cycling LOLz

ddb, is that you?

lol

should just replace this thread with a link to BSNYC:

See also:

Crossing the Manhattan Bridge and heading into the city yesterday, I was passed by a rider on a brakeless Pista. As the rider began his descent, I noticed he had stopped pedaling, which seemed strange as he had clearly been riding a fixed-gear. He then placed the thin sole of his diminutive canvas boating shoe on the tire of his rear wheel, at which point I realized he had dropped his chain and was now trying to slow his speeding bicycle. Apparently, though, the "footjam" was not as effective as he had hoped, so he then started dragging both feet on the pavement Fred Flinstone-style. Here he is, clearly mashing his "pants yabbies" on his top tube in the process:

Eventually, he managed to finally get off the thing, and as I passed him I simply pointed to my own bicycle and said, "Brakes."

Ah, yes, brakes--those marvels of engineering which manage to function independently of the bicycle's drivetrain. Of course, they do tend to spoil the "clean lines" of your bicycle, and they can also make you look like a "woosie." I'll admit that the rider above looked really cool and elegant as he desperately struggled to save himself by dragging his feet and squashing his genitals --the whole thing was totally "zen." I wonder why he didn't simply use his gigantic empty messenger bag to stop, since it seems to me it would have functioned rather well as a parachute.

NEVER EVER EVER EVER RIDDEN IN CRITICAL MASS.

why has HIPSTERS, ITS THE BIKE YOU NEED TO BE THE FIXIE KING. KHS AERO TRACK - $9999999 (hayes valley) been flagged for removal?

hipsters cryin u know how they are

SCORE FOR YOU, YOU TIGHT PANTS ELECTRO SHOW PBR CHUGGING GIRLS HAIRCUT COKE SNORTER.

RIP cutty

:o

GIRLFRIENDS JEANS WEARING VAPORIZER

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4069/4466062568_6af1dfcd50_o.jpg

oh snap

when your frame's material failure mode is vaporize

should poll those keywords

weird to see shimano pedals on the track, oh wait they're probably dura ace never mind.

is it normal to put your srm headunit on your seatstays? or is it flying through the air there?

that is such an epic foto btw. kudos to fotogra4.

looks like it's affixed to the seatstays imo, could be an illusion tho.

"As cycling fans already know, the Tour of California used to take place in February, but organizers have moved it to May in order to draw a deeper field by attracting riders frightened of contracting the STDs for which the Giro d'Italia is now famous."

^^^ irl lols at this sentence

i think the SRM is there strictly to collect data, not to be looked at during the track event. so they put it in the back where it's aero and not in the way.

saw some pics of one of the NZ team when they were in melbs for the world cup meet last year - SRM mounted behind the seatpost.

i like that srm has sorta kept that diy "built with housing and display parts from radio shack" aesthetic lo, these 20 years. and charged $$$$ for it.

Things that make you feel 10ft tall -

A little child standing by the side of the road shouting 'Mummy! A racing bike! I just saw a racing bike!'

ha yeah SRMs are still the most expensive of the power meters

http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/04/news/reconstructive-surgery-places-contadors-season-in-doubt_110106

i liked patrick's story about breaking into the bike tourism biz, touting the marketing/cross-selling opportunities, but closing, "About the only thing we won't be able to sell them? Leg razors. Not even to the chicks."

http://www.shopslipstreamsports.com/2010-apparel/rider-tee-shirts/steven-cozza-tee.html

http://kotaku.com/5508520/f1-driver-plays-modern-warfare-2-while-riding-a-bike

http://www.shopslipstreamsports.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/s/t/steven_cozza-01.jpg

so i'll be racing against cozza's former team next weekend on their home turf. do i rock this look or not y/n

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66DtgCNhHJo&feature=player_embedded

y, obv

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkh5uTVQeZM

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/290227

enhanced by the 'female buttock' image I think

that's quite a female buttock

http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/09/29/an-open-letter-to-assos/

(oldie but goodie)

Me, last night, after two beers, wheeling my bike to a ped xing and, in front of a line of traffic stopped at the lights, mounting my bike, clipping in one foot, and falling over flat on my side like a tombstone.

that assos article is great- i had never seen it before. however, i can't agree with him on the chamois cream - that stuff is great, as long as you keep it off your junk.

not really lolz at all, but i didn't think it was worth starting a cycling o_O thread...

http://www.spokemagazine.com/2010/04/hand-brake/

http://www.maya.com/sprocket

http://www.maya.com/images/433.png

i am not really loving the use of bloggable ye olde photocopies of typographic ornaments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgrA3xqB4sI

holy shit

just played that about 10x in a row

haaaaaaa! did he win

from http://www.fatcyclist.com/

If you are a male cyclist with an injured female cyclist

Refrain from telling her how hot she looks in lycra. Now is not the time. Trust me.
Tell her how tough and awesome she is. By the way, she is very tough, and very awesome. Just in case you weren’t clear on that.
Tell her anyone else would be crying harder / acting more pathetic than she is, including you. But don’t use the words “acting more pathetic,” because that implies she’s being pathetic at all, which she is not.
Get her bike ready to ride again. The woman is going to want you to shut up at some point. This is a good time for you to fiddle with her bike and make sure it’s good to go.
Volunteer to make a tourniquet / bandage out of your jersey. But not until she’s on her feet and seems like she might appreciate your sense of humor again.
Describe the events leading up to the injury. Be expansive and generous with the difficulty of the triggering obstacle and / or event. She didn’t endo when she hit a rock. It was a big ol’ honkin’ ledge, and she darn near cleared it anyway. I’m not exactly sure why we all start telling the story as soon as the event happened, but it seems to help, and it seems to help more if you get started with the exaggeration right away.
If you are a male cyclist with an injured male cyclist

Ask if he’s alright. Depending on how old you are and where you live, you should either end the sentence with “dude,” “man,” or “bro.” It makes the question affectionate and concerned-sounding without being too affectionate and concerned-sounding.
Lean his bike against a tree. He won’t trust any tweaks, fixes, or adjustments you make anyway.
Wait for 30 seconds before asking if he’s ready to ride. If he says he needs another minute, wait another thirty seconds and ask again. Repeat as necessary.
Describe the event, but feel free to trivialize certain aspects (such as the prime cause of the event) and enhance other aspects (such as the high-pitched scream the victim made upon suffering a compound fracture).
If you are a female cyclist with an injured male cyclist

Tell him how hot he looks in lycra. For guys, there’s no bad time to hear this, and even when we’re injured there’s a small part of us that’s wondering if our guts are sufficiently sucked in.
Otherwise let us suffer quietly. We’re trying to be manly and stoic. If you begin to describe the event, we’re going to think it sounds silly, because you’re not exaggerating our manliness sufficiently. If you call the injury on our leg a “nasty little scrape,” you’re making it that much harder to refer to it as a five-inch-long gushing gash when we recount it later.
Don’t touch our bikes. Unless we beg you to help us unclip.
If you are a female cyclist with an injured female cyclist

Honestly I have no idea. Do whatever it is you women do when you’re with each other. Like, talk about how much you miss us men. That’s what you do when we’re not around, right?

hahaha

cozen apparently he did win

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hqfWAJ2wJI

nyc 'protecting the potus':
http://www.thisisfyf.com/2010/04/happy-fucking-earth-day-hundreds-of-bikes-trashed-for-obama-visit-.html

bike bomb faq
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_bomb

probz lotsa nyc bikers with the sad face now tho

xxxxpost: shasta i hope to god that you rocked that steve cossa mustache/goatee thing

i did! there's a pic on the race log thread.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wb8bAl1P-N0/SdSxrBXGr3I/AAAAAAAAGzk/q84bBZNrnyk/s1600/fixieup.jpg