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 1,500 Olympic-sized swimming pools [...]

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 then we have [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 seems to be [...]