Over the years I’ve collected a huge number of cycling jerseys. Some are purely utilitarian, but most have some personal meaning, whether from a ride or a club or some other association.

As I mentioned in my year-in-review post, in 2019 I picked up three new jerseys, each noteworthy for some reason. And two of them violate cycling’s code of style ( Read more... )

In March, when I was in Kuala Lumpur (heheh!) I scoped out a local bookstore’s manga, Buddhism, and cycling sections. In the latter, I discovered the intriguingly-titled “Into the Suffersphere: Cycling and the Art of Pain”. Which I set aside because it was pricey in Malaysian ringits. However, I later requested it from Amazon.

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Despite it being the first big face-to-face confrontation of many leading Tour de France contenders, there isn’t a lot of coverage of the Volta a Catalunya stage race.

So I found myself reading a textual play-by-play commentary that had been Google Translate-d from Catalan to English. Or something ( Read more... )

Yes, Virginia, Lance Armstrong doped.

Beyond that egregious violation of sporting ethics, Lance Armstrong also ruthlessly strongarmed teammates to cover up his systematic criminal activity. He attempted to bribe both international and US anti-doping officials to cover up his cheating. He repeatedly and shamelessly lied under oath, then venomously ( Read more... )

Some interesting stuff that shouldn’t wait for the release of my 2011 PMC ride report.

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With nearly fifty international victories in a sport where body mass is a primary disadvantage, and his name enshrined forever in everyone’s minds as THE WORLD’S GREATEST ATHLETE™, you’d think Lance Armstrong would be one svelte dude.

Not so much. In fact, my body-mass index (BMI) is actually much lower than Lance’s.

At 165 pounds, Lance’s racing ( Read more... )

I was laid off on Wednesday the 17th. On Thursday the 18th I had my first bike ride in two months. The weather was nice, although I had to root around to find my cold-weather gear.

Good thing I did, too, because the next day it snowed all day long ( Read more... )

Bicycling has certain protocols. One of them is that you don’t wear team ( Read more... )

Got some rants that have been building up…

Don’t wear team kit.

The pros wear advertising because they’re paid to. Unless ( Read more... )

Never let it be said that my friends aren’t ambitious.

Back on April 15th, my friend mybikeandi decided she was going to do her own personal Tour de France. As she indicated in her post on the topic here, her goal was to bike an equal distance-2,261 miles-between then and the time the real tour ended in late July, or at least by the end of August.

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