Fred's Bike: The Thong Cyclist–Austin’s Punxsutawney Phil

Monday, February 4, 2013

The Thong Cyclist–Austin’s Punxsutawney Phil–Forecasts an Early Spring

Some of us in Austin think this is stupid and kind of ugly. Put some clothes on dude. Do you think you are Lance Armstrong or something (Leslie Cochran)? In Austin this guy could run for mayor and win.

Austin's Current Idiot - Thong Guy

Every year on the 2nd of February, known as Groundhog’s Day, people across the country turn their eyes to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, eagerly awaiting the emergence of a small rodent named Punxsutawney Phil. Legend states that if the groundhog sees his shadow, winter will last 6 more weeks. And if he doesn’t see his shadow, spring will come early. This weekend, Phil forecasted an early spring.

Austin's Original Idiot - Leslie Cochran

But we do things a little differently in Austin. Here, runners on Town Lake and drivers on North Lamar measure the return of spring by the emergence of another legendary creature, the Thong Guy. Wearing nothing but a g-string and a welcoming smile, Thong Guy was spotted this weekend, indicating an early spring.
So there ya have it, folks. Break out the bikes, bathing suits, and beers. Spring is here.

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Bike Quotes

As I get older the tendency to stick my foot up someone's ass is starting to subside. - Fred on Pump Track Pricks

The 29 inch chingaderra rolls best downhill! ~ Fred

I thought of that while riding my bicycle.

~ Albert Einstein on the Theory of Relativity

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving ~ Albert Einstein

If constellations had been named in the 20th century, I suppose we would see bicycles. ~ Prof. Carl Sagan

It never gets easier, you just go faster. ~ Greg LeMond.

~ Charles M. Schulz

The bicycle is the noblest invention of mankind. ~ William Saroyan Nobel prize winner

It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle. ~ Ernest Hemingway

Whenever I see an adult on a bicycle, I have hope for the human race. ~ H.G. Wells

Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia. ~ H.G. Wells

When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking. ~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Get a bicycle. You will certainly not regret it, if you live. ~ Mark Twain Taming the Bicycle. 1884

PEDAL. Pray Every Day And Listen. ~ Rev. Johannes Myors, The pedaling preacher

The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine. ~John Howard

A bicycle does get you there and more.... And there is always the thin edge of danger to keep you alert and comfortably apprehensive. Dogs become dogs again and snap at your raincoat; potholes become personal. And getting there is all the fun. ~Bill Emerson

Until mountain biking came along, the bike scene was ruled by a small elite cadre of people who seemed allergic to enthusiasm. ~Jacquie Phelan

Bicycling is the nearest approximation I know to the flight of birds. The airplane simply carries a man on its back like an obedient Pegasus; it gives him no wings of his own. ~Louis J. Helle

The secret to mountain biking is pretty simple. The slower you go the more likely it is you'll crash. ~Julie Furtado

If you worried about falling off the bike, you’d never get on. ~ Lance Armstrong

Never use your face as a brake pad. ~ Jake Watson

Refrain from throwing your bicycle in public. It shows poor upbringing. ~ Jacquie Phelan

When I was sick, I didn't want to die.
When I race, I don't want to lose.
Dying and losing, it's the same thing. ~ Lance Armstrong

"It is no longer a beast of steel,
no it is a friend it is a faithful
and powerful ally against one's worst
enemies. It is stronger than anxiety,
stronger than sadness. It has all the
power of hope." ~  Maurice Leblanc