Mooseknuckler Cycling Alliance

The day has arrived. I’ll make sure to get pictures of the chaos.

Tonight @ 10:30 pm @ Sunrise Cyclery

Dear God,

Please send me an awesome bike person who has worked on bikes for years and only wants to work for a few hours a Monday, Wednesday and Fridays. Interested parties come in and see me or send me an email me @ Lukas (at) mooseknuckleralliance.org

Amen.

We did it!

A few weeks ago you urged Congress to hold the Federal Communications Commission accountable to the public, and now they’re taking action.

Sens. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), Trent Lott (R-Miss.) and several other senators introduced groundbreaking, bipartisan legislation that would hold the FCC accountable and put the people ahead of Big Media.

Ask Your Senator to Co-sponsor the
Media Ownership Act of 2007

This legislation would force the FCC to give the public a real voice in this process, and it would make the agency address the dismal state of female and minority ownership before changing any rules to unleash more media concentration. As you know, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin is trying to sneak through a massive giveaway to Big Media before the Bush administration leaves office.

Make Your Voice Heard:
Tell Your Senator to Sign On to S. 2332 Now

We are pulling out all the stops on this one, and you will play an important role. The FCC can’t rule on media consolidation without first listening to the public and addressing the lack of diversity on our airwaves. Urge your senator to support this important bill and push for more voices in the media.

The FCC may not want to listen to the public, but Congress will hear us loud and clear.

Thank you for your continued efforts!

Alexandra Russell
Program Director
Free Press
www.freepress.net
www.stopbigmedia.com

P.S. Visit the StopBigMedia.com blog for more on S. 2332, the Media Ownership Act of 2007.

P.P.S. Listen to the grassroots voices demanding better media: Download Pacifica’s 30-minute special on the media ownership fight at the FCC hosted by the crew from Media Minutes.

Hooptyhoorahray, I have a good feeling that the Alley Cat races are going to be off the charts. I’ve got the cup all ready to go including the Sharpie so the winner can sign his name proving him or herself to be the biggest Mooseknuckler. Mr. Keller is even going to pull the Pogliaghi off the wall for the race. I haven’t ever ridden with him, but people say he is off the hook regardless if he has been riding or not. I guess we’ll see.

I just hope some big egos show up so we have a descent race, cause we all know my sorry ass isn’t going to pull the line.

Remember, 10:30 pm @ Sunrise Cyclery.

Life goes on. Ride it on a bloody bike.

Alley Cat Races, this Saturday @ 10:30 P.M. meet @ Sunrise Cyclery. Be there or get fixed.

I was surprised to learn that I had been written in for city council this morning. I don´t think I will get anymore than just the one vote, but still probably the closest I´ll ever come to being an elected official. I guess I´ll have to settle for being a self-appointed official on everything I see fit on giving my oppion on. I think everyone, except Ronald Reagan, will be happy at the end of the day when education vouchers are put where they should be, in the dumpster.

We Mooseknucklers hit up the now overly ridden and utterly boring trail, Green Canyon last night. I sware if I have to ride that trail one more time I’m going to… Luckily “Kill the Turkey Day and Celebrate Genocide of Native Brown People” is coming up shortly and if everything goes the way I hope I will be riding for a few days down south. This trip I hope to be able to ride every single trail in SG and surrounding area so get ready boys we are going on some death marches.

Last night we ran into my competitors on the trail, first time we’ve ever seen them and the first time anyone else has been riding at night. It’s funny and stupid how bike shop people get when they are around other shop’s people. Ego’s were a flaming, lucky for us the Mooseknuckler Alliance prides itself on not being a racing organization so we continued to just ride for fun and we stayed right with ‘em. I’m not aware of any crashes or suicides attempts that may or may not have ocurred while riding last night, but if there were I’m sure I’ll be berated for them in the comments section. It has become my responisibility to make sure I report exactly what happened to every rider during the entire ride, unfortunately I rarely know the full truth.

Well, I’m sure we’ll be riding again tonight or tomorrow or sometime soon this same trail so I’ll write the same thing up again so you can read about it and say damn Lukas is a broken record. To add to that theme, I’ve picked up Pablo Neruda again, damn I love his stuff.

Peace. Love. and Revolution.

I promise that I rode Stump Hollow once when it was fun. It is that enduring memory of good times, with good friends, sun shine and two wheels that has drawn me back to this trail ever since. But every time I’ve done it lately has totally sucked.

I’ve ridden it three times. The first was towards the end of the summer. It was warm. I was with a group of friends and the trail was smooth. I enjoyed the climb up, it wasn’t to hard but hard enough to be a challenge. The second time I rode the trail, it was muddy as hell. I believe my post for that ride revolved around tires not shedding mud. My bike ended up weighing a good ten pounds more by the end of the ride. And it was cold.

Well, last night, remembering the one good ride, I was stoked to get the Alliance out for a  night ride up the canyon. This is the first ride in quite some time that the Element was full. We actually had a crew of four, which has been unheard of since it got cold and dark. When we left Logan, it was cold but not too cold just about right for a night ride. Then we got to the trail head and got out of the car. It was freezing, literally. Luckily, this Mooseknuckler isn’t stupid and came prepared for freezing temperatures. We headed up the trail, some dumb ass had placed a log over the trail and directed us up a side trail we thought would eventually take us back to the main trail. It did not. We turned around and started over. It was so cold the ground was frozen. This translates to hundreds of hoof marks frozen solid. It was rough, it made sitting impossible for me.

The crew consisted of the usual suspects, Speedy Seth, Golden Knuckle Kevin, Ryan and myself. This is the first time I’ve ever seen Speedy not enjoy a ride. It sucked that bad. The best part was when half way up the trail we stopped in an opening turned off our lights and looked at the stars. It was almost as romantic as Broke Back Mountain, but not quite. Then we froze our asses off all the way back down. That was that.

Yet I still remember that one time and I’m sure that sometime in the future I will go back up to Stump Hollow and try to capture those memories a second time. If my track record holds, it will suck, again.

Comcast has given us a glimpse of a world without Net Neutrality, and it’s a chilling sight.

An investigation by the Associated Press caught the cable giant secretly inspecting online communications and crippling users’ ability to share information with one another.

This is a gross violation of Net Neutrality — the longstanding principle that ensures a free and open Internet.

Tell the FCC: Save the Free and Open Internet

Today, Free Press filed a legal complaint demanding that the FCC take action to protect the free flow of information on the Internet. By joining our complaint, you can help stop Comcast and other gatekeepers.

The future of the Internet is far more than Web sites and e-mail. People are now using new peer-to-peer technologies to upload and share videos, photographs and music. They are innovating without permission from Internet gatekeepers.

Comcast is trying to shut down these innovations and treat the Internet like cable TV — where they get to pick the channels you can watch. They’re stifling the free exchange of ideas that makes the Internet so revolutionary.

Tell the FCC: Stop Comcast and Other Gatekeepers

You’re the only person who should decide where you go, what you do, and whom you connect with on the Web. Net Neutrality protects your right to choose.

Phone and cable lobbyists have called Net Neutrality “a solution in search of a problem.” Well, here’s the problem. In the past three months, incidents of censorship and blocking by Verizon, AT&T and now Comcast have made headlines around the world. That’s just the tip of the iceberg.

We stopped these gatekeepers in 2006. We can stop them for good by taking action right now. It’s time to restore Net Neutrality once and for all.

Thank you,

Timothy Karr
Campaign Director
Free Press
www.freepress.net
www.SavetheInternet.com

1. Read more about Comcast’s blocking BitTorrent and other peer-to peer networks at SavetheInterent.com.

2. Read the Associated Press’ breaking news story about our filing: http://www.thestate.com/technology-wire/story/217359.html

3. Read our complaint to the FCC: http://www.freepress.net/docs/fp_et_al_nn_declaratory_ruling.pdf.

To you nervous and stressed out drivers, We cyclists want to say:
-Slow down my friend; the right lane is the slow lane
-I’m in my lane, in the middle of the lane, I’m in my lane, I have the right to use the street, it belongs to everyone.
-If you want to pass me you must give me at least 3 ft. o just don’t come into my lane.
-When you flash your lights, what is it that you want me to do? Hold up a mirror? I cannot go into the middle lane, it’s the fast lane. I can’t jump up onto the curb it is dangerous for me and for pedestrians. I can’t speed up instantly to match your speed. And even if it is what you want I AM NOT GOING TO DISAPPEAR ALL OF A SUDDEN, so give me a break for a moment, thanks.
- If you flash your lights to annoy me, it doesn’t work. I don’t eat rear-view mirrors and your light doesn’t hurt me, it only makes my reflector shine brighter.
-If I raise my left hand going into an intersection it means I am going to go straight, it is my way of turning on my blinkers seeing that I don’t have any and I can’t go in the fast lane.
-If I can’t indicate where I am going with my hands I will make sure we make eye contact and I hope you indicate your direction with your blinkers.
I’m sorry your desperate, that you are in a hurry or that you think I’m in your way: I am a citizen in a vehicle with just as much right to the road as you; but I am bettering our air quality, saving space and bettering traffic in the city.

Sincerely,

Angel García Fernández
Translation posted shortly as promised.