RACE WITH US ON THE 24TH YOU WILL HAVE MORE FUN THAN YOU WILL AT ANY OTHER​ RACE EVER" Ever? Really? we shall see...Bikes & Rec is hatching some plans for this one...beware pussys!  

Happy New Year!

Well, It took awhile with all the bad weather surrounding the country but our family has finally come together all in one place. 

Onward to 2009!