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I jumped out of the sack before 6, but we still didn’t leave until 8. Three packets of instant oatmeal for breakfast. It’s still friggin’ cold (see Bruce in sweater, left).
After pedaling around Ashland, we headed up some narrow roads to Scotchtown, the home of Patrick Henry. We ate an early lunch there and met the groundskeeper, an old guy in beatup overalls. Talking to him about how long …
The US Anti-Drug Agency vs. Floyd Landis is now available in live video streaming and with video replays of previous testimony.
Simply, follow this link to the Floyd Landis case website, then follow the instructions there. On Wednesday, viewers were directed to a login page at Courtroom View Network where they logged one using a “Username” and “Password” provided on the Floyd Landis website.
I’m not repeating the username and password here, because they’re different than the ones offered initially on Monday and might change again. However, problems encountered on Monday appear to be resolved. …
Danilo Di Luca prevailed on the 10-mile climb into Montevergine Di Mercogliano at the end of a rain-slicked, 95-mile Stage 4 of the Giro d’Italia on Wednesday.
The Italian was in a group of 20 that battled up the curvy mountain road, and he attacked Riccardo Ricco, Damiano Cunego and other noted climbers in the last 600 feet for the win.
His Liquigas teammate, Enrico Gasparotto, lost the pink jersey to Di Luca after going down in one of the many crashes that marked the rainy stage that started in Salerno. …
So I’m a bit overweight. I come from a marathon cycling background, however I have recently re-located, and the bike is lagging behind, so I have picked up the two other Tri sports to pass the time. I’m signed up for Jack’s Generic Tri in August (bike /should/ be here by then). I’ve also set myself up a goal for this exercise, I’m at about 185lbs now (or was 3 weeks ago when this began) my goal is to get down to about 155 or so…. and finish the Tri
I’ve had some lessons in the past, and have read up, and watched a few vids on good technique, but it doesn’t seem to get any easier.
Head down, breathe to the side, kick from hips, and it still feels like flailing about. Outside of more lessons (no capital at the moment) any other advice you can give a noob?
~fatBoy
TriFatboy.com (http://trifatboy.com)
You may have already seen this ad popping up on billboards and buses in the Puget Sound region asking motorists to give cyclists 3 feet of space when passing.
It’s an awareness campaign aimed at motorists and funded in part by a federal grant given to the Cascade Bicycle Club Education Foundation in 2006.
Several states, Texas is the latest, have put the 3-foot clearance law in the books. But the state of Washington has had it in another book for awhile, the Washington State Driver’s Guide. …
At 10 am we were ready to leave the Grotto. Rodel assured us that “it’s all downhill” from this point on. Now this phrase can be interpreted both on a positive note and a not so positive one: downhill as in, there is no need to pedal since gravity will be the motive […]
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