The one and only Domenic Malvestuto. In Arizona, he was known by one name alone. And that was Domenic. He was born in 1943. His bicycle shop was known as Domenic’s Cycling Imports. Or, simply, DCI. Cancer, I heard. I received notice tonight via a text message. I poured myself a stiff one, took a [...]

I read this on the Velonews comment section back in February and thought it was worth sharing… Hey, I’ve been busy! From 1996 to 2005, which includes the seven years of Armstrong’s dominance and the three years before, there were 13 different cyclists who occupied the top three positions in the Tour de France. Excluding [...]

Yesterday I made my triumphant return to bike shop employment. Just one day a week, part time during the peak season. That’s right, while most of the country is preparing for winter and tuning up their skis, here in the desert, we are gearing up for 8 months of riding.  People have started crawling out of their air conditioned [...]

I wasn’t able to make it track nationals, but someone did share this gem with me. Looks like there some serious action in LA last week. Photo courtesy of Emily Maye.

Today I headed up to Yellowsprings Ohio (Dave Chappelle lives there!) for an OVCX race at John Bryan State Park. I was feeling better after 4 days off the bike due to a head cold and a lot of coughing. I was itching to race some CX and see what this Raleigh could do, though [...]

I was cruising around over at hellingham and saw this picture.  Since there was some question as to the legality of young lady in the picture, I will give you this one instead. It may even be a little more motivating simply because it has dirt in it.. Now that just puts me in the [...]

For all you Keystone State folks out there. From: AK Subject: Court allows Fracking in National Forests. I am passing this on because it is something you and others in the cycling community need to be aware of. Although natural gas extraction will have a very positive impact to PA’s economy, we’ve had many questions [...]

Dominic cleaned up his bike shop yesterday and I was stoked to come home from work and see it. I thought I’d share it with ya.

I can’t understand a word of it. But, you don’t really have to. Tchmil was hard as nails. First he takes a swing at Planckaert. Then he hits the deck. Hard. He gets up only to be molested by some poor old woman who seems concerned for his well-being. The google translation of the Dutch [...]

People have told me recently that I spend too much time alone. Riding around for days on end with nothing but my sleeping bag and some food, just thinking about things. Some of the things are important, some of them aren’t, sometimes I don’t even think about anything at all. But the one common theme [...]

Looks like I had better start saving for a new liver now. Richmond, Virginia has been selected to host the 2015 Road World Championships. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), competitive cycling’s governing body, selected Richmond after a competitive bid process that included the country of Oman. “Richmond is thrilled to be selected to host the [...]

This is old news but still very exciting for women’s racing. Exergy Development Group continues to expand its reach into cycling this week and Tuesday becomes the title sponsor of the U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross…. Series event director Joan Hanscom said that Exergy’s support of women’s cycling lined up perfectly with the USGP…. With [...]