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Beginning tomorrow I will be moving my blog to ProllyisnotProbably.com permanently. All my old posts will remain here, but new information will be updated on ProllyisnotProbably.com daily. Please update all your RSS readers and bookmarks and feel free to post this image to get the word out. Also expect a HUGE update first thing in the morning. You don't want to miss it!

HIPSTER FIGHT!

Friday night was a blast. The Tom and Tony show rolled into town around 11pm or so. I had been sleeping on the couch since 8pm, so by the time they showed up, I was well rested. We rode all over Midtown and by the time we headed back to Brooklyn, the entire neighborhood was drunk. These two started arguing and eventually the guy in black bitch-slapped the dude in the khaki jacket. Chaos ensued. Sort of. Look closely for Steve's thrown banana...

Guys Who Cut Their Own Hair

At Interbike, Stevil from How to Avoid the Bummer Life pulled me aside, stuck a knife to my throat and told me if I screamed he'd give me a "smiley, from ear, to ear". Once I calmed down and got over the intial shock, I listed carefully. He proposed that I post on his "all things track bike and ADD internet blog" he was working on with Swobo. He then told me that Julie, Kevin from Cog Mag and Stevil from Swobo would be posting as well. After I realized he wasn't going to buck fifty me. I agreed! The blog, entitled "Guys Who Cut Their Own Hair" is launching later today! Go ahead and add us to your RSS readers!

If you haven't been to this... [NSFW]

You should go...

Change

We were at DQM this weekend when they were filming this.

Well Said

You are Here (the Town)

Stevil of How to Avoid the Bummer Life fame has a gallery opening at Invisible this Thursday. I ran into him today on my lunch break and we discussed a few things, one of which is the sacrificing of bicycle parts to Satan. Not Stan, SATAN. Make sure you get over to his opening as they'll have wine, cheese and crackers for you to dine on. The exhibition will be on view from October 16th – November 15th 2008 with a opening reception held on Thursday, October 16th 2008 from 7pm-9pm

Invisible NYC 148 Orchard Street NYC 10002 212.228.1358 www.invisiblenyc.com

Azonic Zero

This is the nuttiest shit I've ever seen. Well, this weekend anyway. The Azonic 0 stem looks like Bender from Futurama. Via Gooooove08's Flickr.

Interbike 2000Hate

So it's taken me a few days to write up a post-Interbike report. I can assure you that I have legit reasons. After landing in Vegas and my sinuses and nasal passageway adjusted to the zero humidity, we headed to the one thing that would refuel our savage appetites, an In and Out burger. We then went to Home Depot and got all the materials for the Affinity Cycles booth. Initially I had drafted up a balloon-framed wall and a nice bench and display podium but after we found out about all the unions that have Vegas conventions on lock down, we had to redesign it a bit. It seems that if anyone wants to set up a booth, they have to pay Unions up to $2,000 to bring it in! We found a loop hole around that and quickly reassessed our booth. After 4 hours in Home Depot, we had a good redesign. Instead of framing a wall, we'd use scabbed-together hollow core doors and we'd rip down and cut all the lumber needed for a bench. Rather than building a platform, we'd use adhesive linoleum tile flipped upside down and adhered to the floor with carpet tape. The adhesive backing would serve as a means for attaching our graphics to the floor. The rest of the graphics were wheat-pasted into place. We stayed at the convention center until 2am that night, wheat-pasting and building the booth. When Interbike opened on Wednesday morning, we were ready to roll. I'm not sure how many of you have been there before or worked a booth at the show, but it's grueling; giving the same dog and pony show each time an interested person walks up to a bike and asks the same question. Affinity released two new models at Interbike; the Kissena, their aluminum track frame and the XS Low Pro, a 47cm Pursuit. Both of these bikes, along with their Uptown Girl Road frame the the Medium Low Pro were huge hits. Even though we were in the BMX section of the show, we still got a ton of feedback and visitors, as well as a ton of new distributors. I met a ton of really awesome people the first day, including Stevil Kineval of How to Avoid the Bummer Life fame. We discussed plans for world domination via the potential for yet another digital wormhole. Coincidently, I bumped into Steve at the Surly booth, where weeks prior, the Surly rep had promised me beer in exchange for breaking one of their frames. Well, the beer didn't happen, but it was nice bumping into Steve. I also saw the Urban Velo guys there and rapped with the Profile dudes and Drew from Ben's Cycle about a uber-super top secret project. It was also great talking to the BMX dudes who swung by. I continued to browse through the unobtainable bike pr0n for the remainder of the day. We also got to see the world premier of Macaframa, an SF-based track bike video. The premier went well and the time we spent in the parking lot of front of the UNLV student center was the most fun I had on the entire trip. While all this was going on, the Affinity guys were getting into trouble. The next morning wasn't so glamorous. I also had the wonderful experience of joining 40+ brakeless idiots in a drag race down the strip for the MASH race. I think I came in about 8th or so after getting separated from the pack by a skiddish rider... So it was our last day in Vegas and we were all beat. Our room was a mess, our bodies ached and my wallet was empty. Perfect timing to return back home. The last morning in Vegas...

Planet Earth R.I.P.

If the Earth implodes tonight at 3am, it was nice knowing you guys. So some mad scientists have tried to emulate the big bang with a machine known as the Hadron Collider. I'm not too sure how the Collider works, but some scientists fear that it will create a mini Black Hole. Otto Rössler of the University of Tübingen is suing CERN, the company who is testing the Collider, with the European Court of Human Rights. Otto says such a catastrophy would violate the right to life of European citizens and pose a threat to the rule of law. Sounds a lot like the Event Horizon. This isn't the first time Sci-fi flicks have predicted the future of technology and given our current scenario, this may be the last! Dr. Weirr, where are you!?!?

Beside Myself...

Epitome of...

Do you even have a USCF license? Have you ever raced on a velodrome? Did you ride bikes before track bikes? I wish your pretentious, hypocrite attitude would disappear.

RIP Surly Street Stomper...

Did a 180 tonight and felt a pop. Did another one and felt the bike go "limp". Got off to examine the frame. Nothing visibly wrong with it. Stepped on the non-driveside pedal and SNAP. It snapped.

Insight / Dopamine

Australian brand Insight has created a new campaign entitled dopamine. These two images are strikingly beautiful...

Do they come in 700c?

Pretty clever commercial. If only it were true!

Brooklyn Blitz Alleycat

Wow, this looks like a TON of fun! Click image for full-size.

So, you wanna be a keiran racer?

Life of pupil 6:30 Rising 6:45 Roll call 6:50 ~7: 10 Training 7:10 ~7: 40 Cleaning 7:40 ~8: 10 Breakfast 9:00 Lesson alignment Monday (in case of holiday, the next day), morning gratitude is executed 9:05 ~9: 50 1st time limit 9:55 ~10: 40 2nd time limit Executing training mainly 10:45 ~11: 30 3rd time limit (Saturday 9: 00~12: To execute training in 20, in the afternoon free time) 11:30 ~12: 30 Lunch Time of lunch 11: 30~12: It makes 10. 12:40 Lesson alignment (Saturday 12: 20~13: 00, Sunday 12: 00~13: It makes 00) (12: 30~12: Time of 40 is training setup time) 12:40 ~13: 25 4th time limit 13:30 ~14: 15 5th time limit Executing subject class mainly 14:25 ~15: 10 6th time limit 15:20 ~16: 05 7th time limit 16:15 ~17: 00 8th time limit Executing training mainly 17:30 ~19: 10 Bath time Permission is needed for the bath time other than designated time 17:45 ~18: 45 Dinner 19:15 ~19: 45 Self study 19:50 Roll call Saturday Sunday and holiday makes free time 22:00 Going out Use of television (Weekday) 7:45 ~ 8:50.11: 30~12: 30.17: 00~19: 15.19: 45~21: 55 (Saturday) 7:45 ~ 8:50.12: 00~21: 55 (Sunday) 7:45 ~21: 55 Use of telephone (Dispatching) Only public telephone. Use failure other than free time. Nighttime, 21: It makes up to 45. (Reception) Agency telephone. 20: 00~20: Only between 55 acceptance. Going out Sunday the 8:30 ~17: 30 [not ] * Drinking smoking. * Use of violence. * No permission loan. * Every betting, and its similar behavior. * Buying and selling and exchanging the goods. * Loan of money. * No permission going out and staying out. * Be late in returning school time. * Bringing and using the campus use prohibition item. (The portable telephone, in addition the communication equipment is included) * No permission interview. * No permission defect section. * Scribbling, and pasting paper. * The private use in the going to hospital intended going out middle. (Meal and shopping) * Food and drink (raw ones) bringing.

You Did What?

This is the best picture ever.

Machine Head

These photographs by T. Sobajima of Japanese-architect Norisada Maeda's newest built work are strikingly beautiful. By keeping the space open, the experience of the inhabitant is drawn less to the noisy field of connections at the metal panels. I typically don't enjoy seeing very pronounced hardware, but this is an exception!

The Only Internet Comic

that I have ever laughed at...