Tomorrow brings Omloop Het Volk. Sunday is Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne. I’m about to go full blown drunk classics crazy up in this piece. And that means fries, mayonnaise and beer. But not necessarily in that order.
Is Leadville about to go bye-bye?
More than 1 billion gallons of water – enough to fill [...]

From: Andy
Subject: Re: Cyclist down
Big Jonny:
Deaths such as this are never easy. We plan to have a memorial ride Sunday morning. For now, da Tour is cancelled, perhaps permanently. Da Tour has had a lot of support over the years, from shops like Yo Jimbo’s Garage and Upgrade. And [...]

No, Im not referring to the website or the song by Clutch. I am referring to a study that says 1 in every 100 Americans is in prison.
The report’s methodology differed from that used by the Justice Department, which calculates the incarceration rate by using the total population rather than the adult population as the [...]

The Hemophiliac
I don’t think that you can stop the bleeding.
All that pressure you muster
is only making things worse.
The blood is beginning to puddle
and the color in his face is fading.
“Somebody call 911.”
It is the same thing today
as it was yesterday.
He should have stayed home.
He should have stayed home.

The weight
I awoke with at start
and remember nothing
about the first flight of stairs
on the way to my
daughters room.
I met my wife
at the bedside
and we held her
together
as she cried.
She lay limp
in my arms
trusting
my strength
more than anything
in this world.
And the weight of it
I did not feel
till much later.
 

Anti-doping officials at the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) requested Wednesday that Tour of Italy champion Danilo Di Luca be banned for two years after an abnormal doping test.
The abnormal result was returned after the 17th stage of the Giro from Linz in Austria to Monte Zoncolan on May 30. Check it: afp.google.com
Stick a [...]

This one in from fritzaholic.
One Gear by One Gear
Thirty Four by Seventeen.
Stand, Meet your Maker.

From: Andy
Subject: Cyclist down
What’s up Big Jonny?
Chicago’s kids have been running the Tour Da Chicago for 9 years, and this past Sunday, when yours truly was too lazy to haul his fat ass out of bed and onto the bike, da Tour experienced its first fatality.
chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-biker_fatal_26feb26,0,533633.story
We’ve had some bad hits in the past, [...]

This one coming at you from cyclingnews.com. (scroll down)
The relationship that was started last fall in a Las Vegas discotheque could come to an end if Mario Cipollini does not get his say in the management of Rock Racing.
“We need to sit at the table and make clear who is in command,” said [...]

When keeping it real goes wrong:
Woman bicycling with shotgun strapped to back is arrested
It was a sight that would catch anyone’s attention — a woman riding a bicycle around St. Cloud, Minn., late at night in the bitter cold. Turns out there was another reason a citizen took notice: The cyclist was carrying a gun. [...]

As I watched last night’s debate with my family, I kept turning to either my wife on my left or my father on my right and saying, “I don’t think that question was fair.” Tim Russert was seemingly confused about who was the moderator and who was the debate participant. He’s sure [...]

Am I surprised? No. Not really.
Is this lame? Yes. Completely.
From: John
Subject: Let Levi (Trek) Ride?
Check out who registered “LetLeviRide.com”… none other than Trek Bicycle
Corporation.
www.whois.net/whois_new.cgi?d=letleviride&tld=com
Registrant:
Trek Bicycle Corporation (DOM-1745459)
801 West Madison Street Waterloo WI [...]

Fircrest police were looking Monday for driver who hit a bicyclist and then apparently stopped to drag the unconscious woman to the side of the road before leaving the scene.
Sandy Johnston, 66, of University Place, was hit about 5:30 a.m. Sunday as she was pedaling through the intersection of Ramsdell Street and Contra Costa Avenue, [...]

Excellent piece in the NY Times by Morris Davis back on February 17th. Definitely worth a look:
Twenty-seven years ago, in the final days of the Iran hostage crisis, the C.I.A.’s Tehran station chief, Tom Ahern, faced his principal interrogator for the last time. The interrogator said the abuse Mr. Ahern had suffered was inconsistent [...]

Another one in from our infamous south of the border correspondent.
From: Pistol Pete
Subject: Re: Keep an eye out
I’m in Tucson. Yes, back in the USSR. They were afraid to fuck with me at the border. Called me “sir” an’ shit. Rode right through. It was crazy in Nogales [...]

The ramifications of doping spread out like fire through a house of sleeping people. It takes jobs, it sends people into severe moral quandaries, it exposes them to legal jeopardy that can cost then tens of thousands of dollars just for being around.
It’s a game played by narcissists that brings down the good.
From Velonews
The soigneur [...]

Ralph Nader announces candidacy for President on Meet the Press. Collective groan heard around the world.

Ralph, really. You’re killing me over here.
The consumer rights activist announced on NBC television’s Meet the Press that he was launching a third-party campaign for the White House because voters were disenchanted with the Democratic and Republican [...]

From: Hurl
Subject: Rad.
actual footage from Frostbündt, QBP’s annual winter bike orgy, 16-February-2008. The rumored Texas Twins Race never materialized, but the combination of not one, but two, steering wheel-equipped rides provides hours of derby enjoyment for the awestruck bystanders. This is rock-n-roll bicycle action when adults on bicycles can revel in the combination [...]