CRAZY BASTARD NAKED BIKE RIDE TONIGHT!

Are you kidding me? There's no Naked Bike Ride tonight, you'd freeze your yabbies off up yonder here in Michigan. But there will be a ride tonight, and with clothes on, I've been told. Sorry I can't be there but it should be fun ... before the snow-monsoon hits this weekend.

Just in case you want to have a Naked Bike Ride, well here's how they do it in Madison Wisconsin (last June when it was warm), home of the perpetual protest and Cheese Head. I guess they know how to do both - protest and wear a Cheese Head, 'cause they're both in here.

This protest, beside being against clothes, is also against oil and a few other things. Since these folks have a got a big hate-on for oil, I'm thinking there's probably a lot squeaky chains, dry bottom brackets (hahahah!) on this ride. The best part in is at about 1:45 when the guy starts describing the right kind of seat for his naked ass.

This video isn't just NSFW it's kind of disgusting, too. I can see why those people in Wisconsin are protesting all the time. I would too if everybody looked like this!

Hey pass the cheese plate! I'm not gross enough yet.

NOT SAFE FOR WORK NAKED BIKE RIDE VIDEO

Second thought, I'm a no-go for the Naked Bike Ride thing.

WE KEEP ON MOVING WITH THE LIGHTS ON: RIDE REPORT

With a number of Bastards defecting to the road, because I assume it's easier and you don't have to clean your bike after a ride and so on, it was a small but jumpy and fast bunch last night with Big Mac, seen below, Specialized Steve, seen later on, Randy, Redline Bastard, and myself, not seen at all, all out for a pleasant spin in the neighborhood, chatting about the racing last weekend, draft beers, and Goose Island being bought by Budweiser, and who's the best caterer and so on. You know, biker talk.

A bright, bright Big Mac. Yeah, he's as bright as he looks. Almost.

I didn't take a lot of photos, but it was beautiful out last night. Great to finally see where we were riding for a change. Not to mention the giant high rise office building that went up on Ashley and the 70 story tall Tower on Nugent. Amazing we didn't see them before, but hey, it was dark.

Steve, he's de-booting in the back of the Stevemobile after a nice ride. You care, right?

While some of you might find the photo of Steve taking off his boots in the back of his car exciting (you need help, okay) and some of you may find it kinda of oh-yeah-so what, I took this photo to show you light conditions at the end of our ride at 8'oclock. Yeah, I didn't bring lights to the parking lot to light this, this is mother natures soft box. No lights needed! It's nice seeing where we're going - plus I didn't have to drag that damn car battery around. That thing's heavy!

BARRY ROUBAIX FINISH

While I have been anxiously awaiting news from the BRX (I have not personally received any) I found this waiting for me on FB this morning. Created by Bark C (let me know you're the name of your video production company so I can give you full credit) it shows a kind of "cut them off at the pass" type of finish normally associated with old westerns where the bad guys cut ahead of the good guys and bushwack them before they cross the finish line. While the commentator noted "that sucks" I'm not sure who it sucked for. The guys who ducked across the line first (maybe they would have been way ahead anyway if they hadn't taken a wrong turn) or the guys that got cut off at the pass. Any way, this is a usual "wrong way" finish and happens quite often bike racing.

No sooner had I finished the above posting, I discovered a video interview with the guy (Mike Anderson) on CyclingDirt, that cut the others off at the pass and essentially bushwacked them at the line. Seems like a nice guy, and a good sportsman. It appears that "cutting them off at the pass" is not acceptable and he was disqualified (he would have been 3rd!) which means he won't be getting any Hammergel. Still he took it really well, hats off to him. I can't really figure out why 'bushwacking' in a Killer Gravel Road race is off the table. Muh!

Watch more video of Barry-Roubaix: The Killer Gravel Road Race on cyclingdirt.org

THE NIGHT BEFORE THE BRX

While I just "curated" (robbed) this off today BSNYC Friday Fun Quiz wrong answer video-buzzer, I had to wonder how in the hell did Bike Snob get behind-the-scenes video of a BRX racer preparing for his biggest race of the year? Yeah, this is what's going on all over the West Michigan, hell even the entire the Midwest, as racers prepare for the Killer Gravel Road Race with over something like 30,0000 feet of climbing. That's like 6 miles! At the top you should be seeing airliners go by. Anyway, I sure hope no one gets injured in this "Killer" cycling event. Good luck to all!

THE REAL ALI-G SHOW - CROSS VERSLUIS SNOWCROSS STYLE

Met Ali G in Luuueeevillle before it moved to the dust bowl. Quite a character. He was a X-Games Snowboarder-maniac before he got into to cross. He and Mike Wissink have whupped on each other in the Master's 35 in the USGP for the last few years, it's be great to watch. Great video here, looks like he knows how to ride the snow, duh, but also glad to see he makes some of the same "errors" that ordinary humans make on a bike. The crashapotomis.

The Real Ali G Show episode 5 from The Real Ali G Show on Vimeo.

CROSS RACING FOR MONEY

Another great video from our friends at Cyclocross Magazine. I recall losing a couple of spots (and then getting them back) trying to find a place to stuff dollar bills during the race at Bloomer Park last year. It's not easy kids. See how it's done here by some crazy cross racers in Utah, yeah Utah.

RIDE TONIGHT - FACING THE FIERCENESS OF MOTHER NATURE

Anybody feel like riding tonight? Anybody feel like getting caught horrid weather? It could be great training for the Barry Roubaix, or even the Fisk Knob TT this coming weekend, so there's a reason to be there. Let me know - barely need to charge the light, but will anyway just in case I get "blown away" and have to hike-a-bike back home. Check this video out (wrong answer video from a recent BSNYC Friday Quiz), because this could be what it's like - yeah, it's March boys and girls.