This is an instant message between Frankie Andreu (FDREU) and Jonathan Vaughters (Cyclevaughters) the morning of July 26, 2005. it was was originally posted on CBC Sports Online on January 3, 2006: Cyclevaughters: frankie – hey – thanks for talking the other day FDREU: no problem, where are you Cyclevaughters: back in CO FDREU: nice, Read the full article…

I found this article titled: Beneficial effects of erythropoietin on haematological parameters, aerobic capacity, and body fluid composition in patients on haemodialysis. To be certain, haemodialysis is serious business. Not fun at all. These were some sick people. But look at these numbers: Eleven patients on haemodialysis were treated with erythropoietin (EPO), 50-200 U kg-1 Read the full article…

A few articles I’ve read today. In commuting I. Lewis Libby’s prison sentence yesterday, President Bush took the advice of, among others, William Otis, a former federal prosecutor who wrote on the opposite page last month that Mr. Libby should neither be pardoned nor sent to prison. We agree that a pardon would have been Read the full article…

So after a weekend of running our first ever mountain bike festival into the history books and pouring a week’s worth of Deschutes Brewing’s production down my neck I felt pretty good about the world. Then this morning I returned to work and began the day with my usual “Coffee and Scandal” fifteen minutes on Read the full article…

Sunday I decided it was time to ride. Lovedog had asked me join him on an “easy” ride. I should have known he’d bend me over a barrel and give me the business. But I’m a dumb ass. I met him ’round about 9:00am. And only then did I find out we were also riding Read the full article…

Rob a 7-Eleven, you go to jail. Better you should lie to the authorities and obstruct the investigation into the 2003 leak of a CIA operative’s identity. But if Dick Cheney doesn’t have your back, fuck it, rob the 7-Eleven, slam a couple of 40s and think about what kind of Bic-pen tattoo you want Read the full article…

This one is definitely than worth your time. “There are a lot of unhealthy people that are driven to sports and they are driven by their own demons, their own past. You see it in business too; I’ve known some very successful, wealthy people and they are the most unhappy people you will ever meet. Read the full article…

Raisin is gonna uncork on Saturday. Great comeback for the man. Good Luck Saul! Fifty Five Minutes? I think I did it in about two and a half hours on Saturday. Lordie, Lordie, Lordie. Utah Training for Saul Profile of the Porc Climb

i got an email today from USA Cycling. i’ve qualified to race the US MTB National Championships. Never mind, now, that i’ve raced my mt bike once this year, and got my ass handed to me. i’m semi-pro, baby, and anything goes. they want pack fodder. gotta make the start line look big. The US Read the full article…

The birds are singing… German Jörg Jaksche, one of dozens of cyclists implicated in the Operación Puerto doping scandal that erupted last year, admitted Saturday that he used banned substances for years. “I’m Bella. It’s my blood which was found in three bags (at Dr Fuentes offices). I was a client of Dr. Fuentes from Read the full article…

Petacchi will be in the Tour after all. Oh joy of joys. I got him down for four (4) stage wins. In an apparent vote of confidence, the Milram team has named Alessandro Petacchi to its Tour de France team despite suspending the sprinter for a suspicious doping test at the Giro d’Italia. Source: velonews.com Read the full article…

I’d categorize this one under the heading “brutal assessment”. Sometimes the truth hurts, don’t it? From: SAC Subject: Armstrong, doper? Jonny– Looks like the gloves are coming off…check this: sportsillustrated.cnn.com How long until LA is stripped of 7 TdF titles? I’d say the possibility of Armstrong being stripped of one, if not all, of his Read the full article…