Halloween Race Costume Ideas Oct16

Halloween Race Costu...

It’s just a week and a half until the Cross Crusade Halloween Race in Astoria, and our reader (singular) is interested in costume ideas. As an avowed nudist who considers “pants” and “shoes” part of a “costume” that “the man” makes me wear every day, I’m not sure that...

One Hour Rides: Newberry to Germantown

It would be awesome if every ride we posted was an all day affair, complete with rolling hills and epic views and a picnic of champagne and strawberries, finished off with a sunset hot air balloon ride piloted by Frenchman named Francois, who spends an hour explaining the intricacies of hot air balloon operation, but in French, so we can’t understand him. Unfortunately, we don’t have an hour to learn about hot air balloons, Francois. It’s getting cold and dark these days. I’ve barely got an hour to ride, before I have to get home and tend to my drunkness. So here is a ride that, while not classy, is fast and fun and tiring. Start at the NE Blend coffee shop, with your fingers tightly gripping a cup off coffee. In...

Vendetta

It’s no secret that I like to get drunk. I once read that a glass of red wine each night reduces the risk of heart disease, so I’ve always assumed that larger doses and greater alcohol content could cure all kinds of ailments, including conversational awkwardness, an inability to tell interesting stories, and a...

The Secret Cyclocros...

People don’t like to share their training rides, because everyone wants to be the pioneer who casually drops knowledge of the most awesomest thing ever. It’s always been that way. Hip bands. Rock climbing. Unusual sex positions. They like to act smug and say “Oh, you’ve never been to this club/bolted...

Easton EC90 Aero Carbon Tubular Wheelset Oct14

Easton EC90 Aero Car...

I’ve got to get something off my chest. I’ve never ridden these wheels, these wheels I’m about to review. I have no experience with them, other than looking at them on other peoples bikes. I know a lot of review sites would frown upon reviewing a product they’ve never used. They’d throw around all...

Cross Crusade #2: Wi...

I had heard that the Wilsonville race was going to be at an abandoned mental institution now haunted by the ghosts of Ken Keasey, Abraham Lincoln, and the guy that played the crazy doctor in Canonball Run. And that the course would route us through the sanitarium, across an ancient Indian burial ground, through a spirit cave,...

Pho Green Papaya

402 SE M L King Blvd Portland, OR 97214 (503) 231-1431 Pho, in all of its soupy splendor, is all I ever really want to eat in the Winter. Maybe not every day, but at least five times a week. I hang my head over the bowl and let my glasses fog up and I make it spicy that I flop sweat like Richard Nixon during the debates...

Make Me a Cyclocross Champion: Training Diary Part 2 Oct10

Make Me a Cyclocross...

Preface: This is Part Two of a Two Part Training Journal that Cait and Dawn are working on for their own zine. This was borrowed – Ok, fine… it was STOLEN – with their permission. I wanted to call it She Said/She Said, but Cait made fun of me. You should buy it when it comes out. Printed on real paper....

Make Me a Cyclocross Champion: Training Diary Part 1 Oct09

Make Me a Cyclocross...

Preface: This is Part One of a Two Part Training Journal that Cait and Dawn are working on for their own zine. This was borrowed – Ok, fine… it was STOLEN – with their permission. I wanted to call it “She Said/She Said”, but Cait made fun of me. You should buy it when it comes out. Printed on real...

Cross Crusade #1: Al...

This race report will follow the format of the last few weeks, barely addressing the topic at hand (ie: the Alpenrose race) and instead focusing on the issues that matter to the American people: hunting wolves from helicopters and the coming econ-apocalypse! I insist on bringing this up (again) because at Alpenrose this weekend...

Dutch Canyon –...


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