The 405 is shutting down. Los Angeles Blogger Joe Anthony has laid down the bet.  The race is on:  Joe Ant will fly JetBlue from Burbank to Long Beach while the Wolfpack Hustle Freddies will ride bikes.  The clock starts when everyone leaves their respective residence.  I’m betting on Wolfpack. An excerpt from the Los [...]

When someone gets out of their car and approaches with apparent hostility, it’s an assault; you cannot stand by and wait to be punched.  (as.s:Hole.T = assault).  This video clearly demonstrates the danger of passively waiting for the advance. My dear father always told me: Never start a fight, but be sure you throw the [...]

Match Sprint: Mark Whitehead vs. Steve Hegg In 1982, after recently graduating from college and moving back to Los Angeles,  I went to the Encino Velodrome to watch some track racing.  The Southern California bike racing scene was very unfamiliar. One race was particularly memorably;  not the event itself, but rather, the personalities. Steve Hegg [...]

Freddie-dom is ubiquitous. We gotta trace the evolution of  Freddy – there are some who think it originated here in the South Land. Found this T-Shirt on ProllyIsNotProbably; visit the site – you’ll find lots of entertainment. Better secure the domain name BlahBlahFreddy, although, I think the correct spelling is Freddie. window.fbAsyncInit = function() { [...]

To Protect & To Serve . . . Today, riding home, northbound on PCH through Laguna Beach (July 3rd – extra police precaution in place), a motorcycle officer, heading southbound,  shouted and motioned to us (yo y Señor Tortuga) to ride single file. Sitch: Two narrow lanes of traffic in each direction, parked cars, no [...]

Apparently, NBC Sports video coverage for the Tour  is LIVÊ and full stage coverage is not On-Demand. If  this is incorrect, please send BlahBlahFreddiê instructions.  After purchasing the All Accêss subscription ($29.95) SeñorFreddiê is unable to find a link to on-demand video for Stage 1. Last year every stage was available to view On-Demand any [...]

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Like an Earl Scheib Paint job: $29.95 / 21 stages ($1.43 per stage) If you’re not already on the inside of the cable kabash, (HoBO crutch) you gotta pay for internet access to the event.  The NBC site is apparently  “powered by” MaPmYRide (now that hurts; standby . . . mA^p>Gellan.com is getting ready to [...]

July is Freddie Solidarity Month.  The objective: Ride everyday from July 1st  through July 31st as a demonstration of your support for  the Tour de France Fredericos.  It originally started as a show of support during the race, but has been extended to include the entire month.  Ride the Ride. Talk the Amour . . [...]

Mark: surrounded by people he loved and people who loved him. Today Mark would be 45. 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”; document.getElementById(“fb-root”).appendChild(e); }());