Another website which we frequently enjoy, is The Drunk Cyclist. One you might not know about is DCs newest venture, I Believe Vino.

Im not going to subject you to my take on this years scandal riddled Tour, but what I will say is that I feel a profound sense of disappointment about something I already thought to be true. Kind of like finding out Santa Claus isnt real.
As a child you have a pretty good sense that its a bunch of hooey, but you really like the idea of believing. That kinda how pro cycling is to me. I really want to believe.

Heres another link that if you havent seen it before, then let us be the first to welcome you from beneath your rock. I cant look at it, cause it hurts my eyes.

Continuing on- Davin from Mikes Bikes (one of my Alma maters, dont you know) wrote and sent on this oldie, but goodie.
He writes;
"Afternoon folks-

Just wanted to drop you a line that a bunch of us Bay Area cats here at Mikes Bikes are pretty addicted to Avoiding the Bummer Life. Thanks for keepin' it hilarious day after day. We get ridiculous amounts of traffic to our site, and because of the inspiring nature of Bummer Life I started a list of blog links. You're number one, G.

I've also been quietly lobbying the powers that be on bringing in Swobo shazzle. Our service manager in SF, Martin Werneth, bought a Sanchez and we're of the opinion that it's pretty freakin' dope. Nice work.

Anyhoo I'll make with the link already. You've probably seen this, but if not here's what happens when Contador gets caught stealin'.

Happy pedalin'!"

Like I said before.... I really want to believe.

The previously mentioned Drunk Cyclist, as some of you might know, was creamed by a car a little over a year ago. At that point, I began scheming a trip to ride all 100 miles of Oregons Umpqua River Trail. My reasoning was that although he was royally screwed then, perhaps the promise of this trip would give him something to work towards on his road to recovery, and give a few others who Id asked along a reason to take stock in their lives, as well as the lives of their friends.

Well, to make a long story short and after all was said and done, The DC isnt going to be able to make it after all, but a few other derelicts are, and you can bet its gonna be a good time.
Believe me Jonny, well be celebrating your life over every one of those 100 shaded, loamy, and buffed miles of singletrack.

Speaking of 100 miles of singletrack, CO wrote with a bit of news;

"I guess I gotta recant my wish for the alcohol monitoring bracelet....seeing that my favoritest coke whore (of which Aspen is crawling) got nailed again...That fire crotch...Just when I thought young Hollywood was getting clean! What a dissapointment..Are there any heroes left??..Rode the Leadville 1-0-0 course today...a real motherfucker says I says I.
XOCO"

Hes gonna be so pinched when he finds out it was actually me who was partying with Lindsey on her most recent night of debauchery.

And now for the ever popular Friday Hero segment.
Everybody say hello to Oscar.
If he was my cat and he rubbed up on me, Id throw him the hell out the door.

"Get out of here with your little cute and fuzzy kiss of death!"

Steps to a good weekend;
1) Wear a straw hat.
2) Ride a bicycle.
3)Throw your underpants away.
4) Have a cocktail out of a tiki mug.

See? Its really just that easy.