Posted: 27 November 2007 at 21:07 | IP Logged

   Rosey, pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

we are all totally excited about the weekend and can't wait for you all to show up and help make it happen !!!

 Muddy, jesus dude, what, did you start drinking again ? that was  the biggest heap of sterno fueled logorrhea that I've ever heard, now stop , you're scaring the ladies.................

Posted: 29 November 2007 at 11:02 | IP Logged

You just had to drag me into this didn’t you?  Dam right the kit looks good!

Gotta say, this is the first time I remember a smack talk poem.  There were those riddles Witty used to pen, but Muddy’s a real Samuel Langhorne Clemens.  Where does Muddy fit in?  In a town that coined the phrase “keep Portland Weird,” he fits in nicely positioned in a trailer park nestled just outside of Wood Village.

When you’re not the target of his BS, there’s a lot to be learned.  For one, I didn’t know you could mount aero bars on a mountain bike nor did it ever occur to me that you could fund your whole CX season by picking up cans while pulling a trailer.

Posted: 29 November 2007 at 12:54 | IP Logged

Muddy...What is your technique? Dismount to grab the can?  Do you pull the right leg through or are you new skool? Or are you PRO and grab the can on the bike with a toss over the shoulder? What about glass bottles do you find the weight differentiation has helped in your training?

Posted: 29 November 2007 at 13:09 | IP Logged

I leave the aerobars on the mtn bike all the time. It has a kid trailer hooked up for the days I pick up cans. I have my motobecane for cross and a newer Fuji I got at Performance at mall 205 -across from hooters. I know you all think it's funny but seriously, it's covered entry fees and some gas $ too. No bar ends. I fixed the trailer up with tarp and ducttape to not leak can juice all over. I keep a floor pump with me too and have helped a few roadies out who are under the mistaken impression that a mini-pump is cool. I tell ya, since starting cross and spending way to much time on the internet more bro's have given me the nod or the wave on the springwater. It used to be that all these snotty jackholes on ti serottas and such would say stupid $hit then flat and choke on thier words when I busted out my 30-yr old Silca floor pump. Tools. I just get off the bike, use my bbq tongs  to get the cans and get back on the bike. I have all friggin day, why pull a hami for a Dr. Pepper? IT started with glass because I needed to conquer the bottle. I neede to not be afraid that I'd sneak one so I practiced on empties of wild turkey by dumping them out instead of making a homeless martini. THen I was standin tehre with an empty and I couldnt bear to toss it back into the bushes.

I'm workin on my flag for the race. If I can figure out how to post a picture I'll put it up on my blog. Only 2 more days till VH!

Posted: 29 November 2007 at 14:23 | IP Logged

bhoyer wrote: coylifut wrote: Dam right the kit looks good! Certainly better than the <cough> zebra stripes.

yeah, all the guys were making fun of me while their wives were slipping me their cell numbers.  Rod Stewart may be ugly, but he does get some top flight stuff.