Monthly Archives: November 2011

Yesterday I hit up my first real back country road ride.  Timo Stark (AKA The German)  invited me out on one of his leisurely paced rides (also first ride in my Hincapie bib shorts… BOMB).  It was awesome!  He cruised along as I gave it my best.  All in all it wasn’t that bad of a ride…. untill we hit the 1000+ foot climb at the end.  I started strong and gave it hell, then slowly turned into a wimpering little girly man!!  Looking forward to fighting that climb again soon.  I ended up riding further than I every had before at about a mile and a half faster average speed than I would have if I was by myself.  This is another great example that you are only going to be as good as the people you ride with.  Moral of this long winded post… Ride hard with people that are better than you and avoid wimpering.

Art work provided by Kyle Steed

Check these guys out here. Sweet fixed gear pic’s and vid’s!  I’m really digging the GoPro/dog camera action.
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Toby’s Trail Adventure: Part I from Dirt Rag Magazine on Vimeo.

Just picked up some Power, Hincapie Bib shorts.  These suckers are amazing.  Very comfortable and keep the boys pleasantly positioned for 4+ hours of riding.  I picked them up at Blevins Bicycle Co.  Blevins Bicycle Co. is an official Hincapie dealer and will pretty much go out of their way to get you what you want.

Mash is a bad ass company out of San Francisco.  They bring magazines, photosets, and Mash TV via Vimeo to the table as well a full store of awesome products.  Check’em out!!

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Had a fun ride last night, as I’m sure you have already read about. Here are two sweet fixed gears two of the riders showed up on

If you want some legit photo viewing I highly recommend The Norse Photo.  It’s a capture of “35mm and digital photos from prollyisnotprobably.com.”  It is inspiring, makes me want to pick up a good camera and ride.

This blows me away!!  What creativity.  This is one of the primary reasons I got into cycling.  Ride, drink, create, repeat.  I love it, would love to attend next year.

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This is legit and it’s right up the road.  Mark your calenders, Ladies Army 4 April 27-29, 2012 in Lexington, KY.

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Ladies Army Promo from Mr.Do on Vimeo.

So tonight is the inaugural Bandito South Side ride and we have already had 2 near deaths, several calls to the police and one crash that destroyed a brand new light… With that said…. It’s been an AWESOME night!!!

Niner created the best stem top cap in the world!! YAWYD (you are what you drink) caps let the world know what your favorite beer is the day, week, month, etc. I have one on my Surly and always will on whatever bike I’m riding. Unfortunately Niner rarely has them in stock due to high demand. Blevins Bicycle Co. has 2 in stock that I know of. Grab’em up!!