Archive for the 'comrades' Category

27
Sep

epiphany

By japhyrider 2 Comments
Categories: TBS Recommends, Uncategorized, comrades and endurance

linkedin
i came about this in a sort of happenstanceclickthroughandbrowse sort of way, which led to the much more interesting and ultimately pertinent podcast available on iTunes  (linked at the end of the text in the blog about him).  this professor’s lecture podcast validates indifference to hurrythefuckupandwait western stress.  thank you Caylin Barter for the indirect connect to Dr. Sapolsky’s findings…  sit back, have a homebrew, enjoy the show and consider how well you may age if you have a hobby, some buddies, and don’t sweat the small stuff.

happy weekend,

J.r.

16
Sep

a mobile baconstrip

By Wolfy 4 Comments
Categories: comrades

Some of you know about the Website Twitter and that is is what they call a “microblog.” Since The Bacon Strip is a blog i have been trying to find a way to incorporate microblogging into what we do here. And until now i haven’t figured out how to add this content to what i post on Twitter.

identi.ca

That’s where identi.ca comes in. identi.ca is identi.cal to twitter is most ways, but it has better functionality and is more stable because fewer people are using it. I don’t know anyone on it in Reno for example.

Twitter is for techgeeks, identi.ca is for dirtbags

So here’s the way I see this working. You post a message through the web or text message, and the whole team gets it. We can then coordinate Dawn Patrols, set up rides, and line up beer sessions. I’d use this exclusively for TBS related communications. Otherwise I have no use for it at all. Also if you remember the spate of txt messages from the 24 hours in old pueblo last year, this will be far easier and more fun.

Any questions? You can post by text message, IM or web, and you can turn it on and off from your phone by sending a text message. You can send private messages and replies. Sign up, then go to my profile and subscribe to my updates and the rest of the team. Badda Bing Badda Boom…

What do you think?

-M

01
Jun

Cornwhores version 1.2

By japhyrider 3 Comments
Categories: Skiing, adventure, backcountry and comrades

————-what really happened —————

one thing about late spring skiing on corn snow is that it is over by noon, leaving quite a bit of daylight in which to busy one’s self…

spudzooka

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19
May

Cornwhores

By japhyrider 7 Comments
Categories: Skiing, backcountry and comrades

one thing about late spring skiing on corn snow is that it is over by noon. that leaves a lot of daylight to busy one self until the next sunrise…

spudzooka

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17
Apr

No Shift, Sherlock

By lowco2 7 Comments
Categories: bike and comrades

Thought you gents would enjoy this article from the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/17/SPI11064U2.DTL

Chuck says, “You’d better read it!”

15
Mar

signal pk!!!

By nooninator 12 Comments
Categories: Skiing, adventure, backcountry, comrades, endurance and mountain

That’s Stubbie, the smoothest biker you’ll meet, badass alpine shredder, in the resort and B/C and a beer drinking extraordinaire!!!

So I took a much needed break from the bike, in particular, the 1speed!  Last night my buddy Greg (Stubby) called and told me to meet him at Aarons in the A.M.  From there we headed west on I-80 to Cisco Grove, parked, and did the giant slog up to Signal Pk  We thought we were going to ski the north shot on the backside, but noticed if we did another short traverse, we could scrounge a lil more vert out of it.  So of course, we said, let’s do it, and screw the skins let’s just boot pack up this bitch!  By the time we got to the top it was a freaking blizzard out!  Which was off and on… bluebird, blizzard, bluebird, blizzard…We waited for Mr. Sunshine and sure enough he came.  We ended up skiing down an east face that was one of the sickest “Warren Miller Style” screw that, “Powder Whore Style” lines that I skied this year.  Well, maybe not that big, those guys go big!  Nonetheless, it was fanfuckintabulous anyway!  Smokey and Salomon’s lines were pretty sick too.  Not bad for a few mutts and some old dogs!  Ha!  We dropped it like it’s hot, dropped it like it’s hot!  So what we skied down we had to skin up, another freaking slog fest!  When we got to the top we finished off our vittles and waited out the blizzard again… and guess who decided to show his bright face?  That’s right, Mr. Sunshine… so we strapped our shit up nice and tight and skied another sick line down the south face of Signal Pk and took the long semi-downhill traverse back to the car… this was were Smokey and Salomon were really able to show off the speed and not so graceful agility… I think they got broke the fuck off, well, so did Greg and Aaron and I!!!It was a six hour day and we weren’t lolly-gagging around either.  Maybe a lil, like pals do I guess!  Sorry Wolfy, no pictures, to busy skiing!  Sorry for not calling everyone else either, it was a last minute thing and we left early.   Later dudes and chicks, Nooner   

26
Dec

Day 1 in the B/C 4 Me!!!

By nooninator 5 Comments
Categories: Skiing, adventure, backcountry, comrades and mountain

This past Saturday Smokey and I meet up with Juni, Wolfy, Dave, Dave and Ray for a lil’ backcountry in the Mount Rose  area.

It was a beautiful sunny day, didn’t really know what to expect considering the not so considerate SNOW GODS lately!  Actually I was kinda expecting crappy conditions with crappy conditions…. what we had in place was Sick mofoin powder with crappy conditions!

We pondered a bit below hourglass on what to ski.  Wolfman and myself noticed some fellers skiing our lines climbers right (more appropriately, skiers left) of hourglass… pow lines!  Needless to say, the two Mikes, the two Daves, Ray, Juni and the subtly cracking Smokey headed that way and we’s all had sick lines with the occasional rock jib!

On our way back up to ski the last pitch of the day we ran into your friendly neighborhood tattooed man.  Around that point I believe we lost a Dave and Ray, but added one of our TBS mates and one of my 24 hour mates.

Short story short… Wolfy, Dave, myself, Juni and my BONKING WOLFDOG headed back to the realities (holidays) of the world!  Huck Tatar soldiered on! 

Very few pictures that day… low battery!

Nooner

05
Dec

24 hrs in Old Pueblo

By bustigator 4 Comments
Categories: bike races and comrades

My first post so I guess ‘ve been devirginized TBS style. POP! We know the male horses wolfy and japhyrider are flyin solo so what about the rest of us? Well GBG, Onesie and I are going and need another rider. Nooner has showed definite interest but we aren’t fixin to leave anyone hangin … So let’s all finger it out… http://www.epicrides.com/twofour/24.htm

01
Oct

29er party!

By japhyrider 5 Comments
Categories: Riding, comrades and travel

Saturday the 29th was ~37th-ish annual Vulture Day (observed) and we did our best to make the migration to Bend, OR to participate. A few hours into the 6 hour drive we plowed head-on into our first snow storm driving experience of the season - sweet!

first snow storm of the season!

We arrived at Jessica’s place before midnight and kept her and Wade up a few more hours talking and chilling before pitching the tent on the driveway. In the morning, I was up with the sun under a heavy frost and to find ice in the dog water - brrr! A very excellent breakfast of bacon containing quiche (I don’t remember its actual name) was had at Bend’s Sparrow Cafe, along with some super high octane java. Wade is stoked on the good people that run that place, fostering community and artist endeavors in a decommissioned industrial complex that was originally the towns foundry. You can’t imagine how good the chocolate birthday cake he got from them was!  Here he’s prying Whitney for her secret recipe.

sparrow cafe

The afternoon was spent riding the trails in local woods - twisty, a bit technical leading to great views from nearby buttes. Amanda, Oso, Chris S, Wade, and I span away the day having a great time. Cool trails out there, and not a soul besides us on them! How’s that for a birthday ride?  All the while, Jessica was making an excellent effort at preparing her home and kitchen for the sushi birthday feast.  Thanks for having us all over, Jessica!

preride shredder

scratch Vulture!

soon thereafter, friends of Wade & Jessica converged on her place to partake in keg#2 of Wade’s whiskey flavored porter homebrew, build and mow down on some sushi, laugh, long board, fire watch, smash a pinata, and revel for their friend’s birthday. What a great group of pals you guys have up there. it was a pleasure to meet everyone and get our party on!

sushi table

nice hand roll! what flaver a powar bait dja use?

10 inches, at least

can you see the bacon in that there sushi?

Vulture roll

vulture pinata

Wade had the last go at the vulture pinata - which, ah, contained some provocative stuffing…

Vulture and Huge

happy birthday, Vulture!

shredder

27
Sep

The Barley Pop Factory

By japhyrider 2 Comments
Categories: Noticias, TBS Recommends and comrades

So there we were, Wolfy and I, enjoying the early evening sun and mild September temps outside the Great Basin Brewery, tortilla chips and house salsa to slow down our beer consumption, the smell of fresh beer wort in the air and nothing to do but catch up. Tom the Brew Master wandered out into the light and stopped by our table to say hi. I asked what he was brewing today and he said an ESB - ummm, hops! In fact, it was time get in there and add more hops before transferring. “Can I see?” I asked. “Sure, come on in!” Next thing we knew we were handed a “stirrer” and a pail of hops and put to work. Tom fielded questions and explained some of the equipment, told us about ethos and environmental considerations of beer making at the commercial scale, and rocked some great music from Boot Liquor Radio.

Wolfy and the Brew Master

and then Mike asked, “so which one of these taps do I open to get some beer?”

fresh as it gets!

good thing i trimmed the bash guard… other wise there could’ve been a whisker addition with that pail of hops!

ummmm hops

And this is just the beginning. Next week we go back to school for FB125C Beer Analysis: Ale Styles. Thanks for the tour, Tom! See you at class.

Japhy rider

ps- there were still openings in the class when I reg’d yesterday. $59 + $20 “lab fee,” a bargain at twice the price!

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