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Jack

About Me

i've got a sexy new track bike, everyone should check it out!
however, due to a tragic crash, the bicycle is no longer. i have a slightly less sexy aluminum bike, which rides amazingly well, thank you Van Dessel sports! so, elite track racing, here i come!
"Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of mankind"
- H.G. Wells
"get a bicycle, you won't regret it, if you live"
-Mark Twain
"It never gets easier, you just go faster."
- Greg Lemond
"Dont buy upgrades, ride up grades."
-Eddie Mercx
my dog:

adopt your own REAL pet! ..

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

www.bikeswarm.org
www.organicathlete.org

My Blog

Feel my legs III

it’s official, i’m a bike jock.for the third year in a row i won the epic tour of LA based on the Dirty Dozen, produced by danny chew.  a few things were different this year, we rode ...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:15:00 GMT

hit and run, cyclist at fault?

Yeah, me.  So, megan and I were on out way to the velodrome in carson to do some racing today.  i got some new wheels built this morning (campy sigma rims, dura ace high flange hubs, black s...
Posted by on Sat, 12 May 2007 19:43:00 GMT

an EPIC saturday

 breathless agony, morning.wolfpack drag races at night.more coming, right now i have to go get ready for my Mercedes Benz tv spot.peace.(sell out you say?  yeah, what would you do for $3000...
Posted by on Sun, 06 May 2007 04:56:00 GMT

Friday Night Down Town LA Crit.

seriously?First of all, this shit was amazing.  Great job Boo Boo, for designing the course, it was brutal, fast, and really scary.  perfect for friday 13.i'm writing this to give my story, ...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:07:00 GMT

Feel My Legs, I'm a Racer!

So, this is my second crack at the 10 most brutal hills in LA.i'm not sure all 10 of them are that brutal, but all 10 of them in a single day was cruel.  the route changed this year a bit, as is ...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:27:00 GMT

riding home tonight.

so, i was riding home from food for less at 6th and union, just having spent $30 on food, so needless to say my bag weighed in at just over 60 lbs, and i was having a time of it. just south of beverly...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:43:00 GMT

bikes

so here's the deal.  automobile operators don't respect, acknowledge, or accept that bicycles should be anywhere on the road.  why is this?  because (especially here in LA) people have ...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 13:44:00 GMT

a few of life's mysteries...

to be visited herein; social (and private) interactions, public servants, and societal conditioning. so, here we are.  2006 drawing to a close, and where am i?  i'm in LA, land of the false,...
Posted by on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 03:42:00 GMT

fucking hipsters.

I linked to this article from Drunk Cyclist.  there's actually a sentece in it, saying that fixed bikes are on the same level as trucker hats, and PBR to hipsters.  That's just not right, on...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 18:21:00 GMT

seriously?

So it's recently occurred to me how good my life has become. My new job, as a bike messenger in downtown LA, is probably the most enjoyable thing i've ever been paid for.  Seriously.  Not on...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 10:56:00 GMT