This story just came out (AFP) – former Northern Arizona University runner – qualified in the 1500: will be the U.S. flag bearer at the Olympic opening ceremonies. I had the pleasure of speaking with Lopez back in April and I can tell you this guy is so gracious and down to earth, just a [...]

I don’t know much about Blazin’ Saddles, but I love his stuff.
A few choice bits below:
Tour de France – Blazin’ Saddles: Liqui-blast
Eurosport – Sat, 12 Jul 13:02:00 2008
The honeymoon is over. Just when the world started to believe in a clean Tour, along came the moment that so many had anticipated: a rider tests positive.
The [...]

Let’s all thank Flo for having the job of providing insights such as these. If it weren’t for the podium girl giving us a wee-show, I’d be hanging myself because my eyes have been burned by the sight of an apparently sock stuffing Samuel Dumoulin. Or is that Big Tex?

A race is a race is a race. Drop your doping opinions at the door and realize there is a fight for the Maillot Vert happening at this moment and the punch line is that Boonen is reciting pick-up lines at home.
Good job dumb ass.
The Green Jersey is the pimp’s de jour. Fuck [...]

On the lighter side of life, I ate pretty good shit rolling through campus the other day. En route, back from the DMV where I retrieved a title to the car I sold, I clipped a pedal on an uneven cobbled corner and as Miller said… “You got Godsmacked”. My hands didn’t leave the bars. [...]

From Flo:
Looks like Rock Racing is headed to Tour of Britian. Love ‘em or hate ‘em but you can’t argue that what they’re doing (co-sponsoring major US races, donating to charities and creating injured rider’s fund) isn’t damn fine for our sport, Stateside. Hey, it’s about time we added a little flare, and I’m not [...]

I personally think any time spent in Baja is good time. Now this, Just in time for November along with the Baja 1000…
Save $100 Before July 1 on Entry for Baja Epic Stage Race – Nov. 5-8 2008
World Class 300-Mile MTB Stage Race One Hour From San Diego
Baja California Norte, Mexico – June 18, 2008 [...]

I’m not sure how this will all play out yet. Well, no one is. But it looks like some good news from where I’m standing.
From: Michael
Subject: A win for Liberty!
At long last, some good news regarding American Liberty!
Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the court, said, “The laws and Constitution are [...]

This Saturday the 24th my man Damage McGehee will try to beat the UMCA 100 Mile Track Time Trial record. The current time stands at 3 hours 47 minutes and was set by Rod Evans from Australia. It was set on May 8, 1994 at an indoor velodrome in Australia.
This fool has rented [...]

Update: Ride cancelled due to snow.
It snowed 6+ inches at the Flagstaff Nordic Center as of midday Friday, with more due in last night and today. that’s down at the lodge. From experience, i know that the higher trails at FNC can get twice that… so were’re looking at 8-12 inches up on [...]

First off my legs still hurt. Well another Whiskey in the books. Big ups to Sad Cow and his crew for putting on another great race. If you reading this and you haven’t made it out to AZ to do one of these races then you’re missing out. This is what [...]

I sat in the family room, the cool gray dawn creeping to light, and thought to myself – I think this is the last one. I can’t imagine doing any more races. I haven’t been training, or riding at all. My fitness level is terrible. I own nothing near a “race [...]

I spend last Sunday in hiding. I avoided the telephone and internet, and most people truthfully, until the magic hour of 2:00 pm. For that is when the Versus channel played the delayed coverage of the Tour of Flanders, the storied 92nd Ronde van Vlaanderen. I wanted no spoilers to intrude on [...]

Anyone ever done a fixed gear crit race? Well RideClean is promoting one — downtown Phoenix right by the municipal court building, Dodge Theater, and City Hall. This is a legit race — we have full street closure and the benevolent smile of the police and local politicians. Don’t ask how [...]

March 22nd. You have been warned.
Excellent write up (yeah, I didn’t even try) over at onespeeder.com.
Info: flightofthepigs.com
PDF link here: flightofthepigs.com/Squealer/Squealer_2008.pdf

Bowl of cereal, cup of coffee, Het Volk. Coverage here: live.cyclingnews.com
And if you aren’t stoked enough already, read this blog post by Mike Friedman:
Hanging out in Kortrijk, Belgium. We are about 6 km from Gent, the start and finish of this years edition of Het Volk. The weather outside is freaking crazy. First [...]

This one coming at you from cyclingnews.com. (scroll down)
The relationship that was started last fall in a Las Vegas discotheque could come to an end if Mario Cipollini does not get his say in the management of Rock Racing.
“We need to sit at the table and make clear who is in command,” said [...]

pretty good on line live video of the Amgen race
www.amgentourofcalifornia.com/…AdobeTourTracker.html

Charles Manantan has a new piece titled absolute bullshit over at pezcycling. I am with him for the call to create a stronger riders union that can represent the interests of the professional cycling athlete. There absolutely needs to be a strong, robust, transparent organization in place and pronto. Either through a [...]

Just back from Tucson, most of the day up in the car dropping ass and putting down hatoraid. God it feels good to be a king.
BGR takes a fine third place in single speed solo. Fifteen laps. Kid rocked that podium spot
Flagstaffist came in with eight laps geared solo in his [...]