Before you read below, check out what Trick Dick had to say about our retired wannabe hero!
In an interview with French Sports daily L'Equipe, three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond has claimed Lance Armstrong threatened him after criticising his involvement with a doctor linked with a drugs scandal.
LeMond, who in 1986 became the first American to win the Tour de France, stated "he [Armstrong] threatened my wife, my business, my life."
"All that I can say, is that the last four or five years haven't been very pleasant for me. His biggest threat against me was that he would find ten people to testify that I took EPO. Evidently, he didn't find anyone."
LeMond had previously tried to steer Armstrong clear of working with Italian doctor Michele Ferrari who was at the centre of a drugs scandal in 2004, and who LeMond now considers to have been proven to have been "a negative influence on cycling."
The American, who will turn 45 tomorrow, also hit out at the current state of cycling, saying that the problem of doping in cycling goes far beyond just Lance Armstrong.
"The scandal is Spain is just another example, the entire system is corrupt, the UCI is corrupt."
Comparing the current situation in cycling, to that when he was in his pomp, LeMond's message was a depressing one:
"Maybe I'm being naive, but in the 1980s it was possible to win the Tour de France without doping. In their careers, riders had the choice of taking drugs or leaving them. Unfortunately, I don't think they have the choice nowadays."
25 June 2006
20 June 2006
My new buisness adventure.
I'm going enter into as many races as I can and then offer to sell the win to my fellow racers. Just like Basso!!
14 June 2006
You have herd of scuba Steve, meet scuba Peace.
Oh I had to do it, it's been on my mind ever since he sent me the picture. Bad news is that he NEVER EVER checks the site so he will not see the picture. I guess it's illegal to have grapes in Cuba so he has found a way to smuggle them in. He dives out into the bay and pickes them up where they have been droped of. Either he is been shafted and is confusing rasians with grapes or can only fit 2 at a time in his shorts.?
12 June 2006
Killer Birds
Straight out of a Hitchcock Tale, I was on my way home from work today, riding into the never ending headwind that consumes my evening commute, when I was attacked by a Blackbird. Literally attacked. I kept feeling something hitting me in the back & then the helmet & finally turned in time to get dinged on the side of the head. I stopped, and the bird flew across the road onto a post. I started to ride again & the bird flew into my helmet again. We did this over & over for about 15 minutes. He chirped at me & kept hitting my jacket, which was tucked into my back pocket, or my neck or my head. Every time I stopped, he perched onto the nearest post, and then finally an owl or hawk flew lower from up over head and the Blackbird thought better of hanging out in the open any longer. Talk about surreal.. Freaked me out.
Anyway, I still had 10 miles to go & the wind was not letting up, but at least my mind was on something other than the wind for a little while...
Still freaking me out though!!
Anyway, I still had 10 miles to go & the wind was not letting up, but at least my mind was on something other than the wind for a little while...Still freaking me out though!!
09 June 2006
The Ditty Bops cross the USA on bikes
Check out the blog link at the bottom. Sounds like a good deal. I need to ride cross-country!
American rock band, the Ditty Bops, is taking a novel approach to promoting an album: by riding their bikes across the USA. Assisted by the Adventure Cycling Association, the group's members Amanda Barrett and Abby DeWald will tour the country on two wheels, playing live shows at theatres, music halls, bike shops, and old barns (Nebraska farmers get ready) in support of their new album Moon Over the Freeway, recently released on Warner Bros. Records.
"We decided to do the tour this way to promote not only our album, but also cycling and cleaner air," said DeWald, who left Los Angeles with Barrett on May 25. "If we can ride our bikes across the country and play music, we hope others will be inspired to ride their bikes more often."
Bicycle travel expert Adventure Cycling is providing the Ditty Bops with route and technical expertise. Whenever possible the Ditty Bops are following Adventure Cycling's 34,000-mile National Bicycle Route Network. Adventure Cycling's maps for the network try to show the best, safest, and most scenic routes as well as bike shops and places to stay, camp, and eat.
When they're not following the NBRN, the Ditty Bops will use The Cyclists' Yellow Pages to locate other routes, maps, and cycling resources. For example, in Missouri, they'll ride the 220-mile Katy Trail, in Illinois they'll follow the Route 66 Bicycle Route (recently developed by the League of Illinois Bicyclists), and in Cleveland they'll ride bicycle routes mapped by Columbus Outdoor Pursuits Cyclists' Yellow Pages.
As they ride, The Ditty Bops are raising money for Adventure Cycling's efforts to inspire people to travel by bike (www.adventurecycling.org/dittybops). As a nonprofit, all donations are tax-deductible. They'll also be handing out Adventure Cycling flyers at their shows.
You can check out the Ditty Bops' blog at www.thedittybopsbiketour.blogspot.com, where besides daily ride and show updates, they keep a running tally of everything they eat and all the roadkill they pedal past.
American rock band, the Ditty Bops, is taking a novel approach to promoting an album: by riding their bikes across the USA. Assisted by the Adventure Cycling Association, the group's members Amanda Barrett and Abby DeWald will tour the country on two wheels, playing live shows at theatres, music halls, bike shops, and old barns (Nebraska farmers get ready) in support of their new album Moon Over the Freeway, recently released on Warner Bros. Records.
"We decided to do the tour this way to promote not only our album, but also cycling and cleaner air," said DeWald, who left Los Angeles with Barrett on May 25. "If we can ride our bikes across the country and play music, we hope others will be inspired to ride their bikes more often."
Bicycle travel expert Adventure Cycling is providing the Ditty Bops with route and technical expertise. Whenever possible the Ditty Bops are following Adventure Cycling's 34,000-mile National Bicycle Route Network. Adventure Cycling's maps for the network try to show the best, safest, and most scenic routes as well as bike shops and places to stay, camp, and eat.
When they're not following the NBRN, the Ditty Bops will use The Cyclists' Yellow Pages to locate other routes, maps, and cycling resources. For example, in Missouri, they'll ride the 220-mile Katy Trail, in Illinois they'll follow the Route 66 Bicycle Route (recently developed by the League of Illinois Bicyclists), and in Cleveland they'll ride bicycle routes mapped by Columbus Outdoor Pursuits Cyclists' Yellow Pages.
As they ride, The Ditty Bops are raising money for Adventure Cycling's efforts to inspire people to travel by bike (www.adventurecycling.org/dittybops). As a nonprofit, all donations are tax-deductible. They'll also be handing out Adventure Cycling flyers at their shows.
You can check out the Ditty Bops' blog at www.thedittybopsbiketour.blogspot.com, where besides daily ride and show updates, they keep a running tally of everything they eat and all the roadkill they pedal past.
02 June 2006
O'grady's Foaming Rant is hilarious!!!
It doesn't get any truer than this! spot on & hilarious too
Friday's Foaming Rant: Sports, entertainment and business
By Patrick O’GradyVeloNews editor at large
This report filed June 2, 2006
Liberty Seguros cycling team director Manolo Saiz, arrested on doping charges, was released Wednesday after being questioned by police, the Civil Guard said. - The Associated PressManolo Saiz has found a new sponsor to underwrite his ProTour team, barely a week after insurance giant Liberty Seguros pulled the plug on its $8.5 million-a-year deal. - Andrew Hood, VeloNews
So, Lance Armstrong is innocent and everybody else is guilty. Thank God we finally got that settled. Now we can say to hell with bicycle racing and find a respectable sport to follow, like cockfighting.
photo: Jimmy OlsenBeing a clean cyclist in the 21st-century peloton must feel like being a Quaker among the Crips. Call me crazy, but I think there may be something wrong with our sport if its practitioners - despite years of dope raids, bad press and lost sponsors - are still skulking about with enough dirty money in their pockets to buy a sticky 15 minutes with Paris Hilton and packing Igloo suitcases full of refined corpuscles, ursine growth hormone and gorilla testicles. What the hell is the plan here? Going for the GC in the Tour of the Island of Dr. Moreau, are we?
Maybe. Yahoo Sports' cycling page yesterday sported 14 headlines. All but two involved doping. Our own site today looks like the sports page of The Lancet, or maybe The Daily Planet's police blotter ("Luthor Found With Banned Kryptonite, Vows to Clear Name"). And whenever I write another screed on this scummy topic I feel less like a correspondent and more like a co-defendant.
Following this sport has become something like girl-watching in Orange County. You'd like to think it's all diet and exercise, but you know why the surgeons all drive next year's Mercedes-Benzes.
What's in our future? Cloning? Got bad legs today? Send out You No. 2, he's feeling tip-top, and nobody will be able to tell the difference, not even Dick Pound. Or maybe the directeurs sportif will be able to take a page from Superman's Fortress of Solitude, wherein the Man of Steel's army of replica robots stands lined up like so many mechanical water-carriers awaiting the star's pleasure. Human beings are so last century, don't you agree? You won't see any Giro stages shortened by weather once ASO (Asimov Sports Organization) is running the show. And just think, only three laws to remember, too.
In the meantime, we're stuck here in the present with the flesh-and-blood dopeheads, so we'd better try to make the best of it. Maybe we should begin by reconsidering whether there are any significant differences remaining between "sport" and "entertainment."
I used to have firm if foolish notions about the former. A sport had to have a finish line, or points awarded impartially for specific actions. It demanded a high degree of skill and fitness. And it couldn't be something a fat bastard could do drunk while sitting down.
OLN and ESPN promptly flushed out my headgear in that regard by televising the likes of poker, dominoes and bass fishing. I fully expect that before much longer, one or the other will be treating us to the World Fart-Lighting Competition, presented by Taco Bell, Bud Light and Bic. And before the first commercial break, some smart guy will be busily designing an asbestos asshole that is both indistinguishable from the original equipment and contains a miniature propane tank to give the savvy pooter that little extra something. Damn the rules, doc, there's money to be made! Sure, we may lose a few guys to ignition mishaps, but that's one of the costs of doing business.
Because that's what this noisome crap is all about - business. You can call it sport or entertainment, but if you do it for money, it's business, and you don't have to look much beyond the front page to see how that game is played.
And anyway, who cares? We don't object to doped-up movie stars treating rehab like we might a Starbucks (a quiet place to drink some coffee and take a break). We just smile, shake our heads bemusedly ("These crazy Hollywood types!") and plunk down a ten-spot to see their next inane flick. Why should we give a rat's ass about cycling's drug problem?
So relax. Quit trying to peek behind the curtains and enjoy the show. Speaking of which, there's a new Superman movie due out this summer, and it's just what the doctor ordered for cycling fans desperate for a guy in colorful, tight-fitting garments who's clean as a whistle and can fly.
Of course, he can't, really; not without a whole lot of specialized assistance. But you knew that.
Friday's Foaming Rant: Sports, entertainment and business
By Patrick O’GradyVeloNews editor at large
This report filed June 2, 2006
Liberty Seguros cycling team director Manolo Saiz, arrested on doping charges, was released Wednesday after being questioned by police, the Civil Guard said. - The Associated PressManolo Saiz has found a new sponsor to underwrite his ProTour team, barely a week after insurance giant Liberty Seguros pulled the plug on its $8.5 million-a-year deal. - Andrew Hood, VeloNews
So, Lance Armstrong is innocent and everybody else is guilty. Thank God we finally got that settled. Now we can say to hell with bicycle racing and find a respectable sport to follow, like cockfighting.
photo: Jimmy OlsenBeing a clean cyclist in the 21st-century peloton must feel like being a Quaker among the Crips. Call me crazy, but I think there may be something wrong with our sport if its practitioners - despite years of dope raids, bad press and lost sponsors - are still skulking about with enough dirty money in their pockets to buy a sticky 15 minutes with Paris Hilton and packing Igloo suitcases full of refined corpuscles, ursine growth hormone and gorilla testicles. What the hell is the plan here? Going for the GC in the Tour of the Island of Dr. Moreau, are we?
Maybe. Yahoo Sports' cycling page yesterday sported 14 headlines. All but two involved doping. Our own site today looks like the sports page of The Lancet, or maybe The Daily Planet's police blotter ("Luthor Found With Banned Kryptonite, Vows to Clear Name"). And whenever I write another screed on this scummy topic I feel less like a correspondent and more like a co-defendant.
Following this sport has become something like girl-watching in Orange County. You'd like to think it's all diet and exercise, but you know why the surgeons all drive next year's Mercedes-Benzes.
What's in our future? Cloning? Got bad legs today? Send out You No. 2, he's feeling tip-top, and nobody will be able to tell the difference, not even Dick Pound. Or maybe the directeurs sportif will be able to take a page from Superman's Fortress of Solitude, wherein the Man of Steel's army of replica robots stands lined up like so many mechanical water-carriers awaiting the star's pleasure. Human beings are so last century, don't you agree? You won't see any Giro stages shortened by weather once ASO (Asimov Sports Organization) is running the show. And just think, only three laws to remember, too.
In the meantime, we're stuck here in the present with the flesh-and-blood dopeheads, so we'd better try to make the best of it. Maybe we should begin by reconsidering whether there are any significant differences remaining between "sport" and "entertainment."
I used to have firm if foolish notions about the former. A sport had to have a finish line, or points awarded impartially for specific actions. It demanded a high degree of skill and fitness. And it couldn't be something a fat bastard could do drunk while sitting down.
OLN and ESPN promptly flushed out my headgear in that regard by televising the likes of poker, dominoes and bass fishing. I fully expect that before much longer, one or the other will be treating us to the World Fart-Lighting Competition, presented by Taco Bell, Bud Light and Bic. And before the first commercial break, some smart guy will be busily designing an asbestos asshole that is both indistinguishable from the original equipment and contains a miniature propane tank to give the savvy pooter that little extra something. Damn the rules, doc, there's money to be made! Sure, we may lose a few guys to ignition mishaps, but that's one of the costs of doing business.
Because that's what this noisome crap is all about - business. You can call it sport or entertainment, but if you do it for money, it's business, and you don't have to look much beyond the front page to see how that game is played.
And anyway, who cares? We don't object to doped-up movie stars treating rehab like we might a Starbucks (a quiet place to drink some coffee and take a break). We just smile, shake our heads bemusedly ("These crazy Hollywood types!") and plunk down a ten-spot to see their next inane flick. Why should we give a rat's ass about cycling's drug problem?
So relax. Quit trying to peek behind the curtains and enjoy the show. Speaking of which, there's a new Superman movie due out this summer, and it's just what the doctor ordered for cycling fans desperate for a guy in colorful, tight-fitting garments who's clean as a whistle and can fly.
Of course, he can't, really; not without a whole lot of specialized assistance. But you knew that.
11 May 2006
Hooray Gas Prices!!! - Good article in the Wall Street Journal
The Cycling Commute Gets Chic
To Encourage Biking, CitiesAdd Paths, Racks and Lockers;To Shower or Not to Shower?
By KEVIN HELLIKERMay 11, 2006; Page D1
Commuting to work by bike has renewed appeal right now. On top of health benefits -- like offering a chance to exercise without taking extra time -- it saves on the growing cost of fuel and even carries a certain cachet at the office.
A growing number of cities are making it easier to ride your bike to work -- erasing hurdles big and small, from securing bikes safely downtown, to taking bikes on public transit, to finding a discreet place to shower.
Eager to reduce traffic jams and pollution, cities including Chicago; Louisville, Ky.; and Portland, Ore. are adding biking-policy departments at city hall, constructing bike lanes or building bike stations where riders can park and shower. A 2004 survey of American cities found that more than 80% planned to build new bikeways. A new contest over which American cities are friendliest to cyclists has attracted 160 municipal contestants, each bragging about its bike lanes and lock-up racks.
A NEW COMMUTE
• See must-have accessories for biking to the office. (Adobe Acrobat required.) • Q&A: America's Growing Bicycle Habit • Go Figure: Telecommuting to Cope With Gas Costs
Nationally, a bill introduced in the Senate last month would give employers a tax incentive to offer employees $40 to $100 a month to cycle to work, and a similar bill is pending in the House.
Buses and trains are allowing bikes to come on board in cities including Albuquerque; Washington, D.C.; and Boulder, Colo. In Chicago, Allison Krueger, a 26-year-old botanist, now can ride three miles to Union Station, catch a train to the suburbs, then cycle three more miles to her office. "The best part of cycling is the sheer joy of riding past people stuck in traffic," she says. Plus, she adds, "Biking is definitely fashionable in Chicago."
There are other signs that the cities' efforts are working. New York City opened a 17-mile bike trail on the West Side of Manhattan, along with bike paths on the bridges connecting the island to Brooklyn, in 2003 -- and has seen a 50% increase in cyclists since 2000, to 120,000 cyclists a day, according to advocacy group Transportation Alternatives. A three-year-old bike station in Chicago is poised to sell out 500 memberships for the third year in a row.
Since Louisville installed bike racks on its buses four years ago, cyclist boardings have nearly doubled to 91,000 in 2005 from 48,000 in 2002. And the percentage of commuters using bikes rises a point for every mile of bike lane added per square mile of American cities, said a 2003 study on bike lanes in the journal Transportation Research Record. The name of the study: "If You Build Them, Commuters Will Use Them."
One of the newest urban innovations: bike stations, which an increasing number of downtowns from various California cities to Washington, D.C., have added or are considering adding. Bike stations offer a safe place to park, along with lockers, showers and repair shops. The Chicago bike station, built and owned by the city, is run by a private company, which charges members $99 a year for showers, towel service and a personal locker. Denver, Seattle and Berkeley, Long Beach and Palo Alto, Calif., all have similar bike stations.
The rising price of gas is adding to the appeal of cycling. Shipments of bicycles in the last year have been extraordinarily strong -- one of the two best years in the past two decades, says Tim Blumenthal, director of an industry coalition called Bikes Belong. "There's a lot of buzz right now about high gas prices," he says.
"The 5,000 miles I'll cycle this year are 5,000 miles I'm not putting on my car's odometer and fueling with high-priced gas," says Eric Carter, an attorney in Portland whose two-wheeled commute has helped him knock off 30 pounds.
The rising price of gas is adding to cycling's appeal.
In a trend reminiscent of previous public-health fashions, affluent professionals seem to be leading the charge of commuters on bikes, just as they were among the first groups to embrace organic food, to stop smoking and to return to feeding babies healthier breast milk rather than formula. "So far, it's a white-collar movement," says Dave Growacz, a Chicago biking official and author of the book "The Urban Bikers' Tricks & Tips."
Cycling has some serious disadvantages. A cyclist may arrive at work dripping sweat and with helmet-mashed hair -- and that's in good weather. J.P. Morgan Chase Vice President Luz Byrne no longer cycles on rainy days. "I got tired of washing the mud out of my hair in a sink," she says.
Managing the logistics of work-out clothes and office apparel is difficult. Jerry Roscoe, a cycling attorney in Washington, D.C., arrives each morning in biking clothes, grabs a shirt and suit from his office, goes to a nearby gym to shower, then returns to the office ready to work. "It's complicated," he says.
Of course, many bikers don't shower upon arriving at the office. Mr. Growacz's book offers tips on how to wear a helmet without messing up your hair.
The biggest downside of cycling is wrecks, particularly with cars. Per kilometer traveled, a cyclist in America is 12 times likelier than a car occupant to be killed, according to a 2003 American Journal of Public Health article.
Yet the number of cyclists killed in America fell nearly 10% to 724 during the decade that ended in 2004, according to federal statistics. And studies show that as the number of cyclists increase, collisions with automobiles decline because motorists become more alert to bikers' presence. As cycling in London increased 100% from 2000 to 2005, the accident rate for cyclists fell 40%, according to Transport for London.
The danger of cycling is far outweighed by the benefits, says Rutgers University's John Pucher, a professor of urban planning specializing in cycling issues. Cycling builds muscle, deepens lung capacity, lowers heart rate and burns calories. "The health benefits of cycling outweigh the health risks by two to one, if not something like five to one," says Dr. Pucher, whose voice mail describes him as "car-free John."
Write to Kevin Helliker at kevin.helliker@wsj.com
To Encourage Biking, CitiesAdd Paths, Racks and Lockers;To Shower or Not to Shower?
By KEVIN HELLIKERMay 11, 2006; Page D1
Commuting to work by bike has renewed appeal right now. On top of health benefits -- like offering a chance to exercise without taking extra time -- it saves on the growing cost of fuel and even carries a certain cachet at the office.
A growing number of cities are making it easier to ride your bike to work -- erasing hurdles big and small, from securing bikes safely downtown, to taking bikes on public transit, to finding a discreet place to shower.
Eager to reduce traffic jams and pollution, cities including Chicago; Louisville, Ky.; and Portland, Ore. are adding biking-policy departments at city hall, constructing bike lanes or building bike stations where riders can park and shower. A 2004 survey of American cities found that more than 80% planned to build new bikeways. A new contest over which American cities are friendliest to cyclists has attracted 160 municipal contestants, each bragging about its bike lanes and lock-up racks.
A NEW COMMUTE
• See must-have accessories for biking to the office. (Adobe Acrobat required.) • Q&A: America's Growing Bicycle Habit • Go Figure: Telecommuting to Cope With Gas Costs
Nationally, a bill introduced in the Senate last month would give employers a tax incentive to offer employees $40 to $100 a month to cycle to work, and a similar bill is pending in the House.
Buses and trains are allowing bikes to come on board in cities including Albuquerque; Washington, D.C.; and Boulder, Colo. In Chicago, Allison Krueger, a 26-year-old botanist, now can ride three miles to Union Station, catch a train to the suburbs, then cycle three more miles to her office. "The best part of cycling is the sheer joy of riding past people stuck in traffic," she says. Plus, she adds, "Biking is definitely fashionable in Chicago."
There are other signs that the cities' efforts are working. New York City opened a 17-mile bike trail on the West Side of Manhattan, along with bike paths on the bridges connecting the island to Brooklyn, in 2003 -- and has seen a 50% increase in cyclists since 2000, to 120,000 cyclists a day, according to advocacy group Transportation Alternatives. A three-year-old bike station in Chicago is poised to sell out 500 memberships for the third year in a row.
Since Louisville installed bike racks on its buses four years ago, cyclist boardings have nearly doubled to 91,000 in 2005 from 48,000 in 2002. And the percentage of commuters using bikes rises a point for every mile of bike lane added per square mile of American cities, said a 2003 study on bike lanes in the journal Transportation Research Record. The name of the study: "If You Build Them, Commuters Will Use Them."
One of the newest urban innovations: bike stations, which an increasing number of downtowns from various California cities to Washington, D.C., have added or are considering adding. Bike stations offer a safe place to park, along with lockers, showers and repair shops. The Chicago bike station, built and owned by the city, is run by a private company, which charges members $99 a year for showers, towel service and a personal locker. Denver, Seattle and Berkeley, Long Beach and Palo Alto, Calif., all have similar bike stations.
The rising price of gas is adding to the appeal of cycling. Shipments of bicycles in the last year have been extraordinarily strong -- one of the two best years in the past two decades, says Tim Blumenthal, director of an industry coalition called Bikes Belong. "There's a lot of buzz right now about high gas prices," he says.
"The 5,000 miles I'll cycle this year are 5,000 miles I'm not putting on my car's odometer and fueling with high-priced gas," says Eric Carter, an attorney in Portland whose two-wheeled commute has helped him knock off 30 pounds.
The rising price of gas is adding to cycling's appeal.
In a trend reminiscent of previous public-health fashions, affluent professionals seem to be leading the charge of commuters on bikes, just as they were among the first groups to embrace organic food, to stop smoking and to return to feeding babies healthier breast milk rather than formula. "So far, it's a white-collar movement," says Dave Growacz, a Chicago biking official and author of the book "The Urban Bikers' Tricks & Tips."
Cycling has some serious disadvantages. A cyclist may arrive at work dripping sweat and with helmet-mashed hair -- and that's in good weather. J.P. Morgan Chase Vice President Luz Byrne no longer cycles on rainy days. "I got tired of washing the mud out of my hair in a sink," she says.
Managing the logistics of work-out clothes and office apparel is difficult. Jerry Roscoe, a cycling attorney in Washington, D.C., arrives each morning in biking clothes, grabs a shirt and suit from his office, goes to a nearby gym to shower, then returns to the office ready to work. "It's complicated," he says.
Of course, many bikers don't shower upon arriving at the office. Mr. Growacz's book offers tips on how to wear a helmet without messing up your hair.
The biggest downside of cycling is wrecks, particularly with cars. Per kilometer traveled, a cyclist in America is 12 times likelier than a car occupant to be killed, according to a 2003 American Journal of Public Health article.
Yet the number of cyclists killed in America fell nearly 10% to 724 during the decade that ended in 2004, according to federal statistics. And studies show that as the number of cyclists increase, collisions with automobiles decline because motorists become more alert to bikers' presence. As cycling in London increased 100% from 2000 to 2005, the accident rate for cyclists fell 40%, according to Transport for London.
The danger of cycling is far outweighed by the benefits, says Rutgers University's John Pucher, a professor of urban planning specializing in cycling issues. Cycling builds muscle, deepens lung capacity, lowers heart rate and burns calories. "The health benefits of cycling outweigh the health risks by two to one, if not something like five to one," says Dr. Pucher, whose voice mail describes him as "car-free John."
Write to Kevin Helliker at kevin.helliker@wsj.com
09 May 2006
Colbert Roasts President Bush - 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner
This is hilarious...Check out Steven Colbert's roast of the Pres at the 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner...Funny as hell!!!
04 May 2006
One of these people dont belong.
Check out the photo. See the short fat guy. He might have won if it wasn't for a crash.
22 April 2006
I need a garage.
Well I think I need a garage.......... I can't fit all of my furniture in the house with all the bikes hanging around and the sofa looks a little trashy out on the front lawn!!!
Wheels!!!
Check out these wheels...Previous President of Sachs Bicycle Components...On Sale for Shimano SRP from $499 to $399 or Campy from $519 to $399
Good price & good quality... http://www.neuvationcycling.com/
Chad, these could lighten up that new ride!!!
Good price & good quality... http://www.neuvationcycling.com/
Chad, these could lighten up that new ride!!!
15 April 2006
Hincapie Crash Video
Pretty good video of the crash from 2 angles. Looks like he is riding w/ no hands, but if you look close, you will see that he has no handlebars...
Go to the right column above the daily news updates. look for the section that says New! 2006 Spring Classics videos
Go to the right column above the daily news updates. look for the section that says New! 2006 Spring Classics videos
04 April 2006
6202 Cycling is Born
Finally! We are up & running as a non-profit! People are signing up & we are starting to make progress with the web site. Now if we only had a claendar that was decent!
25 February 2006
Sheryl Crow has Cancer
Now doesn't this throw a twist into the mix??? First she dumps him (probably because he has no ability for compassion) and now she exposes her cancer issues...He says he is devastated, which is obviously his handlers words, not his...because he has no ability to have emotional ties to anything.
Anyway, interesting how these things happen...
Anyway, interesting how these things happen...
12 February 2006
Pretty Cool Site
He blew the Downhill Competition...But I like his political incorrectness & his lack of regard for mainstream media...The site is pretty good even though I hate Nike personally!!!I like the outhouse the best!
11 February 2006
"CHIMERA" This!!!
Guilty says CAS...Usually I believe that all those to be found guilty, usually are...In this case however, I believe he is innocent...Can not say why, but he has a point when he says those who develop tests & fund test development, should not be the ones carrying out the tests...that responsibility should be independent so as to avoind conflicts of interest...Plus I think the big "Dick" Pound is an idiot and his name suits him!!!
Although he was a "Lance" man before he struck out on his own...So he could be like 'Big Tex' and be in the middle of this up to his 'nads!!!
Although he was a "Lance" man before he struck out on his own...So he could be like 'Big Tex' and be in the middle of this up to his 'nads!!!
06 February 2006
Leadville Linkage
Check out the photo of the belt buckle. I am going to have a belt made that has my name on the back. That way I can show off my dinner plae buckle.
GJ
GJ
05 February 2006
Armstrong & Crow Split
According to Reuters, the split is on!!! Guadeloupe J better watch out for the misses makin' a play on Big Tex, now that he is single!!!
Maybe this is just a motivational ploy to amp him up to ride the Tour again...Or at least it will keep the greedy bastard in the news for a while longer & Velonews busy w/ the "Lance Mail" for a while. Just retire & fade away for Christ's sake!!!!
Maybe this is just a motivational ploy to amp him up to ride the Tour again...Or at least it will keep the greedy bastard in the news for a while longer & Velonews busy w/ the "Lance Mail" for a while. Just retire & fade away for Christ's sake!!!!
20 January 2006
Italian Court Told to Prove Jesus Existed
Jesus! (Pun Intended) What are these to geriatrics fighting over anyway? The only Italians that care are all dying off at a clip of 1000+ daily. The younger generation would rather hang out in their cars on the Lunga Mare getting hummers while passers-by act like they are ignoring them!
If Jesus was real or if he was not real...That is the question...But the answer will not change the minds of the blind being led by the corrupt blind...
Pat Robertson will be Smiting this guy in public here real soon!!!
If Jesus was real or if he was not real...That is the question...But the answer will not change the minds of the blind being led by the corrupt blind...
Pat Robertson will be Smiting this guy in public here real soon!!!
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