In the summer of 1974, before going to college,  I went to Europe with 2 friends for a 6 week adventure.  We explored the continent from Tito’s Yugoslavia,  through Italy, Switzerland, France and all the way north to the Arctic Circle in Norway.  Before the trip was finished, I often considered what an even greater [...]

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Ohhhh yea! The season has hit the burnout threshold, and in perfect form, the speed workout [double pace-line] at the park [this morning] was  evidence of everyone’s enthusiasm. All the wankers are riding with the expectation that the wheel in front will take up the slack. The UberFreddie is on the gas and the Tortuga [...]

Pan Dulce and coffee ! ! ! Now that’s the way to start a bike ride and celebrate the MexicanSongBird’s cuplianos. 6:30am | Coffee Bean | Seal Beach on Main St. & PCH for delicious Mexican Sweet Bread & Coffee before the usual Saturday ride. Pan Dulces will be provided.  Buy coffee as you like [...]

Interview with Jens Voigt* MSB: Jens [can I call you Jens?] What’s your general philosophy regarding shaving? JV: Yah, shav’in is gudt. It’s gudt for the legs and it’s even gudt to keep the armpits shaved and clean. MSB: Oh really? What’s the advantage of shaving your armpits? JV: Oh sure. It gives Jens Voigt [...]

Since we’ve determined that cyclists shaving [legs] is mostly vanity, let’s consider the practicality of a simpler shaving task;  the ArmPit.  Body builders save their armpits; all that hair is simply too distracting.  Armpit hair is something like nose hair; it demands to be trimmed [removed].  In our hyper-hygienic world, we sanitize, manitize, pedicate, wax, [...]

Why cyclists shave their legs is an old & tired story.  Everyone understands the pragmatic explanation;  facilitate massage and ease the care of road rash. It’s a tradition that is deep and glorious and we love to be a thread in the fiber of the peloton’s spirit.  And,  of course,  the vanity is obvious.  I’ve [...]

Levi Strauss has introduced a pair of pants for cyclists.  This speaks volumes about the cycling movement.  Visit the Levi’s website.  Watch out Outlier! [Visit Outlier's website too.] window.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.init({appId: “364015433630063″, status: true, cookie: true, xfbml: true}); }; (function() { var e = document.createElement(“script”); e.async = true; e.src = document.location.protocol + “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js”; [...]

The Wolfpack A Boys basking in the glory of their victory at the finish in Long Beach near the Aquarium. Story summarized below [blah-blog] or for the full story visit: LATimes.com Slate (online magazine) by Tom Vanderbilt window.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.init({appId: “364015433630063″, status: true, cookie: true, xfbml: true}); }; (function() { var e = [...]

Uh-Oh.!.Orville! Looks like the Wright Brothers beat their own bad selves at the game. The Wolfpack Hustle cyclists win the Carmeggedon Bike/Fly race (& other modes of transport). Unofficial times: Bikes-1:34 Metro/Walk-1:44 Rollerblader-2:40 Plane/lost cab driver-2:54 http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23flightvsbike From Slate (online magazine) by Tom Vanderbilt Carmageddon Challenge: Can Los Angeles cyclists beat a plane from Burbank [...]