Hey CX Mag

Do yall need some big freak to test a Rainer Bike on New England Courses? (just kidding)

Never mind, the Raleigh isn't gonna be big enough... I can stop thinking it would be cool to ride... silly tiny bikes, back to drooling over the Purple People Eater that MIF has

Man that'd be cool. I noticed Andrew's bike pictured over there was one of them Rainers. call it what ya want - i still think it is cool...

anyway - i'm watching the live updates here. Yeah, working and watching updates. How about that. And it got me thinking. How much fun would it be to go out there and do a radio broadcast. not the cool text thing but an internet feed. kinda like Sean Kelly's show during the tour on Eurosport. Ya know. Let richard and whoever run their mouths on the mike locally, not competing with that. Do a web radio broadcast. Shouldn't be hard to finagle the connection, get it set up. Do play by play, roving interviews, planned interviews. ya know a full behind the scenes show. That'd be fun. Who's ever known me to be quiet at a bike race anyway? Plus you'd never know what would come out of my mouth... that's gotta be a ratings boost right there. Who knows who's toes i'll step on, or how far i can shove my foot in my mouth.

Well hey, the conditions out there look like a ton of fun. Sounds like Mercer cup was a good warm up for what it is like out there today.

Ah Cross. Nothing like getting plowed while cleaning up the house before the in laws showed up last night. Joking about the getting plowed bit. We didn't have The Abyss to buy at McGreens but there was something I picked up for the hell of it:
"One Airport, One Area Code, One Beer!" Love that phrase. That's right here in the Ocean State we only have one of each. Sure that one beer bit can be argued, but until Gannet get's their Sh!t together and sets up a brewery fed from the clear crisp wonderfully tasty water out of the Scituate, well we can't argue much can we. So i didn't get the '07 but they had there the latest releast, the '08. Yup. How long has it been there? Short enough not to be on the web page.

Didn't crack it open yet. I *think* the description from '07 to '08 wasn't much different.

And just for that CCC guy...

For 2007 the brewers have selected a blend of 7 malts and 7 hops to create our unique annual limited release. When you decide to open this you will notice a pitch black ale that pours with a small brown head. The aroma is full of citrusy and floral notes not only from the hops added during the boil, but also the hops added after fermentation during the dry hopping stage. Finally, one taste of this year’s beer and you will understand why it is so dark. Roasted, chocolatey and malty flavors are abundant from the various dark malts that make up so much of the recipe. It is extremely limited, extremely flavorful, and extremely original, because as we like to say around here: “It’s All About Extremes!”

Thats the '07 description, and I'm pretty sure the '08 used a blend of 8 malts and 8 hops.

Can't wait to crack it open. Need to do so soon incase it is yummy stuff so I can go buy the rest of the stock they have (or at least a few bottles for presents/gifts).

Hmmm... Beer...

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