It slipped right by us and we didn't even notice (or have a party): the beat bike blog turned 1 year old last Friday. I could say that we've come a long way, but we're pretty much same the same as when we started.
Also check this from dead eye dave in New Haven:
The Valley
Kitten Race - May 2nd - New Haven CT
The Valley Kitten is 40+ miles of city and rural roads, hills and dirty
valley riding. A race to remind you how out of shape you let yourself
get this winter(fatty), a race to raise the bar for all other races
this season. Bloody knuckles , bruises and traffic violations are just the beginning, this race will give you bragging right for years to come . . .
Meet time is Noon/noon:30 at that big flag pole/water fouantain on the New Haven green (Elm st at Church st)
!!!!!THE RACE STARTS AT 1PM SHARP!!!!!! $5 entry fee**
PRIZES INCLUDE: $200 gift certificate and t-shirts from Lucky Soul Tattoo, a "small" size backpack and Hipsters from A.Able Bags(see website for images), shirts and water bottles from Viva La Bici and a bunch more awesomely random stuff. . .
sponsors include :
Lucky Soul Tattoo - luckysoultattoo.com
A.Able Bags - a-able.blogspot.com
Devils Gear Bikes - thedevilsgear.com
Viva La Bici Clothing - vivalabici.com
Piece By Piece Documentary - piecebypiecemovie.com
XOXO,
Dead Eye Dave
**All riders welcomed!!**
Friday, April 17, 2009
A year
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5 comments:
We really should have a party.
I agree.
Or, a cakewalk.
what's a cakewalk?
According to Wikipedia: Cakewalk is a traditional African American form of music and dance which originated among slaves in the Southern United States.
There's also Debussy's "Golliwog's Cakewalk" from Children's Corner. I guess Golliwog was a character from a popular children's book at the time. There's also apparent debate over whether or not Golliwog is a racist figure or not. However, to read racism into the Debussy piece, in my opinion, is an unfair presentist assertion. I like the Debussy piece.
FYI, the way a cakewalk worked is that competitors would take turns engaging in fancy, whimsical, or acrobatic walks, and the one judged best would win a cake. Really. From this, we get two idiomatic expressions:
1. "It was a cakewalk," meaning something was easy, or no real competition was present, as in, "Sometimes when I compete in a cyclocross race, I'm lucky just to win some socks, but yesterday's race was a cakewalk: I was the far and away the strongest rider there."
2. "This ain't no cakewalk," meaning that the person to whom the statement is directed should take the present activity more seriously and quit messing around. I use this sometimes, usually when someone is slacking off, spacing out, or otherwise holding up the march of progress.
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