Up early. Couldn’t sleep. Went to bed early too. Real early. As in, when my kids went to bed. Now some keep their kids up late. Around here, not so much. We aim for seven, usually succeed closer to eight. And, as always, eight is great. When my mind is rolling over a million things Read the full article…

I don’t understand a word of any of this aside from the names of the cyclists and the climbs. But I could not take my eyes off it just the same. Pantani meant a lot to us here at Drunkcyclist. The graphic our very own Snakehawk made at the top right of the page is Read the full article…

There are two endless sources of frustration for those of us who have followed the news for cyclist’s being struck and injured by automobiles. One is the seemingly worthless comments about whether or not the cyclist was wearing a helmet. No matter the manner of injury, the article always seems to address this point. I Read the full article…

The year was 1998. I was 29 years old, a handful of years out of college, and working in a bike shop as a mechanic. The woman who was to become my wife and I lived with our two dogs in a nice little three bedroom ranch house we bought in Tempe, Arizona. I was Read the full article…

More information on the Whiskey Off-Road dropped in just under an hour ago. Lucky for me, I have the time this morning to actually post it. Yeah, we’re not always so timely around here. And by “we” I pretty much mean me. Saturday of the 9th Annual Whiskey Off-Road event weekend brought blue skies and Read the full article…

It would appear from what I can see on the interwebs that he is balls deep in Prescott. Image source: http://www.cyclingnews.c om/races/whiskey-off-road-2012/fat-tire-crit/photos/220000. And take a look at what he’s got with him this weekend: Yep. New DC product for sale. Dude brings it like his name was Gordo the Christmas Gorilla. Big sack of tricks. Read the full article…

Remember Bo Jackson? Won a Heisman Trophy & then was named an All-Star in both Professional Baseball and Professional Football. Yeah, Bo knows. “The reason for this ride is for state unity and to pay homage to the great Alabamians who lost their lives on April 27th, 2011. I am my brothers’ and sisters’ keeper. Read the full article…

Maxim Iglinskiy (Astana) attacked out of a small chasing group to catch Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) within sight of the flamme rouge and take the win in the 2012 Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Nibali had jumped from the field on the penultimate climb and tried to solo in the last 20km, but the Kazakh gave chase to claim his Read the full article…

This is the latest installment in big jonny’s TGIF posts. Yeah, someone needed to bat clean-up on the workweek. And I’m your boy. One in from my man Tom F today. A bit dated, truth be told, as he sent this to me in October (!). I know, I know, things get lost from time Read the full article…

Flèche Wallonne popped off yesterday. It was also my birthday, and I unfortunately paid little attention to the race. Not that the race wasn’t awesome and worth following, rather my priorities lay elsewhere. A mistake on my part, as the closing kilometers were a nail biter. Could Gilbert repeat? Who was one form? Who was Read the full article…

Our dear beloved Husky, he of the .47 ¢ toaster and Monster Dodge. From: Brian he’s in here somewhere http://doucheblogcycling.blogspot.com/2012/04/bark-moon-april-ffr.html. Husky goes large. Somehow, that does not surprise me. After being his roommate back in the mid-nineties as he harpooned his was across Tempe, I can’t imagine why’d he’d change his ways now.   And why Read the full article…

This one in from our man Art, the AZ Cutter. Yes, he rode to glory in the Little 5 (See Breaking Away (1979), http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078902/; http://iusf.indiana.edu/little500/). Return of the Flying Scotsman Remember this guy?  He was not your average pro roadie even when he was winning world pursuit championships and breaking Moser’s hour record!  Graeme Obree Read the full article…