Looks Like I'm Going To Make It

Unless I am accosted by a four hundred pound Samoan, and force fed like a Turkey Vulture hatchling, Mongo is going to complete the month of December sans ice-cream. I have lost seven pounds so far by doing nothing different other than eliminating this evil deliciousness from my goat-like diet.

You Can't Measure This Kind Of Torque

Mongo ended a good day on the Barchetta, doing the Hammerfest loop and chatting with the folks at the shop, by shearing a cog off of my cassette...luckily only a couple of miles from my house.

The watts readout from my Powertap hub that I don't own would have read in the fifteen hundreds...at least!

Have You Seen Them?...You Will Soon

Left to right: (Stacy Peralta, Rodney Mullen, Steve Caballero, Tony Hawk, Mike McGill, Lance Mountain, Mark Gonzales)

For skateboarders between the ages of thirty five and forty five, these guys are the shit. Where the Z-Boys left off, the Bones Brigade picked up the torch and took over.

"OG" Z-Boy and legend, Stacy Peralta, is directing a documentary in 2011, a la "Dogtown and Z-Boys", chronicling the evolution and impact of the Bones Brigade on skateboarding and the culture.

Mongo hasn't been this excited about a movie since I skipped school to go see "Return Of The Jedi" on opening day...and had to decline a TV interview on the local news about "Star Wars Mania!" because I had lied about why I wasn't in school and was sure I'd be busted when everyone saw me...True story.

Photo:Atiba/Steve Caballero)

Irina Shayk Vs BMC Impec

And I Was Minding Mine

Resigning from the unfinished plan

Replying to the published demand

Reflecting on the accomplished stand 

Revolving around the vanquished man

Art: Ten Minutes Ain't Gonna Kill You

                                                                                 





Maybe one of the greatest audio/visual barrages in audio/visual barrage history...(Here)

...He Wants To Go To Venus

Rolling Armageddon: The Original

                                                                                                                      





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Paperbacks And Angry Voices



"Age is no better, hardly so well, qualified for an instructor as youth, for it has not profited so much as it has lost. One may almost doubt if the wisest man has learned anything of absolute value by living."

(Henry David Thoreau)

Cyclocross: Hipster Style

                                                                                             







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50 PSI: Cat 5 Domination Goes Knobby

One of the things that Mongo enjoys most about road cycling, is the ability to zone-out and daydream while not really paying close attention to the details of the terrain around me. A road is a road is a road, so to speak. Sure, there are potholes and glass and the occasional varmint, but you can usually see these obstacles coming without much distress. But as I was reminded on Sunday, when mountain biking on some technical singletrack, you'd better be paying close attention to "everything' or...you're gonna crash.

After getting rained and colded out on Saturday, Mongo managed to get in two great days of riding on Sunday and Monday. I hit the trail on Sunday on the F600, and got my mountain biking legs back under me. There's a 3/4 mile, man-made track near my house, and after getting a great workout doing multiple laps, I plan to spend a lot of time there over the Winter. Trust me, I need the work, and the cardio benefits will help with my climbing on the road.

On Monday, I ran into "Just Home From College" Jimmy at the shop, and we did the 23/2300 Hammerfest loop at a moderate pace. It was nice to see the results of my efforts at "Enemy Bike Shop" ride over the past couple of months pay off, as I was feeling stronger on the much steeper climbs of the 'Fest.

They Call Me Donnie Brasco

 

Floyd Landis wears a wire and a hidden camera for the Feds during a meeting with Michael Ball...Allegedly uncovering doping products, which led to a raid on Ball's home.

Though Mongo mostly believes Landis concerning his knowledge and exposure to doping, I am beginning to personally dislike him. To me, he is a self-serving weasel who is bitter about being caught while so many of his contemporaries have seemingly gotten away with it.

(Photos:CyclingNews)

What Will $500.00 Get You On Ebay?

Limited Edition (117/500) Powell-Peralta/ Steve Caballero/ "Propeller Skull" deck.

This is one of Mongo's "all time" favorite skateboard logos.