hey - do you like cool bikes? i mean, really cool bikes? well - this has to be - hands down - the coolest bike i have ever seen. anyone got an extra $4000 i can borrow indefinitely?

shagganappi cyclocross race

what a great venue for a 'cross race. i hope that we will have another event here in the future. here are a few pics from the day...vinni and myself had a good time wandering the course taunting the racers with beers and generally acting like dumbasses. the organizers of the event did a great job on the details...chili...a warm fire pit...big fat salted pretzels...and plenty of cold Sleeman.

the pics below are of hopping, bidniak, cummings, vinci, and shearer - in that order.

hi-lites of my road trip in brief...

- med hat, regina, brandon, winnipeg, saskatoon
- in that order
- 3200+kms in five days
- 17 store visits
- 7 timmy ho's stops
- 6 burgers injested
- 5 double doubles
- sunshine the whole way
- no pictures of "big stuff"
- max speed 190kph!
- 3 pubs visited
- 1 cousin and family mooched off of
- no speeding tix
- total - $666

Stony Squaw - Banff

with the prospect of sunshine, warmer temperatures and childcare coming together on sunday, a crew of us headed out to Banff to ride the popular trail. good call. the weather was great and it felt good/bad to be riding again after such a long break from road or xc riding. this is a true, classic, old school, tough trail. very hard and technical up - paired with equally challenging and fast down. Love It! Anyway - hopefully Pete will post a few pics from the day soon on his site.

Trail Tip #17 - do not eat burgers and climb savage uphills within one hour of each other.

...out.

this is a new show that is 4 episodes in and i think it is pretty interesting. it is about a group of seemingly regular people who begin to discover that they all possess special super-powers. if you like sci-fi this one is worth checkin.

global tv 10pm mondays.

klunkerz - the movie

i think it would be super-cool to have this movie come to calgary. if you agree, contact them and tell them to bring it here.

post-apocalyptic-country-punk




i had the opportunity to go to the whiskey last evening to see corb lund and the hurtin' albertans' with jesse. initially i was not interested in going to see a "country" show but with a little prodding i agreed to go. when we arrived at the door there was a huge lineup and the show was sold-out yet somehow we made it into the show - don't ask.

the opening act - elliott brood - came on around 1030pm - a tight 3-piece dressed in black shortsleeved suits and ties - and proceeded to blow my mind. their first song was this sonic explosion of banjo and guitar with a serious backbeat. i was imagining myself at a violent femmes show 15 yrs ago while they were playing - simply amazing. the rest of their set was equally stunning. their sound has been described as "death country" - whatever that means. have a listen - and make sure you have a bottle of whiskey with you.

prairie view - k country today

what an incredible holiday monday. i hope you were able to get outside and enjoy some of it. the hike today was great - 2 hrs of tough slogging up brought us to an incredible peak with views in all directions and bright sunshine in a cloudless sky to keep us warm. once at the bottom a few of us decided to go have a beer at the saloon in bragg creek. what greeted us was very cold beers and a FREE! turkey dinner on behalf of the saloon. it was awesome - super good and just enough! nice way to finish of the long weekend.

happy thanksgiving - i hope you ate less than i did and gave thanks while you were at it. pete deep-fried the turkey on saturday nite - pics to come - and now i am forever doomed to eating turkey cooked this way as it was incredible. thx p&n. good times.

anyone watch the season premiere of BSG? holy frackin' intensity starbuck? nothin like watching people blow themselves up, roaming death squads and prisoners being tortured to help you give thanks!