A old bike industry saying is that, “Bikes are like the cockroaches of natural disasters.” They survive and get ridden in the worst of conditions.…
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Chemical Brothers ‘Velodrome’ – London 2012
This video is shown before every race session in the Olympic Velodrome.
A Safety Shawl
Visibilty Wing The Sun was out and the Moon full in Seattle and that made for a weird week. In the U District, we saw…
Tubeless Sealed During the Courage Classic
Tubeless on I-90 I flatted a few miles from the Lake Easton stop on the Courage Classic 2012 route. As I wrote yesterday, the I-90…
A Day with the Courage Classic 2012
Brush that dirt off your shoulder There’s no way to sell the i-90 shoulder to Snoqualmie Pass as a pleasant ride. It’s not. A semi…
USADA v LA Coutroom Drama
Those that believe there’s a vast doping conspiracy will see another plot twist in the Friday afternoon USADA v LA courtroom drama yesterday. The UCI…
Vino’s Tarmac SL4
Because of strict IOC rules, # 40, companies can’t advertise, market or officially comment on the bikes athletes are winning on, like Vino in the…
Tao of Wheels
About wheels and nonexistence Like an architectural easter egg, just noticed this Tao quote on a bench where we meet for rides at the Gates…
Green-Light Go!
Track standing Anyone Strava’d a track stand yet? This one lasted the length of a traffic light with firm buttocks. To which Prolly said garmin…
Gold Medal on Shag Carpet and an Olympic Diss
Gold Medal on Shag Carpet That’s Hindes’ gold medal on a shag carpet, I guess somewhere in the Olympic Village or at Austin Power’s shag…