$17,000 – full cross gear – best Ebay post ever

Posted on December 15, 2009
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Check it below the cut if interested.  It’s funny but lost it’s appeal to me now.

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Santacon / Santarchy 2009

Posted on December 13, 2009
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http://santarchy.com/

FULL GALLERY HERE

Photo of Jon by Rogelio

Every year, in cities around the world, Santarchy happens.  In Seattle, this means 600+ Santas get together at the Elysian Brewery around noon, and begin what inevitably becomes one of the best (and arguably embarassing) bar crawls in Seattle.

This year was no exception.

I, like 600+ others broke out our santa outfits and proceeded to make a mess.  This year though, I had a sleigh and brought my trusty steed Donner with me.  We were well received.  =)

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This picture and all other pictures watermarked as 2009 Espressobuzz has been reposted with permissions from the man himself. Thanks Hank.

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This image - and all other images watermarked as Copyright 2009 Todd Gardiner have been shamefully salvaged from my browser cache and hosted on my servers so as not to steal bandwidth. I have asked permission to use these but haven't heard back yet. These wonderful pictures were taken by Todd. Thank you in advance Todd.

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Chase riding "Donner" on frozen Cal Anderson pond.

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There were a lot of santas.  Chase (above).

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aaaand of course our obligatory sexy/slutty santas

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Santas at Cal Anderson for the second annual Santalympics - which included such activites as elf tossing.

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"I am TIRED of being considered a second rate holiday!" Cried Easter Bunny Santa. When asked he said "Yeah... it's just a temp gig to get me through April - hey do you want to buy some weed?" Good luck Easter Bunny Santa. I guess the economy has hit us all pretty hard.

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Raiding Dicks

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Reindeer Cam

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Ninja Santa

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Asshole Santa - wadda prick

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Like my Santa-Head beer coozy?

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Photo by Langston. Thanks Langston. I was having a terrible time. Kid, meet candy store!

From the Santarchy invitational:

Saturday, December 12 – Santa Comes to Town!
Route map: http://tinyurl.com/yhey3bj

Noon – 1:00 p.m. – Elysian Brewing Company
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. – Comet Tavern
2:45 – 4:00 p.m. – Cal-Anderson Park Santalympics
4:00 – 5:30 p.m. – Cafe Metropolitan
5:30 – 5:45 p.m. – Denny Way Overpass Banner hanging
5:45 – 6:00 p.m. – REI Renegade X-Mas Decorating and Naughty Carol Singing
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. – Hurricane Cafe Dinner and Drinks
8:30 – 9:00 p.m. – Pass through Belltown (Buddha Bar, Shortys, Whiskey Bar, etc)
9:00 p.m. – NITELITE Tradition!!
11:30 – till Santa falls down – Neighbors (no cover)
or Rebar (no cover)

Because of the anticipated size of this event, Santa encourages Santa to be kind to bar staff and if it takes too long to get a beer, go on to the next stop or find another bar along the way! This is a Santa Rampage! Take over the City!

Print yourself a copy of the Carol Book so you can join in with the naughty carol singing!! Found here:
http://santarchy.com/other/santacon-carol-book.pdf

Ho Ho Ho!!!

What is Santacon?
For those new Santas, what you need to know is this. Santa can’t do what Santa needs to do the night of Dec. 24th without some recon work. So Santa checks out who’s been naughty in cities all over the world in the month of December… and sometimes in July. So we suit up and go on a merry adventure drinking as much as we can and spreading jolly cheer. All you need is a pair of good walking shoes, a Santa outfit and the location of where and when to show up and you’re good to go!
Basically its about the funnest thing you could possibly do with your time so don’t even think about not showing up.

The 4 F*cks of Santacon:
1. Santa does not f*ck with kids
2. Santa does not f*ck with police
3. Santa does not f*ck with security
4. Santa does not f*ck with Santa

Other conventions of Santacon:
- Follow Santa
- No Santa Left Behind! Keep track of your Santa friends.
- Don’t wash the suit! Your Disgusting Santa suit is a badge of honor.
Wear it proudly.
- Bars can be crowded. Its best to carry a backup plan.
- Follow Santa

What are the answers to these stupid questions?

Q: Who are you?
A: SANTA!
A: ELVIS!

Q: Where are you from?
A: North of here a bit…
A: The North Pole!

Q: Why are you dressed like that?
A: Red and White is the new Black and Denim
A: To spread the good word of Santa & Socialism

Q: What are you doing here?
A: Mrs. Claus kicked me out.
A: You’re not my mother!
A: Looking for some hot elf action.
A: What are YOU doing here?
A: My sleigh broke down.
A: Trying to steal change from Unicef DING DING DING!

Santa’s Little Workshop:
Santacon is a great time for Santa to try out new toys, so whether you’ve got Naughty and Nice Stickers, Spray Snow, Naughty Cristmas Carols, Stuffed Animal flasks, GIANT candy canes, A Beer hat with candy cane striped straws, New Santa outfits… Santacon is the place to try all that stuff out. Santa loves creativity. If you don’t do any of that… don’t worry you can always drink.

WHERE IS SANTA GOING?
The route has been determined!
http://tinyurl.com/yhey3bj

Ok… I’m IN… where do I get a suit?
Last minute Santas have been known to find suits at Party City. Costume shops should carry them seasonally. Santa has heard rumors Santa suits can be found at Value Village. Yucky Santas can find them at Walmart so I’m told… and Santa can also GOOGLE for santa suit and find many other options. Santa especially likes the Mrs. Claus outfits at Trashy.com

THE DREADED DEATH-MARCH
This year, Santa wants to forewarn Santa that there will be a WEE-BIT of a death-march somewhere around 6 and 6:30 p.m. SANTA – PLEASE PLAN APPROPRIATELY. You know what that means.
You don’t know what this means?
Death-March means no booze stops for a period of time. Santa, being the lush he is, can figure out how to plan appropriately. Ho Ho HO!

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SANTA WANTS TO HELP!

SANTALYMPICS!!!
Santa has some ideas for reindeer games in the park – But Santa needs props and Santa Leads to make these games happen!

- Tug o War – A rope, thick and long – You got one? Santa needs it!
- Three Legged Capture the Flag – Lots of Leg ties, flag and pole to attach flag
- Dizzy Santa Race – Bats for Santa to twirl his head around

Santa needs more ideas for the Santalympics!

DENNY WAY OVERPASS – BANNER HANGING
Santa will be marching over I-5 on Denny Way and would love to have a banner or a few hung on the overpass for all of Seattle to see! Santa, Elves, Reindeer! We need YOU!

RENEGADE X-MAS DECORATING!!!
We will be making a stop (to be disclosed with route map) to do renegade holiday decorating of trees and bushes! Bring some garland, ornaments, bells, etc. to help create a holiday wonderland!

HELPFUL SANTA SUMMARY:
- Santa needs help with Santalympics – be a Santa Lead, to suggest more games, and/or to bring props!
- Santa needs a Banner or a Few!
- Santa needs YOU!

SANTA HO!!!

Onward.

Shit. Didn’t realize Pugsleys will also pull 29er duty…

Posted on December 11, 2009
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Aaand the frame is only about $15 more than a Fisticuff.

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?168605-Dual-purpose-Surly-Pugsley

Stolen without permission from bikeforums.net Sorry guys. This is the Pugsley with 29er Big Apples.

Stolen without permission from bikeforums.net Sorry guys. This is the Pugsley with 4" wide endomorphs.

/le sigh

Onward.

Surly Pacer – recent incarnation

Posted on December 8, 2009
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So the Pacer’s gone through a lot of incarnations, but I’m super happy with the last, having replaced the 48cm Nitto Noodle Bars which were giving me tendonitis with a set of Richie bars, shellac’ing white cork tape, putting a top tube pad on (already dented the top tube) and slapping a pair of 700c x 28 Vittoria Randonneurs on there for the winter. Thing is smooth smooth smooth to ride – ask anyone.

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Check out the below for it’s other incarnations.

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Onward.

2010 Men of .83 Calendar!

Posted on December 8, 2009
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Turns out, Molly isn’t doing a bike-girl calendar this year, so Miles decided to do a bike-boy calendar sorta at the last minute.  It’s not really to raise money – more of a, this seems like it’d be a hoot.  So we all went to Henry’s on Saturday and between Henry and Sean Sweeney, we spent the day trying to do all the shots in one day.  We got close, but there are a couple more that need taking.  The event itself was hilarious.  12 boys running around in Henry’s loft in their underwear, with bikes.  I’m not saying it was gay or anything…

Photo by Sean Sweeney

Calendars are being sold for $10 if you pre-order.  Go click on the above thingy and pay your dues.  Here are a few more out-takes of the shoot.  ZOMG what a mess.

Photo by Eric Bott - aka "The Beard"

Photo by Henry Rose

Photo by Henry Rose

Photo by Eric Bott - aka "The Beard"

Photo by Eric Bott - aka "The Beard"

Photo by Eric Bott - aka "The Beard"

Photo by Eric Bott - aka "The Beard"

Photo by Eric Bott - aka "The Beard"

Photo by Eric Bott - aka "The Beard"

GO PRE-ORDER YOUR CALENDAR NOW

Onward

BRRRRR

Posted on December 7, 2009
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Holy freakin crap, 22 degrees on the ride into work this morning!

ZOMG
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ZOMG

Brrrr!

Karate Monkey – Ready for ice!

Posted on December 5, 2009
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Told you I’d be back.

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Oh, and who’s this?  This is Chase.  He’s a heck of a guy.  And I thought this post needed one more stud.

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Herro bad motherfucker, how are you today?

Posted on December 3, 2009
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Nokian Gazza Extreme 294 - 29er x 2.1 inch - jesus rolling these things on my Karate Monkey is like laying down tank track.

Nokian Gazza Extreme 294 - 29er x 2.1 inch - jesus rolling these things on my Karate Monkey is like laying down tank track.

Last winter I had the Long Haul Trucker with 26 inch wheels.  When it snowed, we all ordered studded tires – and then UPS got stuck in the ice and snow.  Once it melted, we got our tires.  Of course by then, we didn’t need them.  Well, I sold the Long Haul Trucker and now I have the Karate Monkey with it’s FAR larger 29er wheels.  The thing is, there’s only one company making studded 29er tires – Nokian.  I have no idea why only one company is making one brand of studded 29er tire, seems silly to me but this is the reality.  So I splurged and got them before the snow and ice hit this year.  Crazy, I know!  This of course guarantees we won’t see snow and ice for another 7 years in Seattle.  Whatever, it’s a price I’m willing to pay.

Nokian recommends you put about 30~ miles on pavement to fully seat the studs before using full time.  So on tonights .83 ride, it’s on.  I’m sure these things are heavenly in snow and ice – but on pavement, these things are going to kick my ass.  I forsee a slow painful ride tonight.

Onward!

Update: Okay, you know what, it wasn’t that bad.  Kept up with the ride just fine, many times leading it.  Loud as hell and pretty heavy, thing is once you get them rotating, watch out!  First 200 meters or so my tires would throw little sparks – kinda cool – carbide studs are gnarly.  Sean borrowed my bike at Westlake Center and ate it on the bricks eventually in a spectacular wash of sparks, reinforcing the cautionary tales I’d already heard about riding them on hard surface – gotta be careful cornering.  But I was fine.  I’m a fan of learning from other peoples mistakes, lol.  I rode it again last night on the monthly Dead Baby ride all the way to Georgetown.  It’s a fun bike.  I’ll post pictures in my next post.

Cyclist banned from riding bikes for 15 years

Posted on December 1, 2009
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What the hell…

Christoper Felix Hahn, a student at the theater science in Gießen located in Germany was just banned from cycling for 15 years, which also includes riding a skateboard or any other unlicensed vehicle. So you might wonder what this young man did to have such a harsh punishment, well he was caught riding his bike drunk. It is a crime in the United States and throughout the world to ride a bike drunk, but being banned from riding a bike for 15 years is extreme. After leaving a party early in the mourning in June 2008, he was confronted by local police who administered a breathalyzer, and he was three times the legal limit (Hahn’s blood alcohol level was 0.171%, the legal limit in Germany is 0.05%). He then paid a $700 fine, and had to wait for his record to clear before receiving a drivers license, but he thought the ordeal was over.

Christopher received a letter that he must submit a medical and psychological examination, but since he knew he could not receive a drivers license the letter was ignored, plus the steep €500 was a bit out of reach for a student. Due to no action on the letter he received, he was then forbid from using any license free vehicle on the streets, which includes any type of bike. The has to be served for a mandatory of 15 years before lifted. Pretty harsh, it goes to show how strict other parts of the world are.

http://bikereviews.com/2009/11/student-biking-drunk-banned-cycling-15-years/#comments

Faaaaaaaaak.  Truth is I’m looking for independent confirmation of this story, since it sites no reference at all.  Stay tuned.

Edit: These guys have the same story almost word for word, but also the same lack of reference links.  So much for jounalistic integrity, eh guys?

Onward

Bike Sabbath – Kuboda Gardens

Posted on November 30, 2009
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we rides teh bieks to Kuboda Gardens - picture from Greg

we rides teh bieks to Kuboda Gardens - picture from Greg

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