So me and erik went down to the Cycle Jerks' Monster Track 8 premier. I didnt get to see the premier, but I did ride the race, which was amazing. It was 4 checkpoints all across town, even crazy spots like having to find a railroad bridge that crossed the Poudre. It was a lot of fun. In the beginning I just got stomped, I realized my choice of pants was terrible, they were too tight, too black, and too thick. They were killing me from the get go, and I felt pretty much fucked from there on out, as the only spot I didnt know how to get to was the first spot, so I strived to keep up and did. I eventually got two spots mixed up, the 8th ave viaduct and the train bridge. I saw trains under 8th ave and headed for em before realizing everyone was going over the bridge for a reason. That was the 3rd stop and we got a DB-Couriers sticker. Along the way to stop 4, I dropped by sticker right in the middle of federal, I spent a good while jumping in and out of traffic trying to chase down a sticker being drug away by death machines. Had some off roading, all in all it was a fun as hell race. I did much better this time, at track attack I got second to last, which was only due to one guy getting a flat and another guy just disappearing. Anyway this time I was 10th to last out of 38, which is freaking rad. I even beat some people that are quick as hell and I know that they know the city like the back of their hand. Turn outs posted below. Nobody took good pics so Im not posting any from this, waiting for erik to get his pics up and see if we got some good ones, if so you'll be seeing them.
Results:
1 Elliott Leslie
2 Brad Meyer
3 Garrett Suydan
4 Chris Martucci
5 Doug Mock
6 Emily Cornell - first female!
7 Dave Yob
8 Bart Steck
9 Anthony Everhart
10 Lauren McEvoy - second female
11 Frye Plaisted
12 Andrew Nabe
13 John Wenner
14 Roilen Ivester
15 Kurt Heller
16 Corey Baban
17 Dave D’Angelo
18 Ryan Lee
19 Andy Vogel
20 Perry Rivera
21 Stephen Barnes
22 Evan Borman
23 Jason Cranch
24 Tyler Bump
25 Fanco Harguarve
26 Mike McGuire
27 Ana Selby - third fem
28 Eric S.
29 Tyler Conway
30 Karen Walton - fourth fem
31 Robbie Gonsaves
32 Trobjorn Boyesen
33 Zach Robertson
34 Ryan Finke
35 Owen Rigot - DFL/ fifth fem
After that me and Erik made some errand until we headed to civic park to meet up with a bunch of folks for bike prom. Which is probably the best thing since 1998. I met a lot of rad people. Everyone is there because they like riding bikes and that is all that you need to be cool. At 8:30 we made the parade going down to the location, there were a ton of people. On the way down probably 5 blocks into it I pass this kid Tyler whom seems to not like me too much as he was kind of being a dick head at civic park, but whatever thats his game. Anyway I pass him and we are all pulling up to this red light, a few people cut through, I wait and cut through later, right after I cut through I hear a brutally loud noise, along with the sound of a tire pop. It scared the hell out of me. I look back and the kid is laying 30 ft in front of a stopped car. Instantly I get butterflies, and was just like, really god, fuck really. Anyway I ran over to him, and one of the girls riding was a former EMT. He seemed coherent, which I was stoked about, cause looking back at the car, the first thing you notice is a shattered windshield. Eventually the cops were coming up and everyone took off so they werent in the way. The entire ride everyone stayed together and felt pretty shooken up. I had the butterflies and was freaking out for quite a while, even though he was kind of a dick head. He deffinitaley didnt need to get in a wreck, it was scary. And nobody wants to see another biker get hit. But I later caught up with that EMT later in the night and she said he was completely fine, and was just freaking out cause he couldnt afford medical bills and all that jazz. So be stoked.
Anyway I met a ton of people, one rad dude from a cool blog called X Rocks the Spot, named broox (I believe thats how he spells it.
I gave two girls some money to spank me and make out with me for a good while. Which was rad, it was a kissing booth for a girl named Lilly who got hit by a car. I dont know her benefit website, but you can probably find it somewhere on cycle jerk's blog somewhere. Not sure.
Even though there was 300 (guestimation) Cyclists there, I seemed to be the only one with extra tubes/tools/pump. I help so many people replace their tires, or fix their bikes, or lent out my tools. Everyone returned my tools and was super cool thankfully. On rad dude which I wish I catched his name hooked it up. I think it was his Girlfriend or just a friend or maybe even a spouse or something whatever. Anyway she had a 700-27 tire and I happened to have 700-23/25 tubes. We went with it because I was the only person who could probably help. Anyway it worked out, I did a lifetime of pumping and put the tire back on her bike. They were taking off, said their goodbyes and thankyous, and then her Boyfriend or whatever gives me the slap'n pound and smooth as shit hands off money to you. You know for a fact this dude has probably done some shady stuff with some money. Cause there are those people who will sneak money into your hand but you have to grab the money to make the transfer complete, this guy just put it in my hand and when I came back I had a wad of money in my hand. I was stoked, and tried to give it back, which I feel bad for, not only was the dude being gracious, he probably didnt need to let people know he was blowing money like that, and I totally ruined the dudes super smooth move. Anyway her and she both seemed like really rad people, I wish I would have remembered their names. If you read this, thanks guys. Anyway Im getting worse and worse at using comma's and punctuation. That means I need to stop writting. It was a fun day, thanks to cycle jerks, thanks to 3 kings, thanks to the bike prom organizers, thanks to folks from ohio who like to make out with moms, and thanks to the many various guys and girls who kissed me, or fondled whatever body part was to their choosing without warning.
I will leave with a couple of pictures:
Me and Erik, someone purposefully blurred this pic.
Broox from X rocks the spot
The smooth Money criminal
