Dylan Sherrard Presents: The Dark Roast Diary - Ode to the Wild Ride

 I think I'm losing the ability to read hand written text.. It almost seems like to much effort...

 Somewhat crazy to see people semi-slagging cursive. Writing - actual, hand writing - is a dying art and I applaud Mr. Sherrard's creativity. I for one totally dig the mellow feel and presentation of this article - kind of a nice change from the endless stream of adrenaline-addled dubstep DH videos. There's a reason these are called storytellers. Reading Dylan's words, I can picture myself on that patio, or sitting around that fire telling war stories with friends, or freezing my ass of in pouring rain at Whistler, or hopelessly lost in the backcountry trying to jimmy-rig a broken rear derailleur and not get eaten by bears, knowing that as much as the experience sucks right now it will be one hell of a story later. Wild rides indeed. Cheers Dylan!

 Awesome design and layout! Great to see something different and with a great taste! It really gives the Polaroid snapshot diary feel! Cheers!

 How to be a mountain biker.... and while your at it.... become a coffee snob.

 Like Freeride, cursive is not dead!!

 Dylan, this is awesome! You've created a great atmosphere with layout and presentation – it's great to see people going outside their comfort zones to play with new ideas. You're a true ambassador for sport, keep that humility and enthusiasm going!

 It appears people from the UK are offended by cursive writing

 That's cool. Love the whole thing and particularly the last sentence.

 Dylan is a poet and I agree with him enjoying the first morning cofee before a ride, cofee from Veracruz or Chiapas as good as the best Colimbian before a 20km downhill in Sierra Gorda Queretaro just makes it better. Ohh and yes...we old people still know the art of manuscript, you should try it. Cheers

 Thanks for the kind words everyone. I was skeptical about trying something new with this, but happy to hear that people are enjoying it.
Isn't it funny how our eyes can't read cursive writing on autopilot, the same way they can read text without us giving it any thought?

 People still know cursive? Impressive. My next submission will be on a scroll of papyrus.

 If I had such nice handwriting, I'd show it off too. Unfortunately, my writing looks the same as it did in third grade. Cool idea and nice writing.

 Dylan, this is art on several levels. You've mixed photography, poetic creative writing, a cursive font (I just learned that that's what it is from the comments - I always thought it was called 'handwriting' LOL) and combined it into an intriguing artistic presentation. I for one would never have thought to photograph text like you did here. Congrats on putting in the time and effort to post a great piece!

 like it ...manuscript ...

 Groovy format and cool writing... keep on discovering the wild rides!

 This paired well with my morning coffee, cheers Dylan!

 Mountain bikers make up the worlds biggest cluster of coffee snobs... but I am one of them

 Teacher: So, you never learned cursive? Bart: Well, I know hell, damn, bi.....

 pick up a pen, draw, write, create, inspire.

 Good stuff Dylan. Nice to something different on pinkbike, cool format.

 that was great I enjoyed reading it thanks Dylan! Boooyaaa on Specialized all my best wishes !!

 Excellent read and post!!

 Right on.

 Nice work Dylan!

 His writing is nice and curvy haha

 I love Dylan Sherrads articles, however i couldnt read this one.

 This is awesome, thanks for that.

 Me thinks Dylan is a modern day mountain biking messiah. HALLELUJAH!

 Awesome article