MITCHIE DAGGER

No recap, just Gus

Been a pretty insane last few months, and I don’t think it’s stoppin anytime soon. I cannot stress this enough: Go Jays.

Honoured to have been asked by the boys in Worst Days Down to do a couple tee graphics for the shows this weekend, celebrating our friend Ben and the release of their last few songs together. If you’re goin, you should buy one. It’s gonna be a pretty special night. - I know we’re landlocked here, but it’s not that hard to drown. - #LaineSucks

Might have burnt myself out this past year but this piece of plastic said I did a good job. + some memes and important stuff. Gonna try take things less seriously this time around and see how that goes ✌️

We're big fans of local art, so when we had a space we just didn't know what to do with we linked up with @mitchiedagger and needless to say he killed it! This is the cherry on top of what has been some hard work by great pals to help us turn this space around. Pizza in Forest Heights is just around the corner! #trusttheprocess

Anybody wanna listen to me talk about something I enjoy? No? Cool! Here it is anyway. - Went for a lil’ jaunt through the #Badlands with my bud @7heonardo this past weekend. A slow rolling ~36km along the Rosebud River, bouncing over 44(!) old railroad bridges varying from sturdy to shitty, in what felt like a pretty constant headwind. We made it to our destination in time to watch the Oil force Game 7 on an iPhone screen. - We did not see any snakes. We did see some cacti. We did not get served at Last Chance Saloon. We did see landscapes neither of us could explain with logic or science. We did not freeze, despite the freezing temps overnight. We did see cool birds, and asshole birds (YBSS Pic 4). We might have saw dinosaur bones. - The @firstlight.frames Warbler is king. Even with the added load it’s nimble enough to navigate rotten bridge ties and sharp rocks. I credit all of that to the bike, and none to my bike handling skills. - Bikes remain good, everybody. Starting to get the hang of this bikecamping thing. - Shoutout to Instagram for glitching and posting the same photo twice at the end.

Are we having a good time!? - No!? Well, shit. - Flip your pin upside down and show em how you feel. Shit sucks. Or maybe it’s good! Who knows. Either way, I’ve got second edition enamel Good Times/Bad Times enamel pins made. Get yours from the link in the B.

I really just wanted to do the same thing we always do; pick a cool name and make the can look good. Getting to do this beer has been really helpful in dealing with losing Dave, and I’m happy to be a part of something so special. - Thanks to the team for making a fucking killer beer, I always hope the art lives up to what’s inside. Thanks to Pete for pushing it to make sure the art came out as good as possible. Thanks to Tam for going through this shit with me. Thanks to Grem for being the most handsome asshole for 13 years. Miss ya pal.

Hot ‘N Ready new tees for the traddy daddies at @righthandtattoo . - Go snag one. Get a walk in, they do those now sometimes but not all the time. - Thanks to Heath for trusting me with this one and totally getting it.

We said goodbye to our best friend this week. I definitely wasn’t ready, but he was. The last few months were hard, but all the years before that were really fucking good and cool. I’m so thankful that we got as much time with him as we did. Hug your pets, they’re so damn special. - I want you to know that I’d spend every bit of my pitiful savings and loans just to see you again, but I know I won’t. - RIP Lil Gremlin. We’ll see you on the other side 🖤

Now that there’s snow on the ground and proper riding seasons all but over, I should maybe say something about this thing that I’ve been relatively quiet about. My 13 year old self would be so stoked that I have a bike that I helped design, and did all the graphics on. But even better, I got it when I’m 33. The Warbler, everybody. - @first.light.frames reached out for some art last year, and it slowly evolved into him building me a custom frame. I drew up some weird ideas, he had some things he wanted to try, and it came out like this. Exactly what I hoped for. What a fucking dream come true. Paul has taught you well my friend, thank you so much. - Bike Nerdery is as follows! - Long n slack w/ 68°hta and 450mm chainstays which are accented by a very very cool yoke from @kongabicycles , and capped with adjustable dropouts. Thomas flipped the @wzrd.bikes style seat stays on their head for me to match the @simworks Doppo MTB fork I was dreaming about. Built with a 44mm head tube so I can turn it into a hard tail if I wanna get really psycho. It’s got a simple yet effective drivetrain, hubs that barely spin, grey sidewall 29x2.35 influencer adjacent Mezcals. It’s dropper compatible, but I put a carbon one in for bikepacking and never really looked back. Not a gravel bike. Not a mountain bike. But a secret, third, better thing that is somehow both and neither. #atb - Photos 1&2 by @dylanjmaclean on our trip to Nordegg - There’s something I’m embarrassed about in Photo 6, first one to spot it wins a sticker pack. - #BikesRemainGood

Should maybe say something about this one before it’s sold out and you can’t buy any more. Pretty stoked to get this one out into the world, after conceptualizing and making the team trust me with it. And we finally pulled off the skull-under-a-sticker label idea (shoutout to @pete.nguyen for collaborating on that part). - Bias aside, this is easily in my top two beers we’ve ever produced, so go grab a pack if that’s your thing.