A visit to the Honeycomb Hideout

Stopped by Hunter Cycles to say hello to Rick and check out his sweet shop. Like us, Rick likes machines.http://www.huntercycles.com/pages/prices.html

The Mattson 2 playing in SF

Our friends The Mattson 2 are playing this Saturday at Una Pizza Napoletana in San Francisco.  You should check them out, and have some mind blowing pizza while you're at it.

I have friends that make stuff.

As I was going through some off my photos recently, I realized I know a huge array of extraordinarily talented individuals. I know folks with a knack behind a sewing machine, like Cory from Dank Bags who is known far and wide for his cüzies, bags and Beernet helmets;

Or there are people who make art, like Jason Jagel

Or hand tooled leather aprons;

Sometimes my friends even make history;

I know musicians, carpenters, writers... and that doesn't begin to touch on the numbers of folks who build bikes. Captain Sporty, Rick the Stick, The Filipino Mafia, Grumpy Bruce, Robio.. The list goes on and on, as would the nicknames.
I even know people whose gift is making an ass out of themselves;

As all of this was occurring to me, I counted myself very lucky to be surrounded by such talent. Now all I need is for some of it to rub off on me.

birthday weekend

so...the mighty mo is flooding like a mother, and we wanted to see the flooding by bike. rode 125 miles from Lincoln to Plattsmouth on 2hrs of sleep and a decent hangover/headache. wife and friends held a complete surprise party for me the night before. i was flattered and then i was drunk. so much fun.

More summer fun and gorgeousness in Flagstaff. I can't resist putting up these pictures because I LOVE it here so much! Spectacular riding, perfect weather, fun people...can't complain.

Nothing like hail in July...

...to bring out your inner drowned rat.

May as well have been a Bigfoot

I was up in Annadel a few weeks ago preriding the Wizard Staff Cross Country course and who do I run into? That is Billy Kostrikin, 1991 Jr. National Cross Country champ. His brother Nick was a local frambuilder in Santa Rosa and made Billy's bikes and when he was riding for the Salsa/NTI team, Nick built him a bike with a Salsa tubeset that looked just like a Salsa but was custom fit for Billy. That's the bike in the photo with most of the original parts. He said he hadn't been on a bike in a long time which basically means he would be crushing you by not quite as much. Nothing better than seeing someone so gifted mopping up on a bike that's about 20 years old.