This video shows a few of the different bikes you see at Calvin’s Challenge 12 hour. The race sucked. You can read about the misery on my blog if you are interested. No need to bring it all up again. It would be best kept as a memory to sweep under the rug and move Read the full article…
Glad that mother fucker is over!
Cyclocross park approved!
I am so excited! A CX park 7 miles from my house! HOLLA! The city of Covington Kentucky, just outside of Cincinnati, became the state’s second city to commit to year ‘round cyclocross bicycle racing when the city commissioners, in a meeting shown on live television, approved plans for a permanent cyclocross park in Devou Read the full article…
Thursday motivation
It is a low motivation day today. Sore legs. Stuck behind this desk earning my keep. As I day dream of riding, thoughts drift to the fact that the Classics season all but over and the desert is heating up. But, at the same time the snow is melting in the mountains and glorious long mountain bike rides Read the full article…
Peter van Petegem shows Alberto Contador what pain looks like.
PVP show Contie whats what: “See, this here is the center of the road. It is smoother up here. I will ride here. Down there, that is where pig lay. It is shit. You will ride there. I am now hungry. Give me your sandwich.” Defending Tour de France champion Alberto Contador took to the Read the full article…
RideClean takes Masters at La Vuelta de Bisbee
Paul Thomas one, Jake Rubelt two. High fives all around. Results pdf here: lvdb.info/2010/10_RESULTS/EVENT_B/3GCB.pdf. Text update from Snake: It went as well as it could have. I hope to have a race report to share in the next few days.
They actually booed him
My first reaction to reading Vino had won L-B-L this morning was, “Oh god damn it.” Now I see I was not alone in that assessment. The fans actually booed him as he crossed the line. Nothing like a fine welcome back for a previous winner (in 2005) of the event. Despite getting booed as Read the full article…
RideClean at La Vuelta de Bisbee Masters
Our own Jake “Snake” Rubelt took the Sulphur Springs Road Race in the Masters Category down at the La Vuelta de Bisbee. Good on ya, Snake. I asked him how it played out via text. He responded, simply: I just jumped with 300 to go. The weekend’s racing is comprised of four stages in three Read the full article…
La Doyenne cometh
She is the oldest, and perhaps the most coveted. She is Liège–Bastogne–Liège. 1 And she will be fantastic. Last years winner, Andy Schleck, simply “promises attacks.” The pain will come. And with it, glory. Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) has said he will ride a defensive race and wait for a possible sprint finish at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Read the full article…
Racing and HAPPY 4-20
It’s 11am and I am rushed to get out the door and get some miles on my legs. My 12 hour is in 10 days and there is never enough time to get these long ass fucking rides in. Pain in my ass. Except this week I get to play all week. Until Friday. Then Read the full article…
’85 Paris Roubaix
From: Legs Subject: ’85 Paris Roubaix This may not be in HD or have the best musical score, but somehow this seemed harder back then… When they call this one a “classic,” they mean it. Paris Roubaix 1985 Finish
Cancellara owns 2010 Roubaix
I watched it on Sunday. I couldn’t sit still. I danced, I jumped, I shouted. It is among the greatest sporting events known to mankind: Paris-Roubaix. You all have had plenty of time to read the full run-down at countless other websites that profess to be purveyors of “news.” We’re more in the line of Read the full article…
Battenkill cometh
Oh, this one is going to be good. Tour of the Battenkill hits off on April 18th. That’s next Sunday. Gallery from 2009 edition here: pbase.com/best_of_battenkill_2009_pro&page=all. From: Dirty Biker so i have a man on the ground at tour of the battenkill i asked him to send me a race report and i just got Read the full article…