Call of the Wild. It was my maiden voyage to the weekly 10:00pm Wolfpack Hustle Monday Night Ride; I showed up with my single speed {silly me}.  Fabian (the uberwolf man-child) informed me later at the mid-point rest stop “We all use to show up on fix gears in cut-offs, no helmets,  …  We’ve grown [...]

Poltergeist Puncturist! Garage Flats.  It’s 1:30 in the frick’n morning and I needed to bloat in some hydration.  All bleary eyed and parched like the Sahara Desert, I wandered to the kitchen to finish off that double IPA {Firestone}.  Gulp. Gulp.  BOOM!  Hissssssssssss!! {You know the sound} I stumbled into the garage to n’vestigate the [...]

Simplex Juy 543, circa 1955. FYI: This derailleur recently sold on eBay $722.00.  Needless to say, prices for Simplex vintage derailleurs have jumped dramatically since. Muy Viejo AniMaUx! window.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.init({appId: “364015433630063″, status: true, cookie: true, xfbml: true}); }; (function() { var e = document.createElement(“script”); e.async = true; e.src = document.location.protocol + “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js”; [...]

More of the Mash boys at Interbike two years back: 2010.  This is crazy GoNzO deLux!   It’s like Matador and Bull {shit} out on the streets.  Hope those boys got some health insurance.  There’s gonna be lots of stuff to look forward to at this September’s Interbike.  Think of the after parties! oLÉ AnIMaux!   [...]

Bike shops get all sleepy, dreamy, and affectionate with the big names and their spooning relationships scoop out a gouge and mess with minds too weak to resist easy temptations.  It bends ideals and gets perspectives off track.  As a good friend who meets with me from time to time out on the lattice of [...]

Shop tools define the attitude. At Long Beach Cyclery you’ll find a modified Campagnolo frame pump head on the end of the air compressor hose; now that’s bad ass.  Gian Simonetti himself fashioned up this concockery.  Simôn-Esé was the main personality (not to mention the “Hair Bandit”) behind Medici Bikes and started his own line [...]

just like yo Red Cup, sometimes a ride is all about the possibilities . . . have you noticed? the sport has a preoccupation with bottle openers.  i think there’s a reason; cyclists are grittier and more often off the grid than any other bunch i’ve encountered. something like the surf culture in attitude toward [...]

Hard to be bad-ass when you’re worried about your tires. Vittoria tires are apparently manufactured in Thailand now; all o’dem.  Story has it, VeloFlex bought all the equipment from Vittoria after they went looking for a good time in Asia and setup shop across the street.  VeloFlex boasts they make all their tires in Italy. [...]

Memorial Day: a day to remember and to be thankful to all who have served and to all who gave the ultimate sacrifice. In the midst of World War two, 1942, Picasso created this piece of art and turned it into a bronze sculpture that’s become a cultural icon. During the War materials for sculpture [...]

Oh Yea! Well, your mother’s a whore! Yep.  In the days of  my childhood it was the vilest of retorts you could slam-jack on your buddies to s’plode any chance of a come back that could dig deeper than that put-down (as if we knew what it meant). The other day, riding home from a [...]