I believe Floyd…was doped to the gills.
The Mennonite Sensation is now the first man ever stripped of a Tour title for a doping offense.
Something to be proud of, I’m sure.

Tour de France organizers already have said they no longer consider Floyd Landis the champion.
Photo: Reuters

From velonews.com:
The International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) [...]

Stumbled across this and got a good laugh at first. Then i got to thinking…If I were to go, how would it be? I sure don’t want to die from ‘Foreign Object left behind during surgery.’ but what really is a GOOD way to go?

Depending on how Germany plays tonight I guess it’s entirely possible [...]

Trackback: skidhuck.com

Some great news out of this mornings NY Times:
Athletes who want to cheat by injecting themselves with a performance-enhancing drug that boosts their blood cell count can do so with little risk of getting caught, a new study indicates, possibly exposing another flaw in what is regarded as the world’s toughest anti-doping program.
Little risk of [...]

BGR was telling me about this one the other day. Kid outta nowhere makes it big in the city. Or something like that.
While out on a trail ride, a group of bicyclists spy a small blaze and douse it, stomp it and build a fire line around it.
Firefighters dubbed a small blaze near [...]

Overheard at the bike shop:
“What’d he call me?”
“Vanilla.”
“Why’d he call me Vanilla?”
“I dunno. Some kind of put down I guess. Trying to say you’re bland or something.”
“How’d he know vanilla was my favorite flavor?”
“Vanilla is your favorite flavor?”
“Are you kidding. Vanilla might just be the greatest flavor of all time.”
And so it [...]

Recovery
My pain is with me always.
It is the last thing I feel before I fall asleep,
and the first thing I feel when I wake up.
When I get up from this chair,
it’ll take me a minute to gather myself.
The pain will be there.
It is always there,
waiting for me.

At 34, I once again set down the wrenches and walked away from another tour of Shop Life. This time, it was only 6 months long and it bridged the gap between a failed Tucson design gig and my new life as a member of the biketrailershop.com family. I was happy to be back in [...]

(It seems they took the image down… Bummer.) Thanks goodness I saved it.
More here…
In other news… Don’t worry if you don’t read italian, the pics tell the whole story.

I can’t even explain how badly I want want WANT this bike.
—bp

Friday was one hell of a day. I had flatted the front tire on my cross bike about week prior while pedaling my happy ass back from the jobby job. Since I’ve got a garage full of bikes, I left her at home and ran through a couple of worthy alternates for some [...]

I was gonna write a Thursday poem, but it occurred to me in the nick of time that this is Friday. What that tells me is that it’s time to get back to the sauce. I’m out of here in 19 minutes. I’m bee lining straight to a thinly padded round stool [...]

From: Erik
Subject: biker down in NC
The driver swerved to miss a deer (his story), crossed the center line and hit a cyclist head on. This was like 3 miles from my house. I’m leaving the bike on the trainer.
abclocal.go.com

Another one in from our boy Chris. Keep’n it real, he is.
From: Chris
Subject:
Juan Grande,
Let me get right to the point. It is stoopid hot in Blythe, CA. Just rode here from Brawley, CA, where it is retarded hot. 88 miles today, 77 yesterday, 55 on Monday where we started in La Jolla. [...]

I personally think any time spent in Baja is good time. Now this, Just in time for November along with the Baja 1000…
Save $100 Before July 1 on Entry for Baja Epic Stage Race – Nov. 5-8 2008
World Class 300-Mile MTB Stage Race One Hour From San Diego
Baja California Norte, Mexico – June 18, 2008 [...]

I needed a win. And I got one.
Erotic actresses from Austria and Germany line up for their national anthems before a five-a-side beach soccer match on the Danube river island in downtown Vienna.
Mind you, it’s complete with photos. Oh my. Read more: www.stuff.co.nz
One for the event calendar in case you’ve got [...]

My man Chris is on a cross county ride that started on the 16th. Check the route – it’s the real deal. And it benifits the Fuller Center, a group I have never heard of before this ride. And I guess maybe that’s the point of this exercise – to raise awarness. [...]

All I keep hearing is Terrorist this and Terrorist that. Anyone we don’t like, apparently, can and should be labeled a “Terrorist”. And, then, we can say, oh they have no rights – they are Terrorists. Prisoners of War are an entirely different matter. These men were captured on the battlefield [...]

So, he likes the blow.

Sign the petition below to be heard by, well, no one in particular. Dude likes the ski lodge. And he’s available for kid’s parties, wedding and bar mitzvahs this July. ‘Cause he sure as shit ain’t gonna be in France that month. You should see him whip [...]