Archive for November, 2007
Healing Thoughts…
Two months after my Vegas escapade, and this is what I [at least my inside] look like today… Not so dramatic from the top image, but check out the one below (CLICK on the image to enlarge). Yes, that image is supposed to be encouraging. Related Posts:No Related Posts
On Tap…
Tis the season for cyclocross, and the weather in the Midwest is cooperating quite nicely…cold, blustery, in some areas snowy and rainy. Below are some races for which you can particpate. If you aren’t participating, break out that cowbell and a nice warm jacket and support your local racers. 12/01/2007New Amsterdam Cyclo-Cross SeriesPhoenix, AZCarlisle Cross [...]
Stories on Vaughters and Contador
Here are two stories you’ll want to read:– Sports Illustrated’s Austin Murphy on Jonathan Vaughters: A crusader emerges amid a troubled sport– Cycling News: Dealing with success — An interview with Alberto Contador Related Posts:Contador Claims Another As Leipheimer Defends – 2012 Tour de San Luis, Stage 5Leipheimer Wins Time Trial, Leads – 2012 Tour [...]
Dropped Call
The only reasons you may not have heard the bombshell of Deutsche Telekom pulling its sponsorship from the T-Mobile cycling team go off is because you have either been hiding underneath a rock [and judging by the number of posts this week, you may have thought it was us] or that you are already deaf [...]
On the Move
If this one doesn’t make you just damn glad to be a cyclist, nothing will.Sorry I can’t embed the original, but this link takes you to a very cool video filmed in Portland, Ore. It shows a herd of bicyclists helping a woman move her household goods from one house to another. The riders can [...]
Counting Those Thanksgiving Calories
I’m a Bill Strickland (author of “Ten Points”) fan.He writes: The bicycle is the most efficient machine ever created: Converting calories into gas, a bicycle gets the equivalent of three thousand miles per gallon. Jim Fox responded on Adventure Cycling:A gallon of gasoline contains about 31,000 kilocalories (C). A 150-pound rider, averaging about 12 mph, [...]
I’ll Take a Triple, Thank You!
I wonder how Henri Desgrange felt about triple cranksets? “I still feel that variable gears are only for people over 45. Isn’t it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailleur? We are getting soft … As for me, give me a fixed gear!” — Tour de [...]
On Tap…
There are still plenty of races out there to feed your cyclocross addiction. But if you still need some motivation to get out there, how about the lovely and diehard cross fans. Photo: Jeff B via PezCycling News (Daily Distractions) 11/24/20072007 Bike Authority Cyclocross Race #4Broadview Heights, OH 11/25/2007OVX Cross/Bryn Du Cross Granville, OHGene Galindo [...]
Pip-addiction
Pip Gregson drops by the Crankset again with another entry. With my arm in a sling for most of the fall season, I’ve been living vicariously through the actions of others. Our such person is my friend Pip, whose introductory season into cyclocross has made me feel as if I haven’t missed a beat [kind [...]
Tour to Start from Monaco in ’09
Grace Kelly would have loved it! The 2009 Tour de France will start from Monaco with an individual time trial in the principality covering a section of the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix circuit. The 2008 Tour will start from Brest, Brittany. This year’s Tour started from London. Related Posts:Cadel and Cavendish Mark Historic Day [...]
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