I'd Rather Be Riding...

...but it feels like I'm running.

It's late.

I'm still at the office.

I didn't get to ride my new bike in today. (nope, not that one...I got another that'll I'll let ya'll see next week)

I haven't posted a thing yet this week!

I'm heading out of town tomorrow and I haven't packed...shoot, I don't even know what I'm going to be for Halloween yet this year. (the most beloved of holidays in my family) I might just have to crack out what I wore last year.

{What you don't see is the SlimJim wand completing the RedNeckFairy outfit}

If I was sticking around Seattle for the weekend you could almost bet that I would be at this event... Shoot...I don't even thing Vegas would be willing to place a wager on that! What really gets me is I know the inventor of the Mitch Morgan drink you see highlighted in their flier. Crud...I think I hold the record for the largest Mitch Morgan EVER drank...and I most likely own the record for the 'shortest amount of time it took to lose a pair of pants after drinking a Mitch Morgan' as well.

I digress...that is a story for another time.

However after the great Bacon Brawl I'm sure you'd find me at MessMann's event as well.

And lastly...don't forget that SSCXWC are just over a week away! Honestly...it's been a year, and the only thing that has even come close to the amount of fun I had at the first SSCXWC was the RollerCross event we attended just a little while ago.

I have a theme, I have a team, and I'm now dreaming of this event and will be counting down the days till we get there.

(And as a little motivation to any of you out there...a Raleigh Rainier frameset will be given away as one of the prizes)

If there's more fun to be had on a bike than at a Cross event...I want to know about!

Happy Halloween

Friday Videos...

When words escape you...turn to those magical moving pictures...

This one just hit my inbox...a nice little wrap up of Sabotage "Cuff'n and Stuff'n" those poor unsuspecting kids in Portland. The Rapha write up on the whole thing can be found here.


RAPHA Cross Roller Race - Oregon Manifest 2008 from RAPHA on Vimeo.


Then, on a serious note. We all know that bikes can save the world. However, bikes can't do it all. That's where organizations like 350.org pipe in. Their goal is to reduce the parts per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from it's current position of 387 to what they deem is a more sustainable 350.

Opinions vary on Global Warming, and I'm not here to stand on a Keg and shout out my beliefs. I just think if we all rode bikes a little bit more...the world could be a better place.

Anyway...a nice video, with a simple wordless message.



And on a not so serious note...in a time of INTENSE campaigning...Dance-Offs should be how every argument is settled!




Did I mention bacon? No? Well here's your daily dose of the good stuff.


The gods can't be wrong, now can they?!

Do you smell the Vegan Killer?

WARNING. This post has NOTHING to do with Bicycles. And EVERYTHING to do with Bacon.

Yes...I do have more to write up on various subjects from Vague-ass, to the leaves turning, to De-Motivation, and a Rapha Roller Race going on in conjunction with the Manifest this weekend in Portland. However, all of that takes a back seat to the only meat ever referred to as 'candy'.

The reason for this post and the reason it is appearing on this site came from Dirt Demo at Interbike. While I was spinning pedals on and off of bicycles, answering various questions about a variety of topics I heard a voice in the tent ask..."Is Bacon Brian here?"

While I have a variety of nick names, I have never...and I mean never...been referred to as Bacon Brian. Sure, I've lived with a number of vegetarians over the years. And a quite a few people trying to watch what they were pushing through their system. But this never stopped me from making up the most holy of pork products in the morning. And inevitably, after I'd moved out, someone would tell me that they missed the smell of Bacon in the morning. Vegans, Vegetarians, Doctors, Trainers, Girlfriends, Republicans...it didn't matter. It seems everyone loves, at least the smell, of Bacon.

This affinity for the marbled meat has created a Bacon Sanctuary at my desk. I have What Would Bacon Do decision makers. Bacon Wallet. Bacon Mints. Bacon air fresheners. Bacon Band-Aids. I even have a Bacon Wave for making bacon at work. (Mind you...most of these were gifts. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!) And my Race'n Bacon pine wood derby car sits proudly next to my monitor.

So it really should come as no surprise that at our final diner at Interbike my boss ordered me up my own separate plate of Bacon which we made Bacon-tinis and Bacon Ice cream with.

{Don't Yuck it till you try it...this was awesome!}

When I arrived back in Seattle and found the courage to open my Inbox I found a variety of emails with Bacon in the subject line. Here are a few of the more note able finds...

(click on the pictures for the links)

{In this election year...this is definitely a combo I can stand behind}

{I think I like their stand on "Trying Anything Once"}

{Make sure you floss afterwards though}

{Can you really be over prepared for an emergency?!}

{In case you're like me and simply can't wait...}

If you want the smell of bacon but have had your fill of it for the day (yeah right...like that would happen!) You could always just light the Crispy Bacon Jar and fill your house with the smell and none of the mess.

{I actually find this picture disturbing...}

And just so you know I'm not alone out there...these people seem to have a slightly larger addiction than I do.

So maybe Bacon Brian is an appropriate Nickname. It sure is a lot more 'normal' than a lot of my other nick names.