sorry, i meant cynic, with all the butt slappin' and god thankin'.

-thanks for parking garage attendants who don't care and allow us to play footdown in their garages
-thanks to sakura for providing me with awesome japanese beer and sweet potato rolls after bike rides
-thanks to the pit crew here in savannah
and
-thanks to everybody on BF for making me feel like a moron when i welded my cassette, but pondering as to how it worked as well, i've learned from my mistakes.

#18, the man.

and thanks to whoever I ride with for sharing the ride

for eating it hard, on the new ride...about three times
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There wasn't blood before, you added that for sympathy. You get none here, buddy.

44. ass
45. titties
46. ass
47. and titties
48. ass
49. ass
50. titties
51. titties
52. ass
53. and titties

I guess bikes are cool too. See, now 165, he has ass, and he likes bikes, so that's 2 out of 3. You've heard that Meatloaf song, right? 2 out 3 aint bad.

160. Fuji for making great bikes
161. the BF folks at RapidTransit for sending me the Fuji
162. Jeff for hosting the pirates at the MnG 05
163. Ken for hosting the pirates at Monstertrack 06
164. BF.net (and its maintainers) for running such a great cycling resource

Thanks to the roadie who helped me out with an 8mm Allen key the day my crank arm came loose. Thanks to anyone who helps a fellow cyclist in trouble, and thanks to 165 for starting this thread

edit: Almost forgot, thank you Chicago White Sox.

- to [165] for his continual offer of free face punches
- CEYA for his knowledge
- dolface for his constant stream of lovely bikes
- abstnr and Fungazi Dave for their kick ass photo's
- WK, we miss ya man
- Evilcycling.com for their ever present "the sun will come up tommorrow" attitude
- DW for, well being DW

- nervex, long shen, everest, bocama, richard sachs, kirk pacenti...
- 531, 631, 853, 019, 021, KL, SL, SP, SLX, Prestige
- the people that make the previous parts into a complete whole

- thanks to dolface and adamkell for the parts for my new build
- everyone else i've bought used parts from for reasonable prices
- absntr for answering my questions a while ago
- mom and dad for supporting everything i do, and encouraging me to ride
- my girlfriend for buying me a used copy of quicksilver last night
- Carrie and Tony at IRO for running a great company and having awesome customer service
- Reload for answering my emails quickly
- everyone on BFSSFG who keeps me entertained, and isn't a total jerk
- everyone on here that i'm friends with on flickr
- my brother. happy birthday, man. i wish i could've bought you a new bike.

My brother for getting me into fixies.
BikeTom in Uptown for giving me such an awesome deal on my Bianchi.
BikeForums for convincing me not to cover it in BET when I first signed up here, as well as a bunch of other stuff.
SatNight riders for getting me out of my house.
Chicago kids for putting me up a couple different times.

There's probably a whole bunch more - I doubt that I could put it all down here.

People: Pirates. Thanks for the ongoing sociological experiment. Thanks that we're all so different. Thanks that my reluctant "I need a nap" is always met with, in some form, a convincing argument for, say, a 26 mile ride up Cap Crescent Tr. and down Rock Creek Pkwy instead. Thanks for making realize what I really need to do sometimes: more fun, less grump, chill out, drink up, fall over, get up, ride on, eat pie, keep it awesome. Pirate for life.

edit* + Thanks to the BF for helping me pass time at my day job. Thanks SS/FG, cuz "you're the funny one."

Places: DC--the city of ambivalent people through a revolving door. Thanks for making me realize you have to fight to be content. Thanks PMA. Thanks riding past monuments, for being so pretty at night that it's surreal. Thanks riding laps at Hains Point in the rain, making $1.50 grilled cheese taste like the best thing in the world. Thanks Key bridge, a peaceful ride before the hills of Arlington kick my a$$ before I am home.

Things: Challenge KA proof press, a Rembrandt elephant etching press, a NuArc vacuum table, and a Raleigh Sportif, these machines saved my life.

Misc: the smell of ink, npr on the radio saturday mornings at my studio, waiting for the snow, a deckled edge on paper, coffee in a french press.

-Everyone who gave me parts, hookups, advice, and helped me build my first conversion 5 years ago.

-Alleycat organizers everywhere

-Chicago Streets & Sanitation for keeping it clean all winter.

-My girlfriend, for loving bikes almost as much as I do.

-QBP's employee purchase policy.

-BF posters, for distracting me at work.

-The Chicago kids of course.

val's thanks

... to the wonderful man walking down MLK this AM who shouted a poem across the street to me as I rode past about cyclists and then did this fantastic bow. you made my day.

... the chicago kids ... i second [165] ... you guys are the reason I don't want to leave.

... everyone here ... i know you're not all asses, it's the internet ... those of you who i've met are really top notch.

... people who are driven by passion and do what they do regardless of whether it's deemed "right".

... my family for everything really.

... walden pond. and all of nature and its forces for being the purest form of beauty and for being able to humble and awe me continually.

WTF - I forgot to thank Jameson and PBR?!?!?!

i forgot to mention
... dolface for being vegan yet saying things like that. and for hosting me in march when i trek west.
... wisconsin for raising me on beer and cheese. yum.

walden pond fo' sho'! i can get in a 28 mile r/t ride goin' out there for a run and a swim! one of the world's great places, no doubt! so i guess it's thanks for don henley too.

Thanks for the basics, food, shelter, bicycles. Thanks for music, comedy, poetry, philosophy, and art.

And I want to thank your mom for a butt like that.

- James and John Starley

- Sean, Dwayne, and the rest of the crew at Buchanan Bicycles, Norman, Oklahoma

- All the smart people throughout history who made it possible for me to drink tea and consort with friends online while a freezing wind howls outside.

the girls down at acme bicycle company in kc. always willing to help out no matter how stupid of a mistake i have made. they also have boxes and boxes of vintage/pulloff stuff.

bikeforums for wasting all of my time and making me late to EVERYTHING.

[165] for making a thread that starts the day off right.

I think I've posted here all of three times but...

Thanks for the search function so I can keep you yahoos for crackin' on me
Thanks for the 2 inches of snow thursday night so I could finally get the feel for really long skids
Thanks for all the drunk people downtown who cheered for me when I almost took a digger on said snow
Thanks for old school stronglight cranks with funky sizing so that I can ride five mile to the only LBS that has the right puller everytime I want to swap chainrings
Thanks for that LBS letting me use their tools
Thanks for conversions so that I don't have to ride a Langster (or a windsor) like (almost) every other fixed rider on my campus
Thanks Dad for buying a steel bike and keeping it good shape so I could inherit it 25 years later as my first road bike and 5 years after that make it my first fixed gear

Nope, that post makes it 6 :D

Aw damn....