…of skinny tyres rural roads, cobbles and mud this afternoon. My legs look like the topping of a cheap cappucino and the Lemond had to be properly hosed down.
Yes, it is upside down.
Very good.
No Belgian beer in the house, I hope drinking red wine out a cheap pyrex-tumbler is sufficiently Gallic.
Man In Black
This from Tom Boonen made me laugh…
Boonen further claimed that Vinokourov was indeed one of the so-called ‘Men in Black’ - a term used to describe professional riders training in plain colours to avoid detection. “I saw him myself, wearing black,” said Boonen.
[Cycling News, 26 July 2007]
I’m not sure the “Men […]
Wow.
It’s hard to keep up with who’s still left on the Tour right now…
First this…
Rasmussen pulled out of Tour
[http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/tour07/news/?id=/news/2007/jul07/jul26news]
Then this…
Leader Rasmussen pulled from Tour
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/6916698.stm]
Say what you like, but this years Tour is anything but dull.
While targetting the “Men in Black” Anne Gripper, director of the UCI’s anti-doping program made a statement that appeared to respect the process for dope-testing.
“we have to respect the process, the analysis of the B samples, before we can make any announcements.”
UCI goes after the “Men In Black” [cyclingnews.com, 21 June 2007]
Sadly, that all goes […]
My wife and I (grammer) had been commenting on how this tour resembled those of the 80s and early 90s than any after, say, 1995. A proper duel between climbers and not something that is going to be decided entirely by time trials.
Lots of riders just didn’t seem to be doing as well as they […]
It’s the raised ‘m’ logos wot confused me. Clicky for websites and some loverly lugs.
Moyer, Austin, Tx
Check out Whit’s flickr account - practically a photo-essay in how to fillet braze a bike together.
Mather, Bath, England
Thanks to Whit and Robin for permission to use their photos.
Caution - Drug Use Ahead
With all the drug confessions rampant at the moment it’s probably as good a way of telling who should have won a race in the ’90s as any other.
“My yellow jersey is in box at home, you can come and collect it,” said Riis of his [1996] Tour performance.
via Cycling News
So […]
After a scorching hot fifty-miler out into roadie training territory yesterday (a ride round one of the favourite loops of pretty much all the local racing clubs and the more-distant CTC branches) I was wondering about the ettiquette of arm-warmers.
Or more precisely, when can you dispense with them? And the knee warmers and overshoes. The […]
Thankfully the US media can be more intelligent than the UK press which caters for the baying mob. The New York Times article Unstoppable, about fixie riders in NY city is a case in point. In the UK it would degenerate into a “can’t these people afford cars?” anti-bike rant attracting a deluge […]
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New! iPod updating courtesy of iScrobbler.
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Remember kids, vinyl can't carry Digital Rights Management.
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For all that we like the up-to-the minute offerings of the web there‚s nothing like a proper badly photocopied A5 fanzine or a glossily printed proper magazine to keep you occupied on the throne. Here, in no particular order, is our material of choice.
In the UK as we give away our civil liberties in the name of freedom it might be handy to be aware of Photographers Rights.
Don’t let The Man stop you shooting.
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