HEY I KNOW THAT GUY!

A lot of the reasons I only spent 14 months "living" in Portland, Oregon seem to be pretty well summed up by this television show.

Riding in Circles

Red Bull Minidrome from Eyeball Moving Image on Vimeo.

I'm a big fan of velodrome racing. I really enjoy the whole going fast, bumping shoulders with the guy trying to pass you, the rubbing of the wheels, the motor pacing, the doping, etc...

This is... a cool idea on paper that sort of falls flat in reality. Putting a miniature velodrome inside a roller skating rink and then running it as a time trial. It sort of like gold sprints (stationary roller races) without the head to head excitement.

Nice try though. Add some outer boards, let three people do a pursuit race, and you're onto something here.

NO BRAKES

About a decade ago, my buddy Sam and I decided we didn't ride our bikes enough, and that we should try doing some distance tours. So, we jumped right in and rode from Vancouver, BC to San Francisco, CA. Our route was a little over 900 miles if my memory serves.

The highest point on the ride was Leggett Hill in California. The climb was hours of sweat, legs and lungs burning, followed by freezing cold as we reached the higher altitudes in the late summer eve.

The descent lasted longer than we expected too. And whereas we thought it would be relaxing, it ended up being one of the most stressful parts of our month on the road. Hair pins turns, a ridiculous steep grade, narrow roads with no shoulder and car traffic... we averaged 50+ mph on our fully loaded touring bikes -- 40 lbs of gear on each of us. The cyclometer maxed out at 70 mph, with everything rattling, brakes grinding metal on metal, everything going blurry from road friction. This Japanese video of a (supposed) Mt. Fuji descent gives you a pretty good idea of what it looked like.


But definitely not what it felt like.

This is a Very Pretty Shoe Commercial

The dudes at Godspeed are old buddies of ours. Brandon is a bad ass, but it still made me laugh to hear him say it.

I'm not exactly sure how this sells shoes, but hey, if anyone else needs us to hock products we don't use, Samurai is available to deliver your packages and may be available to sell your sweatshop produced crap too, for the right price.

My Two Favorite Pictures of Dan G That Were Taken Today

...live from the 42nd St Holiday Toilet Experience in Times Square




...showing exactly what our bags and backs are capable of...

I Don't Think This Will Fly In NYC

...But one of the engineers is rocking a Der Shwatze Bude t-shirt. I have one of those. Hamburg messengers, represent!

Danny MacAskill Has More Skills Than You

visit you tube to watch this in HD.