It’s not often we do this, but damn if something doesn’t need to be said. These girls are way to thin. This is downright spooky. Sure, we used to, ahem, celebrate the female form on these pages a bit differently… But that does not mean that we ever supported eating disorders or drug addiction. Am [...]

Not to make light of anything said here in the past day or two, but goddammit if this whole VDB thing isn’t just bugging the shit out of me. It’s been the elephant in the room of my cycling spectatorship since Pantani gave up.  It really bothers me that we put so much emphasis on [...]

I sit here a few hours away from getting on the highway to go build some bicycles for the Americans. I’m back in the Circle Mine again and happy to be. I’ve somehow always been able to count on bikes pretty much being the same, me still having all my fingers, and the pay being [...]

I’ll have to start remembering the actual cross streets for these fun little stories I’ve been dutifully transcribing upon these vaulted pages. This morning I saw a guy at another bus stop (this being different than the previous two) on the south side of Thomas, near about 32nd Street, with a 22 ounce can of [...]

Saw a kid at Bell & Scottsdale sitting at a bus stop in white face paint. Like, full on thick heavy face paint. There was a fair bit of black around his eyes. It was a like a mask. He was looking down and I was going forty, so it I was a fleeting glance [...]

Ah shit, it’s the weekend. I got nothing to show for it. I’ll be putting in the hours (again) down at the library. That’s pretty much where I live now. At one time, it was the saddle. Not it’s the cubicle. The constant between both? A clear and convincing display of marginal adequacy. Hey, I’m [...]

I used to write stories about riding bicycles. About training, traveling & racing. About my friends that were faster than me. About sleeping on sofas and drinking coffee. About lycra and tan lines. Now I just write about sitting on my ass and driving around Phoenix, Arizona in my “experienced” domestic automobile. The more things [...]

Call it “pedal envy” if you must. I saw this image this morning and said, damn. I wish I was on a bike instead of playing desk jockey here in the library again. I don’t know much of anything about the Flat Tops Wilderness Area other than it is in Colorado. Wilderness generally means no [...]

It does make one wonder… From: Michael Subject: Gert Steegmans to join Radio Shack Hey J- How goes it? Wisconsin is colder than shit! I think it’s fuck’n Nov. already, oh wait, that’s a few months off yet. ha ha.. Check this shit out. cyclingnews.com/…steegmans-to-join-radioshack-next-season Gert Steegmans signs with Radio Shack. This is the part [...]

I drive past a Big Brother Big Sister clothing donation box every day on the way over to drop my daughters off at daycare. Typical drop box, the kind we’ve all seen before – a big tin thing. This particular one is sitting in the pack parking lot of a stripmall. Pretty straightforward concept, right? [...]

From sports.espn.go.com: Former New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress pleaded guilty Thursday to a weapons charge and agreed to a two-year prison term for accidentally shooting himself at a Manhattan nightclub. Burress pleaded guilty to one count of attempted criminal possession of a weapon, a lesser charge than he initially faced. Under a plea agreement, [...]

I’ve heard a similar complaint from a few people this past week – Armstrong packed the race with worker bees while others went the lottery route and didn’t get in. This is from the Velonews Mailbag: Disappointed Dear Editor, Wow. I just read that the organizers of the Leadville 100 allowed three late entries so [...]