I had plans to do a post today about some quality riding I have gotten to do over the past five days here in Colorado, but alas if it bleeds, it leads.  And by “bleed” I mean, has to deal with professional cyclists doping.  Hump day started so good, free coffee and treats for us [...]

From: Michael Hi Jonny.. Sadly a VERY close friend has become another statistic.. He WILL be missed! www.jsonline.com/blogs/lifestyle/104354109.html. Michael Martens Grafton,Wi. www.badgerveloclub.com From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article: Local bicycling leader Jeff Littmann died on Tuesday from the injuries he suffered when a car hit him on a training ride in Waukesha County last week, [...]

Credit to Santiago for the pic.

Cyclist seriously injured when hit by SUV during group ride A military surgeon from Fort Gordon served a tour of duty in Iraq, but on Monday he was fighting for his life after a recreational bicycle ride back home. Matthew Burke, 37, of Augusta, was with a group of people riding on a rural South [...]

Both cities have more than ten bicycle shops. Both have a sharp business dude importing European bikes and selling them for a huge markup. Portland has more framebuilders; and therefore has more out of work framebuilders – due to Portland’s proximity to Oregon. Seattle has nuances that keep it interesting, and so does Portland, but [...]

i’m not doping.  i’m trying to fit in here again.  i’m probably the smartest person on the whole site here, but i just haven’t chimed in lately to say anything about it because i’ve been too busy racking up impossibly high percent results in classes such as Math 140 and English 112.  then i got [...]

Alright, so it was late (for me) when I posted this up last night, but wanted to do some writing on this. I am very happy for Thor “Motherfucking” Hushovd to have won this world championship. I am also happy (as someone said in the comments section already) as a self admitted non-fan of Cadel [...]

Have you noticed a continuing thread in the drugs-in-sport-issue is the testing procedures themselves? Is it scientifically valid? Has it been independently validated? Is it reliable? How much of a substance can be found, is it a reasonable measurement? And then what to do with that information the regulatory side. Is it a threshold substance? [...]

More bad new on the doping tip. From: BGW Subject: …even the babes… …gianni… …”The International Cycling Union says Olympic medallist Margarita Fullana of Spain has been provisionally suspended after testing positive to the banned blood-booster EPO.”… sports.yahoo.com. or www.velonation.com. …even the babes are doin’ it… …she fully admits it after a bad season of [...]

We in the press get a lot of criticism, much of it richly deserved. But every now and then one of us gets it right. Read it and weep. A toast to Andrew Meacham for a fine eulogy. And another to Steve Benen at Political Animal for tipping us off.

This should just about wrap up my take on Interbike 2010. Give it a read, then we can get back to shit-talking dopers, riding, and drinking. By the time Thursday rolled around, I really had nothing else to do. My show was pretty much over as soon as I took a drink with Eddy. The experience was [...]

The secondary title to this piece is “Hey, I didn’t take clenbuterol recently!” Are we looking at the time-shifted positive dope test? And, if so, would it make any difference in the analysis? The concept I’m suggesting is as follows: Traces of a banned performance enhancing drug (i.e., PED) showing up in one’s blood stream [...]