Death awaits you all!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for all the feedback the other day on the bike media biz. I guess I shoulda got a degree in Public Relations instead of Art Education and Inebriation. I’ve never been good at asking for shit. I prefer working for it myself and never having to ask for help, although I enjoyed my stint with Ellsworth’s Team Twentyfour when someone else asked for shit and all I had to do was ride. I know how to ride.
Sorry to go back on a Viking tangent yesterday. I felt the need to spin a yarn.
So what now? I got my big fat Rampage 29′er tire from Mike C. the other day. I mounted one up on my Bontrager wheel (all I got for now) just to see how it would look. Not bad, but still dwarfed in width and height by my old 2.5 Diesel. What did I expect? Alright, here’s where I get half-assed. I weighed the wheels on my bathroom scale.
26″ Industry Nine wheel with a 819 rim, Conti 2.5 Diesel, 8″ rotor, bolt on QR, and some leftover Stan’s goop
4.8 pounds
29″ Bontrager wheel (Rig take-offs), Bonty QR, Rampage, 6″ rotor, and a 2.1-2.5 26″ tube
4.8 pounds
What did I prove? Take into consideration all the variables of my weigh-in on a shitty bathroom scale (the scale is shitty, not the bathroom), probably nothing. In my mind though I see that I can run one of the fattest 29′er tires and not even notice a weight change. When I get my I-9 wheels things will only get better. I mounted the wheel on my Dean just so I could peer over my “enhanced” front end, and it looks pretty monster-trucky. I want to run things over NOW.
“Beware world, for death awaits you all with big nasty round rubber things.”
New bike gonna be the Monster Truck Meatplow?
Team Dicky is not a hero. Do not worship him. He is a false prophet. I’ve seen toddlers ride harder than he does. If you really need a hero, seek out the wonderboy. I have seen his mad skillz in action. He is smooth like the butter on your breakfast toast.
JESUS, Josh (sorry, I meant JESUS) why don’t you put that polo shirt on and start WALKING copy jobs all over the city like a good Cutomer Service Representative?
By the way, The Wonderboy rides less like butter on breakfast toast, and more like a crunchy peanut butter coated turd.
Wonderboy, that was funny.
TD, can you go back to spinning yarns please?
Not sure what’s funnier - your blog or the comments. You’ve even got divinity as a readership, impressive.
Don’t you already have a 29er fork on the meatplow? Sounds like you have a 69er there - take it out for a spin and report back. Toe overlap??
I am soooo sorry but I can’t resist.
This is how I pictured the TR this year, you can decide who is in the back
http://www.e-designme.com/TFLGallery/TFLRide/full_2365.htm
DaveH, I did a big wheel on the bike over a year ago. Way too slack with the 29″ up front, but I could feel some benefits. My wife has plans for me this weekend, but if I still don’t have my new frame I might have to try a 69 again the next week.
blasphemy of thy wonderboy is prohibited. lest I, THE JESUS, condemn you to a life of incontinence( of the #2 variety)
there’s a reason he’s called The Wonder BOY.
Although Josh has man-breasts, so he could be the one up front in the pic.
Check out THE Bicycle Jesus curtiousy Dead Baby Bike club
http://www.deadbabybikes.org/bjjump.htm
and
http://www.fortunecity.com/olympia/cobb/117/bj.htm
and
http://www.seattleweekly.com/arts/blogs/postalley/2006/08/pedal_to_the_metal.php
and
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=72916401
steeped in messenger culture out here in Seattle
Get yer 29nr up and humping!!!! I wanta know how she feels hitting the earth!
For the love of moses, it’ll be winter soon!
I din’t want to do this but I am left with no alternative. All teamdickyites are guilty of worshiping a false idol. Henceforth I punish you to a life of lackluster riding ability and less than satisfying bowel movements. In retrospect I guess free will wasn’t such a good idea. My bad. There is always hope for those who repent, and accept wonderboy as your own personal jesus. I am a forgiving diety, and I’m sure the wonderboy is as well.
p.s. I’m not a white guy, so stop making me look like one. It pisses me off.
dicky, ‘My wife has plans for me this weekend,… I might have to try a 69 again the next week.’
That’s FAR, FAR too much info buddy.