The thought that went through my head?
"Gods country is on fire."

As I descended from the summit, I began taking pictures randomly in an attempt to capture the action.

The thoughts that went through my head?
"This aint such a bad commute."
and
"So thats how my balls see the world."

Riding through town on my way to a pre-work/ post-ride coffee I came across this guy. I pulled my camera out to snap a shot of his badness, and my battery was dead. Cursing under my breath, I scrambled riding no handed through traffic to procure my spare.

The thought that went through my head?
"Shiny silver shirts and department store mountain bikes with no seats is no way to go through life."

Then after plowing through a day of work, I got an email from Galen;

"New Belgium Brewing swung through Seattle on their first leg of the Urban Assault Ride Tour...

They raffled out a bunch of cool schwag, and Swobo had a healthy showing... Including this sweet Hat I won, and is modeled by my girlfriend Kim.

thanks Swobo
-Galen"

The thought that went through my head?
"Youre very welcome Galen, Im glad you had a blast, and Kims a babe."

Ferrentino forwarded a photo that was taken of GenO and myself after we accidentally knocked the wall down at the bar the night before Single Speed Worlds in Minneapolis.

The thought that went through my head?
"Ohhhhhhyyeeeeaaaahhhhh... I think I remember that...."
And as this crazy guy named George that I messengered with used to say;
"Destruction delayed is destruction denied."

Keith emailed us with a new Friday Hero;

"Stevil,

While I must admit to the small grain of pride that the "All week hero" is a local boy, the Best Buy Dance guy is just oozing with Friday Hero-ness.

If only we could all possess such passion.

K"

The thought that went through my head?
"Keith, I think its nobile that you nominated your dad for Friday Hero."

Otis sent us an email as well;

"Stevil,

The recent departure of my job is for sure a definition of the bummer life clipping a pedal in front of me and taking things for a nasty sideways turn. However, the timing aligned with the arrival of my new Ira Ryan cross bike, so the world decided to smile on me at the same time that it spit in my beer. Funny how that works. So, unemployment + new bike=non-bummer times!

Since I've been ogling your new rides for a while now, I thought I would share mine. Rather than just another mood shot, with soft lighting and shiny bits, I've added props. Namely me, and this lovely lady of the two-wheeled scene, who was intent on defiling my new ride while we cheered the poor souls gutting out stage 2 of the Mt. Hood Classic the other day. Also included is a snapshot of her posse. Some may tire of hearing of it, but: Oh yeah, Portland rules.

Peace,

Otis"

The thought that went through my head?...
Well to be honest, there are lots. One might have something to do with the fact that that bike is just about the finest thing Ive ever laid eyes on. The second thing is I want to profess my undying love to every woman in Portland. The third thing is that Otis' fork makes my heart bleed with yearning, and the last thing is that I want to profess my undying love to every woman in Portland again.

And speaking of fine bicycle craftsmanship, Sean From Soulcraft sent in a new design hes been working on;

All of the info you could ever want about this revolutionary piece of equipment is right here..
Hm. And they said the wheel couldnt be reinvented...

Sean also sent this tidbit on;

"Stevil,
A customer of mine read your post about Metallica and said that even though he's not a fan of their music, he went ahead and illegally downloaded 180 of their songs just out of spite. Glorious."

And to that I reach my hands to the heavens and belt out a hearty "AMEN!"

Did you all know Jay just made a baby?

JPW has some thoughts as well, though they have nothing to do with Jays baby;

"I saw this flyer from Bike Swarm on flickr and thought it needed passing on."

Riding a bike to a bike ride? That is the most ridiculous thing Ive ever heard of. Ask anyone who knows me and theyll tell you that I dont go on a single bike ride that doesnt include at least one $45,000 vehicle.

How about a cartoon moment?

The thought that went through my head?
"Oh my good lord, Im glad its Friday."

Now then. Did somebody say 'rim job'?
...I mean 'alleycat race'?

On this side of the tracks, the moustache bash that Ive been training up and training down for is this weekend, and as my father used to tell me every time I walked out the door to engage in some battle or another, whether it be a soccer game, or going out to cut wood- "Come home a winner, or dont come home at all."

The thought that went through my head?
"I WILL come home a winner, and then I probably WONT come home at all."

As Im so, very, very fond of saying "Turn it to 11 and then break the knob off."