Archive for October, 2007
You’re My Boy…
OK, Maybe Not. This type of news is usually handled by T-o-03, but our friend of the blog in Ohio alerted me to this tidbit. According to Us Magazine, Our Boy Lance and Ashley Olsen “were spotted cuddling at NYC’s Rose Bar, where they reportedly kissed and the twin sat on the cyclist’s lap.” Whereas [...]
Hooligans – Not Just for Soccer Anymore
One of my worst fears was realized when I read today’s first edition of Cyclingnews, Cyclists Seriously Injured by Auto Passenger. Being raised in an environment where people, juveniles, found joy in vandalizing everything from mailboxes to lawns, one of my greatest fears while cycling [not the most popular youth sport in that type of [...]
The Off-Season?
Baseball? Now football?Well, you just gotta see this play! Fourteen laterals and a 69-yard touchdown in Division III.Enjoy. Related Posts:No Related Posts
Wicked Pissah!
Boston Globe Staff Photo/Barry Chin You’ll have to forgive this momentary lapse from cycling blogdom as my fandom has taken over. From a historical context, the 2007 World Series Championship by the Boston Red Sox will never compare to the 2004 Championship [although the method by which each team arrived at a championship was eerily [...]
The Next Great American Cyclist
Greg Lemond…Lance Armstrong…Mara Abbott? That’s correct, the next great American cyclist could very well be a female. For those of you who have been following the development and cycling career of Mara Abbott (formerly of Webcor Builders) the idea of her carrying the “next” label, though lofty, is certainly within the realm of possibility for [...]
Fall
Images: Leonard Basobas Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leafs a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. Published in 1923, Robert Frost’s Nothing Gold Can Stay is perhaps his [...]
Cranking up the Triple for Le Tour ’08
Atop the Tourmalet in 2003 (photos by Steve Klein) Blogs need to be fed (both by the bloggers and, hopefully, by our readers), and the Crankset has been a little creeky lately. Sorry about that. The Crankset is not going away; far from it. Granny, along with the assistance of Sean Weide, our wonderful Sprocket, [...]
Wildfire
Near Del Dios Highway in the Rancho Santa Fe Area(Image: Reuters/Mario Anzuoni) For many, the California wildfires are as distant as, well, the Iraq war [not that the comparison of lives lost is even analogous]. Call it a case of human nature, “out of sight, out of mind,” or “if its not in my backyard, [...]
Astana’s New Discovery: Alberto Contador
Team Astana has come a long way in a short time since the Tour de France shame of Alexandre Vinokourov. It’s come such a long way that it would be nice if its website caught up with it.The latest news: Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has signed a two-year contract to ride with Astana [...]
All About Cycling Sportives
Guys like you? (photo/London Times) Here’s a terrific read in today’s Times of London on the Etape du Tour. Never heard of it? Our Boy Lance never won it? Well it’s not for Lance. And it may not be for you.The Etape is one of a series of increasingly popular challenge events known as cycling [...]
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