Roll with me... tomorrow... 10am

The World is Alive!
Roll on,
Frank

Filthy Fifty Update - Love somebody... in the middle of the day

The BABE Filthy Fifty October Ho Down is two weeks from today.  I really do hope you come out for a day of riding and fun times with friends. 

Here's some general information that may help you make decisions about the ride:

• Bring a sturdy reliable bike that can be ridden both on-road and off-road
• I estimate 80% of the ride will be on the road.
• The off-road sections will not be "extreme" and will be something a skilled rider could do on a cyclocross bike.
• You may have to pee in the woods at some point.
• You must be at least 21 years of age.
• Weather may play a factor in the distance and duration of the ride.
• I don't always make good decisions.
• Dress for the weather.
• We will start the ride from Hollywood Gardens parking lot in Rochester, PA around 10am-ish.
• We will finish ride at Hollywood Gardens parking lot in Rochester, PA around 6pm-ish.
• Helmets and blinky lights are recomended, but not required.  We're adults and can make our own decisions.
• Bring plenty of water and some food and snacks.  Some tools and bike supplies would be a good idea.
• I'd prefer not to hear any whining.
• We will be making stops at places where food and beverages can be purchased.
• There will be food available at Hollywood Gardens after the ride.
• For those who ride the entire event without whining will get a free beverage at Hollywood Gardens after the ride.
• The Whiskey Daredevils are awesome and you should stick around for their show at 10pm.  An epic band to end an epic day of riding.
• It's Halloween time, wear a costume or something.
• Bring a change of clothes ferchristsake!
• And don't take off your sunglasses.
  

Call or email me with questions.
Frank

412-417-7513


babeclub@comcast.net





Ride on.

Abide

This is encouraging news.

My expectations of competency from our governments is at an all-time low, but still, I am flummoxed by PennDOT's decision to spend $300,000 on a bicycle lane that was used for just a little over a year. 

Yes, last year, PennDOT spent $300,000+ to put a bicycle lane on Brighton Road that crosses Route 60 in Brighton Township.  Well, just a few weeks ago they tore they entire thing up when they repaved Brighton Road.  I live about a 1/3 of a mile from this bike lane and travel this road a lot.  I estimate it was used by less then 100 cyclists in that year.  What an incredible waste of time and money.  You can imagine where I can go with my government analogies at this point, but I'll stick with cycling related topics.  For now.

Thanks for everyone who came to the BABE trail maintenance (and even to those who tried to come... sorry Rich) on Sunday.  We accomplished a lot in a little time and of course, rode our bikes afterwards...

It was a beautiful day.

Cars are coffins

So many times I want to say something, but so many things keep me from saying something so many times.

Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche wrote in "The Gay Science" (1882):

What if pleasure and displeasure were so tied together that whoever wanted to have as much as possible of one must also have a as much as possible of the other-- that whoever wanted to learn [in Goethe's words] to "jubilate up to the heavens" would also have to be prepared for "depression unto death"?  And that is how things may well be.  At least the Stoics believe that this was how things were, and they were consistent when they also desired as little pleasure as posssible, in order to get as little displeasure as possible out of life...

To this day you have the choice: either as little displeasure as possible, painlessness in brief--and in the last analysis socialists and politicians of all parities have no right to promise their people more than that--or as much displeasure as possible as the price for the growth of an abundance of subtle pleasures and joys that have rarely been relished yet.  If you decide for the former and desire to diminish and lower the level of human pain, you also have to diminish and lower the level of their capacity for joy.

----------

I always just say "balance".

One cannot comprehend heat, without cold.  Good without bad.  Bright without dark.  It goes on and on.  When will most people acknowledge this fundemental  fact of the world in which we inhabit? The world God created.  Beauty cannot exist unless one understands a definition of ugly.  We adjust our definitions of the latter to allow for the former.  Why ignore this obvious reality?  Morality cannot be created, nor can equality.  God will not allow it.  Don't argue with me.  Take it up with Him.  You'll get the chance someday. 

God's balance requires it.

The Days are Just Packed

The days are getting shorter, the nights longer.  Soon will come time for different thoughts and different activities.

I would like if I had more time to write, ramble and expound on things. The days are just packed.


This Sunday is a BABE trail maintenance day at Brady's Run.  Meet at Ice Arena at 10am.  Bring your bike, water, sturdy shoes and a snack.  After trail maintenance we ride.  Maybe have a beer afterwards.  I'll bring Cooler Buddy out for a increasingly infrequent visit.

Remember the Filthy Fifty.  Honest I'll be having some updates on this soon.  Swear.

I've converted.

Scout speaks to me.  Fresh.  Shy.  Bold.  Unpolished.  Channeleing. 

Sweet Jesus!!! Whiskey Daredevils to perform at the Filthy Fifty!!!!

You read that right friends, none other than the world famous Whiskey Daredevils will play at the BABE clubhouse (AKA Hollywood Gardens) following the soon to be world famous Filthy Fifty October Ho Down.

This ride, and this show, are not to be missed. 

Put on your monkey suit.  The town will never be the same. 
Ride on!

Frank

***Mark Your Calendars*** - Two BABE Events Scheduled!!!

EVENT #1:

BABE Brady's Run Trail Maintenance - Sunday, September 20, 2009...

Let's not let Moe's hard work go in vain...

Let us all join back on the trails to finish the "Bastard Bypass" that we started last September on our PTAG workday. Hef and I have the plan, now we just need the bodies to make this trail a complete reality. It's gonna be great.

We meet at 10am at the Ice Arena and go from there.

Of course, after the hard work comes the play in the form of a hike or a bicycle ride. Then, down to the BABE Club House for some pinball and refreshments.

EVENT #2:
Filthy Fifty October Hoe Down - Saturday, October 24, 2009

http://babeclub.smugmug.com/photos/626829625_7puKM-L.jpg

Yes, this is the event scheduled for last year that I unfortunately had to cancel. Not so this year.

Let's get this thing on!

Frank