I've never in my life encountered a more succinct and perfect account of the Homey Fall Festival. Quoth Hollywood (west): "Short Version: LAX, Red Eye, CRC Cafe, Heineken, grease, cappuccino, Hurl's couch, Kelly Mac's, One on One, MGD, bikes, GeneO, cock, (not in that order), pizza, Jaeger, fire, Grumpy's, PBR, Liquor Lyle's, Bloody Marys, Tater Tots, #120, Hurl's kilt, Surly, foot meets SUV, derbies, carnage, 36", Bud, bud, singlespeeds, marriage, hummus, duck, belly lint, Feats of Strength, Squirrel, Emily, blood, paramedics, mushrooms, beer, fire, smokes, leaves, stuffed peppers, bacon donuts, venison, fireworks, Hurl's balls, music in the woods,'wood in the…

Another one in the history books. Thanks to everyone who came and made it a spectacular 10th year. I have nothing to add that hasn't been said already. More than once. Except to cap this post with Donut Procurement Officer Kerl's Homie report, which I think she may have plagerized from Francis Scott Key: "Oh Homie: spicy wine, pokey sticks, charred duck meat freshly shot, bloody knees, and walloping boulders I salute you. " I think I hear taps playing softly in the background. Now get back to work. p/s/ H. Wood Thrasher: Drop me a line. -----

I went camping after work, last Thursday, to get away from people for a spell and test out some new gear I've acquired over the summer. My campsite is a 10-minute walk from the office. That may seem too close for comfort, but it's a stealth location if I go in after dark…so hidden I couldn't find it after I walked away from it Thursday night. I left the office around 8pm, on foot, with my gear packed in a Golite Jam2 backpack. The brush is too thick to get into my campsite with a bike, so I left it…

2008 Surly products and Interbike tradeshow recap We travel to Las Vegas once a year for a dealer-only tradeshow called Interbike. It's ironic that such a car-cultured town hosts a bicycle tradeshow, but once outside the Las Vegas boulevard strip of casinos and stripmalls, there is actually a normal town with good riding to be found. I also found a live desert tortoise and some wild burros. The show itself reveals what every bike company has been working for the next year. For Surly, we debuted three new things and some new colors in the line up, here they are:…

I stole this from Speedgoat's Interbike blog coverage (which, as usual, is not what it sounds like) because it is very, very funny. And dead on. Chris is, in my book, one of The People Who Get It, and I do not even know what It is, nor does anyone else as far as I can tell, but if there is an It, Chris gets It, possibly even subscribes to It, and if he weren't so damn good at bikes he could make a respectable living as a salesman for It. THE ERIC SOVERN INTERVIEW Day one on the show…