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Vintage Raleigh Cycling Poster …more here

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:11:58 -0500

Vintage Raleigh Cycling Poster

…more here

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Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:05:00 -0500

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Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:49:00 -0500

corley: The Darling Mermaid Darlings

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:15:00 -0500

corley:

The Darling Mermaid Darlings

bigringriding: MASSIVE BRONER FOR HENRI VAN LERBERGHE, THE...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:09:52 -0500

bigringriding:

MASSIVE BRONER FOR HENRI VAN LERBERGHE, THE ‘DEATHRIDER OF LICHTERVELDE’, RIGHT NOW.

HE TURNED UP ON THE START LINE OF THE 1919 TOUR OF FLANDERS STRAIGHT FROM THE TRENCHES WITHOUT A BIKE. HE BORROWED ONE, ATTACKED THE FAVOURITE JULES VANHEVEL IN FRONT OF HIS OWN HOUSE, AND STOPPED IN SIGHT OF THE VELODROME FOR A COUPLE OF BEERS BEFORE THE FINISH.

HE STILL FINISHED 14 MINUTES UP ON THE FIELD, DESPITE BEING SO WASTED HE HAD TO COMPLETE HIS LAP OF HONOUR ON FOOT.

INCIDENTALLY, HE WAS ALSO KNOWN AS ‘RITTE’ - AND WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR A CERTAIN KICKASS BIKE BRAND.

From Wikipedia: “Van Lerberghe was nicknamed “The deathrider from Lichtervelde”, because at the start of most races he would tell his opponents he would ride them to death.”

That’s cred.

Alberto Contador Fingerbanging Mt. Etna “In the background I’d...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:59:16 -0500

Alberto Contador Fingerbanging Mt. Etna

“In the background I’d paint Mt. Etna, its cinder cone spewing lava and ash. In the foreground would be Contador himself, resplendent in the maglia rosa, making his signature salute as lava and ash also erupt from his index finger. Beneath his feet would be the blackened lava fields, representing the manner in which he laid waste to his competition, and in the sky there would be little cherubic steaks with wings representing the controversy that still dogs him.”

http://bicycling.com/blogs/thisjustin/2011/05/15/giro-ditalia-stage-9-what-is-that-velvet/

Apropos

This is the only American football I care about.

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:31 -0500

This is the only American football I care about.

nervousacid: The Jealous Sound are not the type of band that...

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:56:31 -0500

nervousacid:

The Jealous Sound are not the type of band that get Best New Musics or ubiquitous thinkpiece subjectification, which is to say that when their new album, A Gentle Reminder, comes out today, chances are you will not have heard about it unless you’ve already been paying careful attention. These are the records that are hardest to write about because they’re not instantly polarizing — like that other record that’s coming out today — or even particularly heady; it’s music with the potential to make you feel inarticulate. But thinking about this record makes me think about this thing Joan Didion wrote about lifting the unfussy title to George Orwell’s “Why I Write” for an essay of her own: “I stole the title not only because the words sounded right but because they seemed to sum up, in a no-nonsense way, all I have to tell you.”

There’s a modest refrain in this song where Blair Shehan sings, “I can’t do this on my own,” and it’s just inexplicably affecting. Like so many of the songs on this record, “Change You” sums up in a no-nonsense way all he has to tell us. Shehan thrives in such unembellished sentiment — he, virtuoso of the downstroke pick and palm-muted guitar riff — but not without leaving behind the dismal premonition that so many of the records that will quite possibly go on to eclipse this one are teeming with the kind of nonsense this album plainly rejects. This is the kind of record that changes lives, unbeknownst to everyone.

I wanted to listen to the entire record before I rebloged this, but I as soon as I finished reading this, I was sure it would be the truest record review I’d read this year.

It was a couple of years ago when I last saw The Jealous Sound. They were supporting SDRE on their reunion tour, and, after their set was over, it was obvious that Sunny Day could only disappoint. I think that says a lot.

uphillshift: inrng: It wasn’t just the riders who faced steep...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:33:26 -0500

uphillshift:

inrng:

It wasn’t just the riders who faced steep slopes and mud at cyclocross worlds. Here one of the spectators tries to get into position after a beer or three.

spotted via twitter’s @Mattbrammeier85

The best part comes at about half way through.

They’ve got some crazy run-ups at CX Worlds.

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Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:40:11 -0500

Juliet ”My First Hardcore Song” This is the best...

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:06:00 -0500

Juliet ”My First Hardcore Song”

This is the best case for having children I’ve ever seen. Oh, and the breakdown!!

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Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:44:04 -0500

fuckyesoldhollywood: Carole Lombard A woman who lived more in...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:46:46 -0500

fuckyesoldhollywood:

Carole Lombard

A woman who lived more in her 33 years than most people do in a lifetime :) Rest In Peace, lovely lady. You’re an inspiration to me.

Cumberbatch & Tennant Filed under: If I were gay…

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:04:00 -0500

Cumberbatch & Tennant

Filed under: If I were gay…

Dixville Notch

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:59:02 -0500

The voter to cast a ballot first, selected from names on slips of paper in a bowl, was Jacques Couture, who worked in maintenance at The Balsams.

When his name was announced, Couture looked startled as the flashes popped in his face and the reporters shouted questions.

“Jacques, Jacques, do you consider it an honor?”

“Is it scary?”

“Jacques, why do you consider it an honor?”

“Is that Couture like fashion?”

“Yes,” Couture replied. “It is an honor.”

Victor Villarreal ”Enters” FACT: Anyone who has ever...

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:04:58 -0500

Victor Villarreal ”Enters”

FACT: Anyone who has ever been in Joan of Arc is too good for words.

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Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:00:05 -0500

nevver: Let’s chase the dragon, Tom Waits

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 08:53:14 -0500

nevver:

Let’s chase the dragon, Tom Waits

I ride by Hitch’s apartment building on the way to work...

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:47:00 -0500

I ride by Hitch’s apartment building on the way to work every day. Today I left this for the departed. - Imgur

Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011 Devastating.

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:53:43 -0500

Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011

Devastating.