Boulders on Broadway

Chris Reichel is the man. Not as in copz, but as in bein' a stomperrrr. This bici- friendly establishment around the corner from his HQ has the bike parking inside!
Check out his post on DC.


Sz

cracked

http://pruned.blogspot.com/ really is swell.. this photo from a bit about the changing climates associated with rising sea levels..

and go those who enjoyed the screening of Craig Kellys' "the Smooth Groove" the other night should go check out the 'throwback thursday' clip on the burton site of Craig and co. riding roofs in canda. super sweet..

Fee nix

Just heard a very inspiring speech by Al Gore... You know, the guy who used to be our next president! He didn't come out and say straight up that stompin Is the answer. But we all know that it is.

Speakin-o-stompin, Headed over to DrunkcyclisChris' place momentarily for some international diplomatic talks and bici ridin. Roller derby pub crawl on Fridee.

Sz

BUnnYHAwK

Justin the friendly BunnYHawkarilla got a sweet new ride, be a lot sweeter with some tuneage

This is WHATHAppenS

When it rains, you have to sleep on concrete and nothing dries out. BUt someone might bring you some mcdonalds for breakfast, as happened to be the case when i slept on this particular concrete pad in... indiana? illinois? somewhere it rainZ!!

Don't you have a nice coat?

Not to be too much of a pain, but I heard that most cyclists have some sort of fancy jacket that they covet as an ultimate rain deterrent device. Now, that doesn't mean it will keep you safe from swimming, but certainly a little shower shouldn't hurt... I mean, how muddy can sand get? Anyways, for the somewhat brave at heart, scattered showers should not deter your quest for pain and suffering amongst the canyons of your dreams. And, Sunday? That's the lords day of rest for god's sakes....... But seriously - does it even rain in the desert?

Of course it does, and if so - maybe I could get lucky enough to show you my famous flying boulder tackle knee attack face plant move. It would at least be fun for the rest of you to watch them put in the stitches. Or get a sweet photo of purple blood filled lips. Just a thought.

:)

Blast from the Past

So this guy obviously caught me in St Louis but then he found me on FB the other day, man i had forgot just how amusing seeing yourself was..

KETC | Living St. Louis | Cross-Country Cyclist

NoMoP-p-pOLO

The Stomparillaz 2009 BiciPolo season will go down in history as the strongest showing of a new team in an old sport, ever.
Y'all did great, and next year's gonna be even better.
I got some ideas for improved mallet designs, and some new moves...  I'd love to get together for a snow polo match some time soon, once we've got a consistent layer of the stuff.

I'm calling it good for this season. Thanks everbuddie!

On Tuesday nights, I'll be skinning up Sunlight, so plan to join in. ( we usually meet at 7:00 at the parking lot)
Long live the Stompaz,

We WILL stomp, and we will not not be confused.  Hugz,  Sz

MEAT Storm

Meat and EAT some local and organic MEAT at Bradz Saturday Eve-- 4:20-ish bring whatev you got that fits the bill, local, dead, tasty, or beer

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"In a nameless mountain town, faced with the monotony of a prescribed American Life, a group of young rollers from a Creative Cycling Collective. Their organization, known as the StomparillaZ Brigade, blends a ridiculous zest for life with a passion for human powered transport. In a world faced with dreary personality and environmental collapse, their idea spreads. Stompa chapters are formed from Denver to Dublin to Dubai. But Internal strife threatens the solidarity of the group, when one strand takes the lawless route while the other takes the peaceful. But then, another more powerful force, the mothafuckinCOPS____, threatens to crush the world-changing movement all together. The Stompas must unite or be destroyed. Even then, they may not be strong enough to overcome, they certainly don't have a loud enough army of boombikes yet. Needless to say their desire to do more with less is at odds with all that surrounds them and there appears to be no limit to how much their country would like to consume. In the unlikely event that things work out that Stompaz will still be easily amused and continue to look forward to goofing off on bikes and not going into the bar, playing music loud enough that someone is annoyed, and generally causing no trouble. As for those lawless Stompaz, eventually their engines will run out of gas and they'll realize that more moving parts don't equal more fun and they'll get back on the bike anyway, so why fight it?

ny

Back in Co after some real nice timez on the right coast, specifically in and around the greater BRKLYN land area.. got to see Palz, ride bikes, and stuff.. pictures never do much justice, least not off da phone.. aanywho here's some anyhow.. peas

Trashy Fiction --Stompalicious

OK. In a recent conversation at the Bonedale Bicycle collective, thoughts turned to the Martial Stompa Arts. It was considered and celebrated that this organization has excelleled in the 2d visual, paint and photographic, printmaking, stenciling, metallurgic, architectural, psychological, recently clay, musical and overall woodie arts. Not to mention a great progression in the overall art of the bicycle. But in the pursuance of global rolling artistic domination, there is always the need to venture into other artforms.

Stompas as of yet are void in the areas of Stompaculinary, Stompachoreographic, and Stompafilm, among others. Standing out to me, the English Professor, is the delinquency of Stompaliterature. While the Stompas have developed a rather original grammatical form, aka StOmPaSpeeek-- this has not yet developed into a fullblown literary artform. In other words, we Gots a MEGAphone--but we aint Gots nO PoEmS!

So, as an insufficiant remedy to this situation, I've decided to write some trashy Stompa fiction as part of http://www.nanowrimo.org/. But I need help. I have a general plot-- but not enough conflict. In otherwords, the Stompas in my story need an evil nemesis. Ideas? Fill in the blank...

"In a nameless mountain town, faced with the monotony of a prescribed American Life, a group of young rollers from a Creative Cycling Collective. Their organization, known as the Stomparilla Brigade, blends a ridiculous zest for life with a passin for human powered transport. In a world faced with dreary personality and environmental collapse, their idea spreads. Stompa chapters are formed from Denver to Dublin to Dubai. But Internal strife threatens the solidarity of the group, when one strnad takes the lawless route while the other takes the peaceful. But then, another more powerful force, the __________, threatens to crush the world-changing movement all together. The Stompas must unite or be destroyed. Even then, they may not be strong enough to overcome the _________."

Friday Night Lights

SOMETHING GOLDEN - Le Corps Mince de Françoise

loose ends b4 next steezin

so.col. shortandsweet from Ben Cooper on Vimeo.

they made us all proud

stompaz kinda killed it this weekend. won the single speed rigid class... by an hour. Our very own Nirad had the FaSTEst ss lap of 1hr10min42secs. that's fast ya'll! here is some eye candy.

Remember to Wear a Helmet Folks

Just did a sweet front flip.... well half of one,

but it was big...guess the ole fork didn't

wanna be kicked anymore.

A dude stopped to see if i was OK and I nodded cuz

i couldn't breath. He wanted to know what happened

really because not to many people go that huge on

fixies around here....... I pointed at my fork after

I saw that he had some bike racks on top of his

ole suburu.... he understood.

Then a crossmonkey out for a snowy ride rode up

and acknowledged the lovelyness..

Helmet cracked in half.

I think im gonna be alright.....may have cracked a rib......not

I know im preaching to Jehovah's  favorite choir here boys

and girls but...... Remember to wear a helmet......

Hoooray im alive and feeling good!!!

It felt like five soft hands caught my head

just before the ground arrived.

-jvt

ForknNiner

Well, I WAS born on 9-9... and it WAS my birthday this year.

So, I made up a fairly weak, but nonetheless effective, extortion scheme to commemorate SSWC and rock a sweet triangulated carbon fork on my 9er.

I have to say, Atomic Blue goes with just about anything. It could'a, would'a must'a been designed by Stompaz, check the unique form and color scheme!

Will have to compare notes with dave Hagen in Duranggo.

Tired

So, got new rubber for the 36'er. The tread looks a bit more chewy, and I get some extra clearance for free. Good thing they are 100% legit tubeless on big dumb unicycle rims. Moab should provide an ample testing ground this weekend.
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