"Last year, Red Peak Branding conducted a unique urban experiment for Hudson Urban Bicycles. On January 1, 2011 we chained a fully loaded bike - bells, basket, lights and more - to a post along a busy Soho street. We took a picture of the bike everyday for 365 days, watching it slowly vanish before our eyes. The photos we took were then turned into a daily calendar. We call this project LIFECYCLE: 365 days in the life of a bike in NYC."
0:28 day 157 water bottle 0:31 day 214 basket 0:32 day 225 bike lock 0:33 day 231 seat, day 241 parcel rack 0:34 day 248 front wheel, day 252 handlebar grips 0:35 day 270 rest of the bike
Given my relatively small viewer base i'm sure me blacking out isn't going to change anything, or influence anyone of importance. Bottom line though-i'm not one to stand by sucking my thumb while a small percentage of tools change the world forever and just do nothing about it. I couldn't not black out. I don't agree with everything regarding the situation, but hey, lets not stop brewing beer because of a few spoiled batches--right? Let's not screw the whole country over because of the corporate world's lack of ability to protect their own crap from pirates. This is a little drastic if you ask me. It's like punishing a whole neighborhood because the richest guy's house got broken into.
If you have some free time and want to hassle contact your local tool check out the easy finder Wikipedia provided us with on their home page: local tool finder
June 30, 2012 it's going to happen...my only question is..."is there a 24 hour during this, and if so...who's gonna pull the midnight lap?" har har har
Crank The Shield 2009 about killed me (totally my own fault). I fell head first off a small cliff and landed on a rock, knocked myself silly, then had to call it quits after just the first stage due to a concussion. Angry Johnny himself hauled me out of there back to the van, and I must say I barely even remember it. Apparently on the trip home I was talking to EJ about a magic school bus, and I scared the hell out of Chelsea when I climbed into bed at about 4a.m. without even telling her I was coming home early.
Crank The Shield 2010 was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. Hands down, just freakin' incredible. After that they switched to an every other year format, so i've been itching for Crank The Shield 2012 ever since. Not only is it three days of some of the most awesome trails ever-it's fully catered all you can eat gourmet goodness too. On top of that, you are just riding with some awesome people, run by the best, while basking in the glory of the Canadian Shield (northern Ontario). And oh yeah...they have beer! I actually started this blog just after the 2010 CTS and my first post ever was a recap of this event: Crank The Shield 2010 post. (I returned the spent XX chainring that cost me a podium in 2010 to a friend of mine at Sram, Schweinfurt, Germany when I visited my parents. It was hilarious.)
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