Remember when the arrival of MBAction was the highlight of your cycling week? Of course not. Aside from the ad-surplus there was. Nothing. Ever. But. In the interest of my (future) personal and corporate fortunes, I must at least suggest, surely it's better now. One of the cornerstones that rubbed me all kinds of wrong was the Pros' Bikes bi-fold: Inaccessible. Expensive. Generally quirky as fuck (left handed double inverted ...
The Anti-Race came. The Anti-Race went. Well it went indeed. Not that there's anything wrong with that. There are photos of this years WINNER this years LOSER and everyone in between. In accordance with the solitary Del-Stalk policy, images are pending approval and destruction. Later and another day we will discuss my Anti-Race FRANKEN-BELT bike of warranty and spares bin excellence. I'd love to say it performed flawlessly. The FRANKEN-BELT ...
Last minute preparations near one of two terminations. Completion. Complete abandonment. From the completed files. Anti-Prizes have been purchased and are now fully allocated. Some new, some olde categories: ANTI-WINNER. The person who most and best exemplifies anything and everything losers hate about winners. ANTI-LOSER. This person clearly is mostly and totally oblivious to the fact that the Anti-Race is/does/has ever in fact happen(ed). LAPDOG CALLOUT. A ...
The stats for the upcoming edition of AntiRace and DelStalk are becoming evident. ANTI RACE START: Main village parking lot @ 12:00 October 22 Specifics beyond are for the moment. There will be people. There will be riding. When complete. There won't be t-shirts. If there were. There would be much more attendance. With or without luck, there are odds we won't be invited back. Much like FIREHALL PIZZA. After two sessions, no ...
October 22 and the 20 eleven Limited Edition of DELSTALK and ANTIRACE are nearly upon us. Registration is completely optional and without necessity, this unvent will happen with or without anyone in attendance, however, it would be nice to know if there are going to be enough zero plates. Confirm here and there: ANTIRACE. DELSTALK. Meanwhile a phone rings at 4Print... Peter: < bbbbrrrrrrriiiinnnnngggg >. Dave: What, Peter Keiller? Peter: Ho, ho. ...
Not unlike a fragile babe, for the second time in one week I fear I may have been concussed. This the time without the dramatic aid and painkilling effects of alcohol. Unlike the first incident, I was not attacked in and of a jealous troll rage, this time I was merely and innocently collecting my toys from the bathroom floor. Then. Suddenly. I was near-decapitated by an edgy and aggressive ...
Last (BRECK) day. The other day. For Stage SIX of the BRECK EPIC there was miles and there were feet. Distance and vertical I'm told. Surely to hold trials, tribulations controlled by a medieval system of measure. Updates of a (more) timely fashion, while obviously more appropriate, would not have reflected the intense (and debilitating) nature of STAGE SEVEN. Five days the previous, the hangover is now subsiding. Suffice to ...
My NEW Easton XC ONE wheels are toast...pop. Surprise! And, despite itself, the belt drive continues to hold. The only thing I do NEED before soon, is a set of (matching only please) wheels that I can run with the belt drive. To borrow. And use. At The Breck Epic. Then return. Light, durable and available are the only three musts. And by durable. I mean, they aren't shit. ...
DEL STALK and ANTI RACE have been determined. October 22, 2011. Collingwood, Ontario. Poster. Medium is Sharpie on Paper. Fuck colour. In no particular order: Catheters and Chaos. Del the Barbarian*. Fuck Collingwood. I'm sorry Lepper. You deserve better. I forget what you look like. Arty and oversold. *Models for Del the Barbarian (supporting cast ONLY) will be held with little notice and less clothing. Final to follow.
Acceptance. A vital and integral component of calculated (thereby dignified) failure. There is only honour in failure at the hands of defeat. Honour is pride and pride is a sin by Jesus. At exactly 06:30 this morning I pulled my plug, with it, all intention of (any) serious cycling in 2011. The alarm was extinguished with the sound of thunder on rain. Immediately and with authority. I decided. I will not be ...
It appears the subject d'art from DELSTALK/AntiRace 2010 is quite haute du jour. The OFFICIAL poster: The RECENT rendition: That original is over HERE. The similarities don't bother me. Vomiting is a completely natural state of inebriation for some. The fact that HIS poster is better than MY poster bothers me. Very much.
I planned on writing a this and that about the Anti-Race and Del-Stalk. I wrote, re-wrote, wee-wrote and rowed the boat. For 48 hrs I worked on something evasive and inconclusive. Some of that on this. To protect the innocent, afterall, the guilty have nothing to fear. Consideration for those that could be tainted by association. I'll wait here, You're crazy, Those vicious streets are filled with strays, You should have ...
Low brow, the new wow cow now. With Del-Stalk quickly approaching, the more meteorological predicktions are in. CollingWood, ON: CURRENTLY In Del terms: I'm no weather. Man. Blame THIS.
Alone, uninspired and evidently (partially) vacated by mine habitual propensity for verbal burlesque, I focused all remaining un-literary energies squarely upon the completion of this years ANTI-RACE non-plates. A week early. Victory. The 2009 unstallment of the Anti-Race was not unpleasantly plagued by a number of firsts. It was the first year an unvitation was ever extended to the general unpopulous. It was the first year all registered persons were provided ...
First - Essential facts and fiction are now available. The Unofficial Anti-Race and Del-Stalk page has been essentially revised: HOME PAGE. Second - Unofficial rumoured beer sponsor is now official. While the un-vent remains non-stream there will be beverages provided: CARLSBERG. Third - Prizes are in process. Ideas and donations would be greatly appreciated.