Dear Winter, I think its just not working out.

O.K winter, we need to talk. I'm sorry to have to do this but it's just not working out for me. We've had some good times together and I'm really sorry to have to do this but I have to break up with you. I assure you Winter it's not you, it's me. You've been fun at times but ultimately I think our relationship will never work out so I'm going to move on. I hope you find someone new that makes you happy. Maybe that person will think Mukluks are the best footwear on earth, or owns a Surly Pugsley. I tried to make it work, I really did. I don't particularly like Grogg, or hot toddies. Lets be honest, I'm more the Rum Punch and road bike type. Not the best fit we were, but back on track.

I think you're gonna get along just fine without me winter and I want you to know I probably won't text or write for a long while. I've got a number of things to figure out, and thanks to you about eleven tons of laundry to get through. So this is my goodbye to you winter, I wish you the best and thank you for the good times. I hope to maybe see you again next year when you come back, but feel free to keep your distance as long as you feel it's necessary for you. I'm sorry Winter and I wish you the best.

Ice a palooza!

Holy crap what a turn around here in the land of cleves! Ice sheets everywhere! But worry not my one reader, the weather will break wednesday! Keep it rubber side down, and stay out of trouble everyone!

Like Kramer....

I need to work on my entrances. Or grow my hair out, be on a sitcom, make millions then be exposed as a racist. But then again, I'm more the Stanley Spudowski type, not the Kosmo Kramer type. I just love my mop, and anymore most days my mop is one of my bikes. Honestly, been loving riding my track bike of late, it's a pure ride, the AK-47 of bikes, yes it has its faults but it always works. For a guy like me a reliable machine is key, no matter what that machine is.

First super nice day of the year, I soaked up so much sun it was out of control. 52 at 5 PM? Fuck yeah, I'll take that for a ride home! Such a turnaround from last week, I was bouncing job to job today, loving every run.

I'm gonna read the way better bike bloggers than I am, but rest assured, today was a really awesome day. See you in the heat tomorrow.

Caffeine

It's not an addiction, it's a lifestyle. And I for one intend to carry on with it. In lighter news the weather has beeen much better and I saw my first few commuters. Carry on my wayward son.

HOLY SHIT I JUST QUOTED RUSH.

sanity nao!

The search begins!

Not for anything necessary, but for the most necessary. Team Scum City needs a team cocktail, something that screams "class". I figure the tour winners get to drink Champagne so why can't the rest of us? Not that we can afford that on our budgets, but something that fits within our standards and fits our personality not this although this is the obvious choice. And for fucks sakes certainly not this. So, without team approval, I'm opening up a contest to help us out with our team drink. If you choose to undertake this endeavor and we pick your recipe we will reward you beyond your wildest dreams. If your wildest dreams include drinks at happy hour only, and only at a place where I get a discount.

It is also a distinct possibility we will pick none of yours, because we're kinda jerks like that from time to time.

Warmer weather in this fair city, although I didn't ride today at all. God bless netflix streaming and its ability to destroy a whole sunday in a flash, although I didn't watch Human Centipede, again, I did catch the second installment of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo movies which I highly recomend. Fantastic storyline, well produced and the characters are just awesome and so well developed.

I look forward to seeing more people on the road starting here in a bit. I miss commuters, and got to have some fun conversations over the years riding in.

On to news of the absurd, and I'm talking about this. My knowlege of Texas Hip Hop is really bad so I'm not gonna even venture a guess as to why this is a real product. As a guy who occasionally can't sleep from time to time it seems like a something akin to home made Ruphys so I'll just steer clear of this for possibly well.... ever.

Back on the bike, Has the time of Deep V rims come and gone yet? It seems to be the your rims nowadays are getting deeper and deeper to the point where maybe in five years all urban track bikes will just have a full disc wheel on the back and an aerospoke on the front. Another component I will be really happy to see off bikes, as I find them silly and absurd.

I hope everybody polished up their bikes for the monday commute. I know I didn't bother to. Stay out of trouble, and feel free to post comments with drink recipes. Or just give them to me at work, and hope I don't lose them. Keep it rubber side down out there!

Flat city.

Population this guy. Double flat and add in needing a new tire. Normal saturday really. Hope everyone has a good weekend!

I should be in bed, but alas the shit-show continues...

Today was Ice cold, like single digits water freezes in the air fucking cold. I almost quit my job, the only job I've ever loved, and one of the few I've ever been good at, I vividly remember standing in a shitty freight elevator shaking, and doing that thing where you touch all your fingers together to maintain motor skills. I worked through lunch, got two slices at 5 and barely could hold it together. There has to be a break in this cold snap. I can deal with 20 no problem, but 6 degrees is an issue. But since many years ago I decided to become a number, numbers can't fail I guess.

Keep it rubber side down, my one reader....

ice ice baby

Cold one here in scum city. Make sure to wear your Kenny Loggins beard. Keep it rubber side down

Stupor Bowl?

This is the first year in forever I haven't given a tenth of a rats ass about the superbowl. Most of my sundays were more importantly spent, generally failing at cross, and hanging out with my now teammates at Scum City. As I write this blog, the game is on and I'm seriously considering changing to damn near anything else. Even Syfy Channel bad, Dinocroc Vs. Megashark bad.
Onto what I was going to really write about, and that my friends is the wondrous fabric known as Smartwool. If you aren't wrapping your ass head to toe in this stuff, the awesome boat left, and sadly you weren't on it. I have been buying this stuff for about a year-ish. Not a single garment has let me down. I once wore my first next to skin shirt(which had to get retired after many many washes) for two solid weeks as a working bike messenger and if I hung it up at night it was just fine the next day. 120 hours of sweat and funk and it was no worse for the wear.
I tell people to buy this stuff every day, its by far and wide the best fabric I have ever worn. Expensive yes, but worth every damned cent. It is by far and wide the most functional fabric I have ever worn.
Also, as an aside, the term "functional" is the highest compliment I can give anything. It means you can kick its ass day in and day out and it will wake up with you and kick ass tomorrow. My "Functional" is the worlds "stellar". It might not be the most brandworthy stuff, but I assure you if I can't break it, no one can. I started the Case of Shame at my LBS, something I wear like a badge of honor to this day.
Well, I'm gonna get back to the important business at hand, that being this tall boy of PBR and some food, growing boy ya know. Stay safe out there, keep it rubber side down.

Saturday night!

Party time!

Happy Caturday to everybody, just thought I'd swing by and introduce myself here on the ol' Scum City Racing blog. For those of you playing along at home, I'm gonna be posting the occasional ramble here and there about cycling, bacon, facon(if you're so inclined) and of course the important things in life. Such as terrible made for Syfy movies. I'm a Clevo messenger by trade and a bad and by bad I mean horrible cross racer(honest to god that junior snaked my line at the end, check that 12 year old for EPO).
Most of my material will be the strange nature of riding a bike in Cleveland, sights I've come across and other bits of fun. I will do my best to never be that serious, or to bore you with anything that is too stupid. Ok, forgive the occasional Charles in Charge reference. Expect gear reviews, and beer reviews. Mostly my opinions on the frivolous things in life.
So I look forward to hearing comments about how I'm a terrible writer, racer and father. Strike that last one I haven't been on Maury Povich yet so I can't possibly be a parent.
I have a new bike build coming up, which I'm particularly stoked about so I look forward to showing you that process as it goes along. I think I might finally get the fixed gear frame I want! Shocking I know! Well that's all for now my two readers, have a good weekend and keep it rubber side down.