Red Lace Black Sock Wednesday

BIG Happy Birthday wishes to Lampo Bianco!  Westmount Cosmodrome staff believes this is the correct day to celebrate his birthday. 

Striped Sock Tuesday

Striped Sock Monday

Time to Slow it down

Bowtie Bob, the ever-loved fan favourite of the ProTour peloton might be revolutionizing training at the highest level of cycling sport once again. DRONE photos leaked during mid-afternoon dead flat training rides appear to reveal a simple but brilliantly effective method of obtaining marginal losses. 
By instructing his team mechanic

to re-position his rear wheel alignment in the dropouts to rub on one chain-stay, he instantly can dial out the amount of training resistance required for his ride. "It's like Hammering the Tourmalet all the way to the Westmount Cosmodrome" he beaked. Still and all, the method is highly controversial and BtB hasn't officially admitted that he is using this radical technique, let alone endorsing it to his freakish parroting fan base. "Our non-existant bike sponsor will loath the concept of rubber build-up on the inner face of chainstays" BTB opined. Fortunately, unconfirmed rumours of a new HL88 plywood chain have been circulating all day. No name has been made official for such a product, but industry insiders have muttered phrases like "RearSmear, Hummer, Plyguard." The day might come soon when every racer boy needs a chunk of plywood wedged between his rubber and his stick.

Faber Illustrations

Product illustrations from the A.W. Faber Company circa 1897.    (click on image to enlarge)

HL88 October Mission Statement

Happy Lucky 88 Manufactory will investigate and implement inefficiencies and more incomparable bucketization of measurable glide path management activity streamlining. 

Once that is completed we can begin the citizenization of forecast criteria and sentimentalization of crucial information strategies providing effortless challenge reduction. 

Then the happy good times can begin. 

Geese Gorge on Gluten

Geese enjoying a pre-flight gluten gorge on Farmer Jones' wheat. Time to dig out the studded tyres...this must be an omen that WINTER is coming.

Re-Branded HL88 Product

Happy Lucky 88 Manufactory is sensitive to criticism and after complaints surfaced concerning the name "Douche Bag" for the new under saddle tool bag, a rebranding effort ensued. 

Henceforth, HL88 Manufactory will present the TOOCHE Bag, a highly clever and intelligent amalgam of Douche and Tool.  

Pictured above is the Tooche Bag made specifically to Lampo Bianco's vaguely articulated specifications. HL88 is working on an instruction manual illustrating how to attach the Tooche Bag to Lampo's saddle. Note that high rollers like Lampo Bianco always travels with multiple $50 bills in his Tooche.

HL88 Cap Review

The long awaited Happy Lucky 88 Manufactory cycling cap has arrived! Made from the same excellent and unique PLYWOODIUM, the side panels ensure excessive speed coupled with superb insulation and brilliant transmutation properties. 

"Stylish yet effective" were the first three words out of bowtie_bob's mouth as he road tested the cap inside the Cosmodrome. "Honourably daunting yet friendly to the touch" were fourth through seventh words he uttered.  

These caps are available from the Westmount Cosmodrome for a limited time at the incomparably reasonable price of $25 CDN. 

Leica - OOH AH

Easily the most beautiful film camera ever made.