Bike Hugger 

As Joe said, “look at that, all the money is on the front line.”

And this is a Cat 4 race. 2 aluminum wheels in the front of the starting line, 3 in the second row, and mostly aluminum in the 3rd.

Checked in with Jacquie Phelan about women and cycling. She said her opinion was best expressed in this cartoon created by her and Greta Snider in 1993.

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Minimal chain maintenance and long chain life since it remains clean and lubricated for long periods. Clean clothes and no need to secure trouser legs are also plusses – WorkCycles

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Several captions apply to this photo, but the strongest conclusion is these guys were from out of town.

Because in the rain, without a rain bike, your bike and body are going to get soaked in about 3 seconds. Didn’t shoot video, but if I did, you’d see the plastic all flapping and tattered and sounding like, well, plastic bags flapping in the wind.

The topic of the week was women and cycling …

• Women as Outcasts In Cycling Industry
• It’s Women’s Fault
• Maybe the Industry Understands Women Just Fine?

Props to Lahood

Ray Lahood was honored in DC for his bike awesomeness. Note the faces in the crowd. Do the cyclist you ride with look like that?