It’s the first Friday of the New Year, and while I ordinarily loathe and despise resolutions (mostly because I can’t keep them), I’m going to try very, very hard in 2009 to (a) ride the bike more, and (2) write more online columns for VeloNews.com.
So far, so good. I rode yesterday and today, and banged out a New Year’s Dog Breath for the VeloSnoozers. You needn’t bother looking it up, unless you’re interested in seeing how a blog post (yesterday’s) metastasizes into a column. No, I take that back. We need the eyeballs. Click on over there straight away and then report back to me.
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Back so soon? Damn, that one must’ve really sucked. Of course, you’d already seen most of the good bits in the trailer, but still, damn. Whaddaya want for free? Next time you’re in the neighborhood, buy some Fat Guy jerseys, f’chrissakes. Scotch isn’t getting any cheaper, y’know.
Mad Blog Media 
Jeeze, Patrick, that column sure does look familiar.
By the way, how does one collect FIVE cross bikes? Mygosh, you collect cross bikes faster than I collect all bikes…
Then again, they are a whole lot cheaper than collecting gasahogs.
On the good news front, my Better Half has decided on a New Year’s resolution to get back into cycling form. Today that meant getting my ass out from behind this computer, donning tights, long undershirt, and windproof jersey and taking thy Holy Tandem out for another ride. This time the Overlook Park – Bandelier Monument – Overlook Park dash. Was a lovely ride, except for one side excursion into Pajarito Acres, where we found ice around several downhill curves. Fortunately, no traffic, so I could careen around these with relative impunity.
Glad to hear that is just the usual CX stripe and not the result of a close encounter of the large bear kind.
I was starting to feel sorry for you and your scotch until you mentioned the quiver of cross bikes.
Of course a bad bike habit is somewhat akin to a meth addiction, only more expensive and slightly harder to break.
Glad to hear you brought in the new year with resolve!
always a pleasure to read some wumor (wisdom and humor) from your (pen??) (keyboard??)
thought i would write and say thank you seeing as we share a couple passions. (bikes and beers)
cheers and happy new years….
marty
Excellent column Mr. O’Grady. I have the advantage of having reports on bike happenings to work from vs. your working without a net, but you have the advantage of several years more practice at news writing than I. My previous writing experience was 3 years of poem a day to get ready for the next show as a spoken word poet. That was before the wreck and the brain damage that went with it. BTW bicycle helmets suck, but they are better than nothing when an angry drunk hits you at between 45 and 65 MPH…