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 Read the full article…

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 Read the full article…

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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 Read the full article…

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 Read the full article…

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 Read the full article…

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.

(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 back and Read the full article…

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 at a cold, Read the full article…

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