Rollergirls in St. Louis

If you haven't heard it yet, women's roller derby has hit the big time. The post had a big story this week and tonight at the Way Out Club there's a benefit show for the St. Louis Arch Rivals. At least a few women or girlfriends from the St. Louis cycling community are on the team. More importantly, the bands playing tonight (The Vultures, That's My Daughter, and Mothra's Mutha) rock. Think garage punk, a la the Wayback Machine on KDHX. As for the roller derby, it ought to be fun. Hopefully they'll be playing soon. Maybe it will last this time...

LINKS:
Post-dispatch story
St. Louis Arch Rivals

Rockbreaker's Old School Mountain Biking

These photos are part of Glenn Meyer's MTB Archive. I'm not even sure where and when these pictures were taken other than near St. Louis a Long Time Ago.

I'm really looking forward to hearing about what that bike is doing in the tree.
Check out those gaiters.

Gas Thief Escapes on Tricycle.

This kid is stealing natural gas. Evidently this is common in Pucheng, China.

There's a little more at National Geographic news if you're curious. I just thought it was a cool picture.

Page Avenue Bridge Bike Path Closed

Just a heads up for those of you who use the bike path along the Page Avenue bridge, that there is a sign up stating the bike path is closed temporarily on weekdays from January 16th to January 27th.

Friday the 13th

May you enjoy the night watching TIVO.


Or having a night out on the town.

OTA Announces 2nd Chainsaw Certification Class

The OTA has announced a second chainsaw certification class to be held Feb. 11th and 12 th in Ava, MO. They do list two requirements this time: First that you are a member of the OTA, and Second that you are willing to do chainsaw work on the Ozark Trail.
Interested people should get in touch with Robert Smith of the OTA by January 19th. The class will be filled on a first come, first served basis, so act soon.

What's all this double-clutching stuff, anyhow?

Bob Pease writes the Pease Porridge column in Electronic Design magazine, one of those freebies they send to dork engineers. It's actually pretty good, and Pease is a colorful curmudgeon who writes about whatever the hell he wants. Since we have a truck driver in our midst who's taken double clutching on as his tagline, here's Pease's What's all this double-clutching stuff, anyhow? article. I've read him for years. This guy drives a volkswagen bug around silicon valley to get to work at national semiconductor, but he usually knows what he's talking about even if it's not electronics. Correct me if I'm wrong, Mikey D.

Here's the crux of the matter:

First, you take your foot off the gas and kick in the clutch. You shift into neutral, AND let the clutch out. You wait perhaps 0.3 to 1.0 seconds for the engine to slow down from its high revs, depending on how fast you were revving when you started to shift and how much inertia the engine has to slow down. THEN you kick in the clutch and shift into third, and let the clutch out quickly, feeding the gas appropriately. If you have judged it right, when you let the clutch out, there isn't any JERK. And when you shove the lever into third, the gears and engine are at a synchronized speed, so there's minimum wear on the synchronizers, which are the tiny clutches that bring the clutch plate and the gears into smooth synchrony. There's also usually less wear on the clutch plates.

But there's much more, including naturalists playing tricks on condors.

Solutions seeking problems section

I'd file this one in the "what were they thinking" file. It's on the floor next to my desk with a bag in it. In addition to the unfortunate name, the Topeak Bikamper Tent looks like a pretty ridiculous product. Let's see, it costs almost $300, it sleeps one, it's heavier than a decent 2-person backpacking tent, ties up your bike, requires a bike, and takes a long space to set up. That it can attach to my handlebars for transport doesn't make it any better. Yikes.


Disclaimer, I've never used one or seen one in person, but it's pretty low on the priority list right now. The only mention of it I've seen wasn't a proper review either.

RR: Lost Valley - 1/07/2006

13 of us met at the Mound Saturday afternoon and had a nice little 20 mile jaunt around the Lost Valley trail. The large number was probably from the "cabin fever" effect brought on by not being able to ride off-road for awhile due to lack of cooperation from Mother Nature.

5 of the crowd were from Illinois, so they must have really been feeling it to drive all that way. The trail was in great shape, so get out and enjoy it while you can.

Berrecloth in Discovery Channel stunt

Berrecloth in Discovery Channel stunt
Darren BerreclothPhoto ©: Specialized

Specialized Factory rider and BMX stunt envelope-pusher Darren Berrecloth was selected to be one of the first athletes to be featured on the Discovery Channel's new series "Stunt Junkies." Each 60-minute episode of Stunt Junkies takes viewers behind the scenes of an unimaginable stunt, for a close look at what it's like to push the limits of personal expression and defy danger.
During the filming of Berrecloth's episode, the Discovery Channel paid a visit to Specialized and got an inside look at how the rider's latest bike, a 2006 Specialized Demo 8, was engineered, tested and built. With the Discovery Channel cameras rolling, Berrecloth also took the time to launch from a two-story high loading dock into the Specialized warehouse. "We've had a lot of interesting things happen around the office in the past thirty something years, but nothing that crazy," said Specialized founder and president, Mike Sinyard.

Berrecloth's episode of "Stunt Junkies" will appear on February 1, 2006 at 10pm on the Discovery Channel.

Some MTB history

Check out Charlie Kelly's mountain bike history page. It's a mother lode of old-time mountain-bike historical photos and stories.

Plus if you poke around there long enough you can find some sexy (and not-so-sexy) photos of cindy whitehead. If you haven't wasted enough time there already, check out the subtle really weird bikes link. I think the Bodysail is my favorite bad idea there, and there are some other pretty bad ideas, the surf bike, the side-by-side tandem, etc. Farewell, fine afternoon.

Oklahoma in the Hotseat

While canoeing the lower Buffalo river in Northwest Arkansas last weekend we saw smoke and an airplane going back and forth looking at it, didn't know if it was a wildfire or prescribed burn. Then coming back to civilization we saw that Oklahoma, Texas, and a little bit of Arkansas are getting pounded by early-season wildfires. We camped along the river probably 1/2 mile from #26 on the map above (Duck Head WF) which is 1500 acres big by now.

Note if you're camping in Arkansas any time soon that most of the state has a burn ban in effect. The mountain biking there is great and not that far away, plus it's a little warmer. Ouachita, Syllamo, or Womble, anyone? Missouri is not yet a high fire danger on the NOAA map but it still might be better to throw that Christmas tree in the lake for the crappie instead of burning it...

tom

LINKS:
Active Fire Map from the Forest Service
NOAA drought outlook and explanation of the high fire danger
Arkansas burn ban map
NPR story about wildfires in Texas and Oklahoma
the inevitable Wildfire prevention tips

GORC's Dark Underside

Yes, believe it or not, GORC does have one. Despite all the recent talk about buttery smooth trails, and singlespeeds, there are some club members who like to ride on, off, and over things rather than having a leg fall off trying to keep within radio range of the likes of 3-Bowl, the Crusher, and Terbo.

Here's proof of their existence, as caught by an NSA super-secret, motion-detecting forest cam at an unidentified location.

Declassified 01042006 -13:22 - reference: nsa.gov- locale:Midwest_Sector5684547881

Pimp My Bike!

Intro DIY Glow: Ground Effects Lights For Your Bike!
An easy DIY project to add ground effects lights to your bicycle or other means of conveyance, utilizing inexpensive and commonly available cold-cathode lights. They look cool, and really do increase your visibility at night.



Is this cool?

Maybe not.... but might be fun.Click the Link!

GORC Gloves?

Just thinking of ideas for volunteer giveaways. I came upon this website. I have emailed them to see if there is a deal to be had. They do custom work, we could get them in a different color, but I kind of like the black.
Lemme know what ya think.

Helmet Cam Videos

Some pretty amazing/interesting/other? helmet cam footage including ghostriding bikes while hauling ass down the middle of the frozen Charles River in Boston, and umm, let's say, not necessarily obeying traffic signals or directions during an urban race in Baltimore which requires pounding a 40 at each checkpoint.

Starting fires in the forest

Here is a decent article from the Post last November about the US Forest Service's prescribed burns in the Mark Twain National Forest. The newspaper always likes to present both sides, even when there's not that much controversy. The opening line reads like porn for pyromaniacs. Hey, that could be a band name...

Wildlife biologist Klaus Leidenfrost drizzled an oily, flaming mix of diesel fuel and gasoline on the forest floor - sometimes in swirling loops, other times just wavy lines.

Don't light your christmas tree on fire, at least take it outside first.

LINK

The Bonk Hard Chill

I don't know who the folks of Bonk Hard Racing out of Kansas are, but they're putting on an adventure race in Lake Ozark State Park on February 11th.

WHAT: Up to 18 hours of continuous mountain biking, paddling, running, trekking and orienteering.

FORMAT: 2-person teams only (male, female, co-ed)

More info at the website of course. http://www.bonkhardchill.com/bhc06/

Anyone feel like putting all their expensive outdoor gear to a good thrashing? Don't forget your orienteering skills. That's a big factor at these races. No GPS allowed.

Let's avoid work today!

Nobody wants to work today anyway. Here's some places I've been. These pics are courtesy of www.anthonysloan.com. He's got a great collection of trail pictures. Now, on with the show!

Pictures of trails that I've ridden and you haven't!! Click the green text, they're links to the pictures NATCH!

I rode this trail in a drizzling rain, with Ben Mitchell, Sam's son. The pics of the rocky sections DO NOT do it justice. This was some of the most technical/difficult trail I've ridden. On the Van Dessel (The orange one). This place is just west of Denver. Literally 5 minutes from Hwy 70.

Dakota Ridge/Red Rocks

This next one was my first ride in Denver. Again with the VanDessel. It was a ton of climbing, but I was rewarded with sweet sweet singletrack. Good stuff. The quote at the bottom about the enchanted forest trail is true.

Apex Trails

Here's another place I"ve been, but you haven't! Bootleg Canyon in Boulder City Nevada. It's just outside Las Vegas. Good riding. Great combination of gnarly singletrack, and swoopy bench-cut. Some sections overlook a golf course(about a 1/4-mile down hill), and it's kinda funky since everything is so brown, and then you look down the hill to this golf course and see this lush green place…ah chemicals!

Viva Las Vegas!

Here's a place we've been together. Mary's Loop in Froota. Ahhhh memories.

Loop de Mary

OK, time to set the wayback machine! Me 'n Kirb and Durango-Doug rode this place many moons ago. I think it was 1999. Super nice riding, hundreds of miles of singletrack. Good beer. What else could you possibly want. Hint…hit the "next" button at the bottom. Kirb will remember the supa-fast downhill run, and the cool roller-jumps that this guy is hitting. We were getting like 3 feet of air dude!



























Winter Park

Ok. One more. This is back to "Places I've been that you haven't". Don't you wish you were cool like me?
Sourdough trail, Nederland, Colorado. Nederland is where Dan Vardamis lives, and is also the home to the company that makes those cool Colorado topo maps. It's just northwest of Boulder, and is surprisingly close, by trail, to Winter Park. Any way, we did an IMBA group ride up there, that climbed about 2500 feet over the course of 7 miles, followed by 11 miles of flowing downhill back into town. Oh yeah, I was on the singlespeed! Don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like me?

Nederland Mojo

Now. Get back to WORK!!!

pimp

The Case of the Deviant Drill

It's a somewhat dull engineering writeup, but worth a skim. There are so many morals to this country death story I don't know where to begin.

Spade bits don't like to spin at 13,000 rpm.

If you're going to overrev a drill bit, cut it as short as possible first.

Keep your chainsaw tuned so it idles and starts easily.


There's nothing unmanly about using a cordless drill.


Don't be stupid.

Shonkyvision

I grabbed this from stlbiking:

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In honor of all the numerous and great things that Critical Mass has accomplished for the city of St.Louis (and the world!) we will be showing Scorcher and Still We Ride as a fundraiser for the Saint Louis Bicycle Works.

Come join us and help raise money for a bicycling group that (drum roll....) does something for the community.

When: Friday the Thirteenth of January. 8PM
Where: St.Louis Bicycle Works; Corner of Thurman and Shenandoah
Why: Raise money for new tools
Cost: $5 if you ride in, $10 if you drive

Pending your response here we might also have bunny hop/track stand/other miscellaneous useless bike tricks competition.
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If it's anything like the last film night I got wrecked at it should be a damn fine time. Build up a frankenbike and let the good times roll. Bikeworks is where I got all my stuff on the extremely cheap

Or you could stay home and ride the trainer.

verbage sourceage

2 New Brewpubs in St. Louis

One in Lafayette Square run by the same guy who owns Augusta Brewing Company is supposed to open this month.
The other is on Lindell near the Central West End. No website yet, but it's already open apparently.
With another one that's supposed to be opening in Kirkwood, it's good times for beer drinkers.

Upper Taum Sauk Lake dam failed this morning

This is about 10 miles from where we were last weekend (brushy creek). I was taking pictures of Proffit Mountain on Saturday. Now trucks get swept off hwy N by water and people get evacuated. craziness... I swear I didn't do it.

(c) 2005 The Associated Press
LESTERVILLE, Mo. — A dam in rural southeast Missouri failed Wednesday morning after a night of heavy rain and one person was missing in what officials called a "very dangerous situation."

A family of five was rescued after the Upper Taum Sauk Lake Dam failed at about 6:24 a.m., Reynolds County Sheriff's dispatcher Ginger Bell said. The National Weather Service warned that conditions along the Black River were creating a "dangerous and life-threatening situation." Residents of Lesterville and elsewhere downstream from the dam were urged to move quickly to higher ground.

Small creeks and streams, country roads and farmland will be flooded, the agency said. The dam is in the Ozarks, about 120 miles southwest of St. Louis. Reynolds County has a population of about 6,700

LINKS:
News page about it from KSDK Note, that page changes as news comes in.
News story on yahoo
IEEE link about the pumped-storage hydroelectric plant
Black River watershed hydrology

GORC Schools the Middle Fork or is it the other way around?

(19) riders, bikes & gear took off from Brushy Creek to take on the Middle Fork section of the Ozark Trail. We were met with 12 miles of pristine singletrack and another 12 miles of soggy, energy zapping trail. Unfortunately, you can't predict the weather, but we still had a great time. Look for this trail to be THE destination in the next year or two.

Beer 102

This is a pretty good general article from a more scientific perspective which describes the process of beer brewing. It describes how the chemistry of the various ingredients affect the flavor of beer, including undesirable ones that can lead to that well known "skunky" taste.

The picture is of Franziskaner Hefeweizen, a German Wheat Beer as viewed through a microscope. Here are other similar pictures of beers from around the world.

FUH2.com!!!

Monthly Meeting Wed. 12/07 7 p.m.

Usual time and place.
Schlafly Tap Room 7 p.m.

DING! Fries are done!

Welcome to the Holidayz!

Click Me!!

PimpZilla!

I found a new browser theme for JohnnyD.

North Trace Creek Ride

The day after Thanksgiving, six of us rode an out-and-back of approximately 22 miles on North Trace from the DD crossing to Hazel Creek. Temperature was pretty nice, but a bit cold in the low to mid-20's at the start.
The trail was in fairly good shape, although there were many surprises hidden under the inches-deep leaf cover. There were approximately 15-20 trees down across the trail, with maybe 3 that will require a chainsaw. The rest can be take care of with packsaws. Most of the creek crossings had very little water in them or were frozen, so didn't present any challenge to keeping our feet warm and dry.
Beavers have been very active at the Hazel Creek crossing. The water there was probably 2-4 feet deep. We tried to get Terbo to cross and find out if it was passable, but couldn't pony up enough cash to get him to do it.

Bender Injured!

Josh Bender was injured during this drop in Utah on Nov 14th. Surgery for a broken ankle, another for a fractured L2 vertebre. That's gotta hurt.

The drop: It's a 35 footer, with a gap to clear. Bender apparently tried to bail just before the landing and was tangled up in his bike.

Don't try this at home...

Get In Touch With Your Inner (Holiday) Beer Drinker

This guy (not the one in the Surly shirt) is drinking 50 Seasonal/Holiday Beers in 50 days. As of today, he's up to number 16. Learn about some new beers. Just don't try them all in one day.

Another easy one...

Who's thin sexy lips are those?

This is easy!

Whose leg is it?

Guess the GORCstar!

Dogwood Loop

Last Saturday was a big day for GORC. The near total reroute of the Dogwood Trail at Greensfelder was completed. The trail, which was formerly a muddy, sodden mess with straight-up climbs is now beautiful, twisty, flowing, and most importantly, sustainable singletrack. Terbo and Bryan, and everyone else involved did a great job with the new design.
After the workday, despite the threat of a downpour, some of us decided to give the new trail a test ride. All I can say is wow! This trail has everything-- climbs, banked turns, rocks, fast descents... There was some talk-- well ok, it was just me, but I'm sure that once you ride it, you'll agree, that this might be GORC's best piece of work.
I had been reluctant to do much work at GF, because while I thought the park had the best terrain for mountain biking in the area, I figured the horses would just trash it. After seeing how well the DeClue reroute and the first section of the Dogwood had held up to the abuse, I was convinced otherwise. Perhaps our "Equestrian Outreach Officer" will have some success in persuading them to pay more attention to trail conditions when they ride. Ha!
According to our own Ninja master, this loop combined with the DeClue is around 9 or 10 miles.
So when you go out and ride this trail, and are having a great time, think about what was there before, and what a difference volunteers can actually make.

Tired of Riding on Roads With Rock & Glass Strewn Shoulders?

Turns out that MODOT will clean the shoulder of roads which they maintain on request. More info on the MOBikeFed website. Anyone know if Illinois will do the same thing?

Greensfelder Dogwood Trailbuilding - Nov 12

We should be finishing two stretches of new trail on the Dogwood trail at Greensfelder Park Saturday, making for a loop that's double what it used to be, better quality and more sustainable of course.

Work goes from 9am to 1pm. Lunch will be provided by St. Louis County Parks afterwards. To preregister and ensure a piece of a sandwich, email Kay at khartzke@stlouisco.com or call 314-638-2100 by Thursday. Please say you're with GORC, as they're already booked full for other volunteer groups. Boots, long pants, and gloves are highly recommended. Gloves and eyewear are available. Bring a mcleod, pulaski, shovel, digging bar or rock bar, whatever you have, as this is shaping up to be the biggest GF workday yet. And of course bring your bike for a ride after lunch!

Meet at Dogwood Shelter (not Muckerman like the original flyer said)

Directions:
* Hwy 44 to Six Flags exit, Allenton Road North
* Go past six flags, into Greensfelder Park, just past the visitor's center, turn left on Hencken Road
* Go past Muckerman shelter and the operations office (it's a house) on your left
* Take the next left into the parking lot.
* Look for the St. Louis County Parks tool trailer.

St. Louis County has really recruited some volunteers for Saturday so we've got a special request out for experienced trailbuilders, anyone who's done this before counts. If you're a biker who's new to trailbuilding, (or if you're busy Saturday) consider SIU-Edwardsville on Sunday instead. It'll be a little smaller and more intimate, and lots of fun. Or just go nuts and do both.

tom

Dope...

Another rider joins the ranks of our Burnin' Team!






Heras' A-sample has tested positive for EPO. In a few weeks, we'll get the B-sample test to confirm his status for next year's Council Bluff Race, maybe a 'fast' team eh Tom?

Here's a great editorial on the whole "dopers suck" thing...good times.

BTW: Last nights ride at LV was fun, the trails were primo and we had 11 riders, not including the folks we saw out on the trail, and the DRJ crew that showed up around 9pm to hit the trail. THese rides are gaining momentum once again, thanks to the nice fall weather. Contrast this to last year when the weather SUCKED A$$ for the entire Nov/Dec riding season.

BTW Part II: COME TO GREENSFELDER SATURDAY AND HELP US FINISH THE TRAIL!!!!

MTB Positioning Chart

For those of you who like to tinker with the position of various components on your bike, here's an article about how to keep track of any changes you might make. Includes a link to a chart from Park Tool where you can record the measurements.
Here's the one for road bikes.

CYCLOCROSS!!!

If this looks like fun to you, check out www.bigshark.com

Monthly Meeting Wed. 11/02 7 p.m.

Regular monthly meeting a the Schlafly Tap Room.

Story on Mountain Biking in Missouri

JohnnyD gets interviewed briefly as part of a general article about Mountain Biking in Missouri. Published oddly enough by the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives.

Free music to listen to at work

Hey desk jockeys, here's some legal music you can listen to on the computer.

NPR has been internet broadcasting a series of concerts from a club in Washington DC. They get some good bands (your mileage may vary) and you can listen on demand. Audio quality varies from one show to the next. Some of them, notably Son Volt and Bloc Party can be downloaded in MP3 format so you can take them with you. Most of them have to stream. Check back because they keep adding more.

Also of note is NPR's podcast directory. You don't actually need a dorkpod to listen to any of it (but that's how I do it). Itunes on the computer will do fine, or look up podcasting on wikipedia for much more info.

LINKS:
NPR Live Concert Series
NPR podcast directory

As if we needed more proof that the french suck.

But it could be said that the presentation of the 2006 route did more than turn its back on Discovery Channel, the American super-squad. In an extraordinary mission statement by Amaury Sport Organisations's deputy managing director Jean-Marie LeBlanc and director of cycling Christian Prudhomme, the pair said in their introduction to the 2006 event:
"On the 24th of July we turned the page on a long, very long chapter in the history of the Tour de France. And one month later, current events made it clear to us that it was just as well that this was so."
It could only be a reference to seven-time Tour winner Armstrong, and the subsequent doping allegations published in the ASO-owned L'Equipe newspaper that came out one month later (see report).
They continued: "Does this justify closing the entire book and erasing all the emotions that, for so many years, the Tour and its champions have provided us with?
"Taken as a whole, judged on its lifelong worth - like an artist or a poet - and in particular on its future productions, we want to believe that the Tour de France deserves a better fate. The dream that it embodies, the values that it is capable of generating mean that it has a duty to be able to hold its head up in pride."

Greensfelder goodness

We're building another big stretch of new trail on the Dogwood loop at Greensfelder Park this fall. It'll take big turnouts to get it done in the remaining two scheduled workdays, 10/29 and 11/12. Here are the details.

We work from 9am to 1pm. Lunch will be provided by St. Louis County Parks afterwards. To preregister and ensure a sandwich, email Kay at khartzke@stlouisco.com or call 314-638-2100 by Thursday. Boots, long pants, and gloves are recommended. Gloves and eyewear are available..

Bring your bike for a ride after lunch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Meet at Muckerman Shelter

Directions:
* Hwy 44 to Six Flags exit, Allenton Road North
* Go past six flags, into Greensfelder Park, just past the visitor's center, turn left on Hencken Road
* Take an almost immediate left into the parking lot.
* Look for the St. Louis County Parks tool trailer.

Madison County Bike Trails

Sunday's Post-Dispatch has an article about the network of bike trails across the river in Illinois. Of particular interest is the attitude of homeowners whose property lies near the various trails:

"Initially, there were complaints from people who feared their privacy would be invaded," Kane said. Today, the complaints are from people who want to know when they'll get their spur (link) to the trails."

Contrast the Madison County situation with recent events in Maryland Heights. The free bike magazine "Point to Point", which is available apparently, in most local bike shops, has an informative analysis of the Maryland Heights story as well.

Ozark Trail event

Maybe some of you don't regularly read the GORC forum. Well, now [edited 10/24] it is too late to go to the Ozark Trail Association GORC 10/22 mega event on the Middle Fork section. You probably got email about it. See all the gorcy details on the forum HERE. We have a a big new section of hard trail to build, new trail to ride, new place to camp, free beer and camping, lots of fiends, and food. This will be too fun to miss.

There's another one on Nov 5th. See the OTA page for details.

LINKS:
Details about the 10/22 event
Ozark Trail Association
Maps of the Ozark Trail

Rockboy Rants

How about that burnin Revive at the BURN 05? Typical GORC affair for sure. What can be done to amp that deal up?
Lets burn it down, Rockboy

GORC Socks Are Here

The stylish new GORC Socks have arrived, and we managed to convince a world-famous underwear and ankle model to give you all a preview of what they look like. Available now from your friendly neighborhood Trail Pimp, or at the next meeting or workday.

Cliff Cave

Today's Post-Dispatch has an article about what's happening at Cliff Cave Park.
The printed version also mentions the need for volunteers for the 10/29 Greensfelder Workday.

one, two, three, owned...

 
 

Bikeworks NYC chainwheel archive

Seeing these silly disk brake rotors from interbike reminded me of the online museum of decorative chainwheels. Most of them are old and cool. A few, like the dirty dancing one, are just silly. Also note the chainrings (that bolt onto a spider) are on another page.

link:
http://www.bikecult.com/works/chainwheel.html

Stinky? Where's the love?

Like you love your same sex parents...not that there's anything wrong with that!

new poll out!!!

Is the pimp a wanker?

Of course. No, he's a stud. Yes, my grandma blows his doors off. Will he ever shut up? He likes bartles and james coolers. Who is the pimp? results » Polls

Politics with the Pimp!

Let's do a quick recap of the current administration:
Hint: Click the links for more info...

Tom Delay: The latest in the string of scandals. Finally approval ratings begin to slip.
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Karl Rove...Treasonist Outlaw/Republican Master Strategist.
"I didn't know her name. I didn't leak her name," This is a typically
misleading "Bush Inc." quote. Since he wouldn't have to say her name,
he could just say "Joseph Wilson's wife is a CIA operative", and it has
the same effect, AND IS A VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW!

Lewis "Scooter" Libby =
SCAPEGOAT!
For a full-list of the players in this latest conundrum

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And the newest "Busy Insider" Harriet Myers...

Generalisimo El-Busho has sought a lawyer to fill the bench. Why?
Because most of their legal positions are beyond accusation, they can
point to the fact that they were being paid to argue a point, whether
they agreed to it or not. Another clever move by Karl Rove and Dick
Cheney...oops, I mean "President Bush Inc."

Oh, and expect to hear the words "attorney/client privledge" used often in the hearings.
_____________________________________
Finally, let's consider the following questions:

Where's Osama Bin Laden?
Where are all the WMDs?
Why did we invade Iraq in the first place? (check the previous question)
What ever happened to the Clean Air Act?
Do you think that Senator Bill Frist will get a similar sentence for insider trading that Martha Stewart recieved? (Frist was rumored to be a future prez candidate...was)
Yes, I'm just scratching the surface here. I could go on, just do your
own research.

The Pimp!

yeah, these are my opinions, not GORC's. It's a bike club.

And the Best Place in St. Louis to Mountain Bike is...

According to the Riverfront Times the best place in St. Louis to Mountain Bike is....
They also list the best "urban bike ride" as Gravois Avenue. No mention of flying bricks or roving gangs.
Here's the best bike shop.