Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
High Bike Art
Ahh, the (bike) arts in Chicago! On the Wednesday Night 35-mile rampage with Chicago Cycling Club, I hang onto this guy's wheel. His skeleton tattoo gives me inspiration to persevere as any good piece of art should.
Then there's the peloton pageantry. That's Ken Delo up front. He used to be on Tripower and Northend's teams in Virginia Beach before he moved to Chicago. That's the Evanston Grand Prix Pro 1-2 race which is part of the Superweek circuit.
Performing arts. This woman sang an uncommissioned version of the National Anthem as the instrumental played prior to Ken's race in Evanston. They ought to give her the mic next year, she was pretty good.
Beneath this awesome bridge is a 100-mile off road path that runs along the Illinois and Michigan Canal. Most of the path is remote and provides miles of uninterrupted training (away from stoplights). This starkly perpendicular interruption to the perfectly strait trail reminds me that there are intriguing options from the strait and narrow. See some of the other bridges here which is where I got the photo.
Posted by Liz Schleeper at 7/21/2008 08:15:00 AM 7 comments
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
3rd Nipple?
Paolo has a write up from a 4th of July mountain bike ride we did starting at Palos, a trail system in Southwest Chicago. We were plagued with mechanicals and such, but it was so great to be back in the woods.
Guy took a serious handlebar jab to the chest and in the process I learned new terminology--the "3rd nipple." This phenomenon is well documented, ok in fiction mostly, and among entertainers. How can I just now be hearing about this?
Someone told a 3rd nipple James Bond joke that even Guy layed out on the ground laughed at, but I kept quiet knowing that I could look it up later.
Apparently the 3rd nipple was so vital to James Bond in "Man with the Golden Gun" that he had a prosthetic one. Are we serious people?! Let me hear that joke again because I still am not laughing!
Posted by Liz Schleeper at 7/09/2008 03:41:00 AM 2 comments