Ron

Late to this party, but what a win!

I’ll never forget these three wins. Was there in Richmond with wife who was just a few weeks pregnant, now our son is around 18 months and if I’m working on my bike, demands to hold the wrench. He also LOVES riding around in his trailer behind the bike. He’s at a really fun stage.

Sagan is such an amazing…[Read more]

Thanks, guys. This is my commuter bike, so just cheapo Tektro V’s paired with Avid levers. Very nice pull action, but modulating with one hand/brake is NOT easy.

So sore can barely move my right arm and my right knee is swollen as hell. Very sore, but I don’t think it’s anything long-term.

It all happened so fast, as crashes…[Read more]

Commuted to my office today on my white bike! Everyone needs a white bike. Simple, clean, sexy! As much as I like my flashy Tommasini paint job, I love having a white/black bike and wearing white/black kit.  A moving Peugeot jersey!!

I finally paid to watch cycling this years (cycling.tv) and now the Vuelta is blacked out in the U.S. Great!

Two exciting finishes so far. Can’t believe Yves managed to hold them off. Nice ride!

Oh, and the dirtbags going wide to move up at the train crossing – I’d have given those lads a frame pump in the wheels.

VSP PICKS:

1. Nibali
2. Froome
3. Aru
4. Bardet
5. Contador

@osbk67

The right tool for the right job. Bernard Hinault’s mechanic Alain Descroix gets it right in the mid-80s…

Back then I used to angst about all this carry-on, until I realised that I was probably making seat height adjustments smaller than the difference between different brands of bib shorts. Or that I should incrementally raise sea…

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Get jiggy. Wow, been so long I nearly forgot people used to say that. Now I’m just waiting for everyone to stop calling everyone “bro”.

Completely forgot this race was on! Was packing up after a family beach trip and heading home. If someone had told me how many things you need to bring a 15 month old to the beach for a week…good…[Read more]

The one funny thing about the Tour is how it gets people who don’t ride and don’t follow pro cycling to watch. For three weeks, cycling is cool to more people. Then it goes back to…”Get the fuck off MY roads. A-hole in spandex.”

Speaking of a-holes, what is up with the proliferation of boutique kit designers? Since when did road cycling…[Read more]

I don’t mind the Tour, though I wish I didn’t have to watch it on NBC. It’s brutally sunny and hot every damn day during my bike commute, so I’ll gladly watch something to take my mind off the weather.

I love the AG2R kit, I do not love the UAE kit.

Ha, I have this weird issue where if I try to think about a route I haven’t ridden in awhile, I find myself getting confused. But once I jump on the bike, I find myself just going, not thinking, and getting it right. Relatedly, when someone asks me for driving directions I either a) can’t tell them how to go because I don’t know road names, as I’m…[Read more]

Good god, Landa might as well be reading a book, looks so damn calm and relaxed.

And damn, that Aru jersey looks slick!

Great article! I love maps and still use them, considering I don’t have a gps device on my bike and still use a basic cell phone.

Oh man, the only way I can stand the frequent trips to eastern NC to visit the in-laws is by looking at all the country lanes running along the new highways, wishing I was on a bicycle and not in a car. With all the…[Read more]

I hope we don’t see any haters around here, wiscot. One thing I find pleasant about cycling is that the fans/participants seem to be a bit more educated and open-minded than the average American ball sports fan.

With the scary political, environmental, and economic situations going on around the world, my need to care about personal choices of…[Read more]

Let’s just hope there isn’t too much overdoing it with the yellow and green bits, beyond the jersey itself.

VSP PICKS:

1. Froome
2. Bardet
3. Porte
4. Aru
5. Quintana

Hmm, I’ve very curious to see how I personally react to the Tour this year. With a 14 month old on hand, job, wife, grad school, etc. I barely have time to ride, much less watch cycling. I hardly paid attention to the Giro. I almost feel guilty that I’m not that into watching pro cycling these days. But, I’ve always been a person who tries out new…[Read more]

Was playing some futbol last evening when a guy rode by on a nice bike in some classy kit. I couldn’t stop staring and the other team scored on us (I was playing in the back), I didn’t let on what distracted me, in order to keep hidden the depths of my cycling obsessed from the footballers.

It was so refreshing! I either see folks in boring…[Read more]

I love the FDJ kit, no matter what color bibs. AND, I like the AG2R kit as well. F the boring all black or black and white kits. So many ugly ones out there. Red and black are ugly too.

@frank

Your INNER curmudgeon? Jesus, based on the curmudgeon that you let out of the cage, I’m terrified to know what the locked-up one is like, Mr. Hyde.

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He actually hibernates most of the year, so he’s usually pretty lethargic when I let him out. Hey, just like with the Rules, I have my own standards. It was fun when people started w…[Read more]

Oh, and did anyone else notice Dumoulin’s Maglia Rosa was not a full zip jersey? Goddamn, he was probably angrier than ever to be in the lead on that day!