Monthly Archives: February 2008

I don’t know if you get the opportunity to peruse the latest corporate-speak literature, but I do. The general idea is to take some truism of the business world like, “Wherever you go there you are” or “If a frog had wings it wouldn’t bump it’s ass a-hopping” and then you distill that complex message into a little parable or fable or homily perhaps.

I’m thinking of introducing this sort of inspired literature into our cycling community. Got any ideas? I have one. It will be called “Johnny and the Free Ice Cream.” It will tell the story of a boy with a bicycle who is riding along having a perfectly smashing afternoon when he passes a stand that says, FREE ICE CREAM. The clever part comes now. Johnny gets off of his bicycle and enjoys himself a free ice cream. I’m thinking mint chocolate chip.

On an unrelated note, S’quatch and I rode the new Cadillac trail.

I found it pretty tasty.

-Juancho

Secret Spot

S’quatch and I found a new trail this weekend. It is somewhere north of Tallahassee, but south of Baltimore, MD. The trail is characterized by frequent to constant climbing while averting all downhill slopes in favor of gradual upgrade desecents. Like Spook Hill in Lake Wales, FL- you go uphill even when you go downhill. A trainer’s paradise.

There is no need to worry about falling either, as the trail varies from a rich chocolate mud to a damp, fluffy mulch.

The campground provides a lakefront view, large erratic boulders, and a hot shower that feels like a thousand needles. I hear some people like that.

Anyway, there is no point in going on, I simply refuse to discuss the matter with you people.

Tomorrow, perhaps we will discuss my friend Sasquatch and his interesting route selection on the way home.

You wouldn’t think Madison, FL is in between Tallahassee and Atlanta, but actually- it appears to be so.

-Juancho

Ahhh yes,

And enjoy this video link.

Juancho

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6379325034557442280&q=kittens+eating+ice+cream&total=11&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

Have a Seat

Please have a seat. The blogger will be with you in just a moment.

Actually I am working in ATL this week so it is unlikely that I will be posting regularly and even less likely that I will have anything interesting to say. It will be downright improbable that it will have anything to do with bikes.

S’quatch will be joining me on the scene by Friday at which point we will storm the Dauset Nature Center Trails near Jackson, GA.

Whoop-de-do right?

Go see the fellas maybe- Bigworm and the Wrecking Ball, two of the more successful spin-offs on the internet, and there is always Fat Lad to give you a “buck up little camper” speech if you need one.

I think I need one,

Juancho

Betty’s Beauty School

I may have mentioned it before, but along with terra cotta pottery salesperson, pool boy, and the guy who put all those Tallahassee Rock Gym flyers on your car in the late nineties I have also been a rock and roll band manager.

In fact, I have helped more than one band avoid the glare of the limelight, the stench of success, through my ham-handed negotiations and poor advice. You want my guys to play 3 hours on a Tuesday morning for $37.50? Shake on it. Penny whistle solo? My idea. Why did I do it? Why did they let me? The answer is always the same, nobody else wanted the job.

Rollerball, which spawned the critical and fan favorite, Herman Jolly, was first I think. Look it up, that much is true, but I really cut my teeth on Sidney and the Elcan Boys, booking them in every dank dump in this college town except the good ones.

Those boys are still playing in a garage in town, every week for years, and something strange is happening. They hardly suck at all anymore, and last night they put their rock and roll foot in it.

They leave me no choice. I must get them a gig and I need your help. Who wants to have a bunch of almost 40 punk rockers come over and play such hits as Hey Mr. Dot-head(SELL ME SOME BEER!) and ‘Roids?

It’s a better deal than it sounds. I am sure Wreckin’ Ball will promote it for me and we will seriously rock your house, office, or church basement.

-Juancho