Short break from the (seemingly endless) study of law. Yeah, I can upload a pic in about three minutes for ya there, chief. Just hold on and don’t get your panties in a bunch. Evans. Class. Could be his year. Image source: http://fuckyeahcycling.tumblr.com/post/7278626840/tour-de-france-2011-stage-4-via-le-tour-de. Full size image here: http://drunkcyclist.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Evans_Stage_4_TDF_2011.jpg. More cool stuff: http://fuckyeahcycling.tumblr.com/. Full write up [...]

Happy Birthday, America. Image source: http://www.daylife.com/photo/02dxgr81UC5XP. Strictly a class move when he signaled a W for Wouter Weylandt. All class. And big ups to Thor Hushovd too. He was a big part of the win, and it did not go unnoticed. “To have the world champion and yellow jersey work for you to launch the [...]

The Tour started today. I’ve been too busy to watch it. And I’ve pretty much resigned myself to not following the race this year as I have in years past. Too much on my plate to burn up a few hours a day watching television. That said, I can still read about it! Philippe Gilbert [...]

Chavanel is a Baller. 2011 French Road Championship? He finished alone. Image source: http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/06/gallery/2011-national-champions-gallery_180309/attachment/photo-bruno-bade-cht-de-france-2011. Sylvain Chavanel used a 25km solo to take the French road race title on Sunday. He had over half a minute on the chasing duo of Anthony Roux and Thomas Voeckler. Chavanel took off his sunglasses as he crossed the line, [...]

As of Sunday morning, the Tour Divide saw its first two riders hit the US/Mexico Border.  Kurt Refsnider rolled in first early Sunday morning to take the win of the most difficult bike races in the world.  Kurt averaged about 170 miles a day,  and will now forever be known as a baller in the [...]

Tour of Lombardy. The last Monument of the year. The leaves fall upon the roadway and the cycling season in kind. Il Lombardia Trailer Another great dramatic documentary movie about one of the monuments. It’s always great when you don’t know dutch, but inflection and tone can tell you everything. They are planning for a [...]

Dude. Get some.

I hope to see a lot out of the lad this July. From: Jean-Marie Read this: As he won the “Critérium du Dauphiné” today, Wiggins declared that Contador on the Tour was not a good thing this year. “It’s not a good thing that a guy tested positive four times may be allowed to race. [...]

With the Tour Divide slated to kick off tomorrow in Canada, here is the last DC interview with someone attemtping Tour Divide.  I give you Jake Kirkpatrick, a ginger for the ages, who will be riding a custom Black Sheep with a Gates Belt Drive. DC: First and foremost, why would you want to do [...]

For our next round of interviews with folks who are attempting the Tour Divide, I give you Dejay Birtch, a man who has been a friend of DC since 2001 or so. DC: First and foremost, why would you want to do such a brutal ride? Dejay: well I guess it has the potential for being [...]

“Just ride your bike till they make you stop.” That’s what Dirty Biker said to me. And that’s what I did. I started out with the 100 milers. The course starts out in the town of Loudonville, going up a very big hill and then turning onto some horse trails. My back wheel fell off [...]

What I’ve been doing, in preparation for the biggest race of my life, is a lot of mother fucking riding. I had 4 weeks in a row of 200 miles or more on my bike, including thousands of feet of climbing. I put in 20 hours the week before last, when Gnome came to visit. [...]