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You know you want to do squats and you want to do squats everyday because you’ve been told it helps your sprint and you want to feel powerful. According to the renowned Bulgarian weightlifting coach, Ivan Abadjiev , your workout should ideally consume nearly half of one’s waking hours and, most important, there are no [...]

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Here’s a note Chris Lotts posted on Facebook regarding Scott Styrker’s heart attack. Please note:  the content below was copied exactly as it was found on FaceBook (6/18/11) Christopher Lotts You had a heart attack after the Wednesday Chronic Douchebag ride???? hahahahahahahahahaha!!!! You are not a racer, you’re a bike rider-take it easy, that would [...]

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Pumbaa went so hard on the Wednesday sprint he dislodged some plaque from an artery that caused enough chest pain he knew one thing and one thing only:  “Get me to the Hospital.“  After 2 hours of evaluation in E.R. the chunk moved itself into the widow maker position (completely blocked blood flow) and took [...]

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According to the Gothamist: The NYPD has been justifiably criticized for their massive cycling crackdown this year—there’s been a record-breaking number of summonses given out to cyclists as part of “Operation Safe Cycle”, including tickets for such non-violations as riding a bike with a tote bag on the handlebars and not wearing a helmet. But [...]

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Ride around the Bear:  109 miles; 9000 feet of climbing. Click HERE to review completion times for all registered riders (OCW website). At the rest stops you could see riders happy with their accomplishment to have completed the ride to that point and eager to get back to task;  others revealed their suffering by the [...]

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YouTube Direkt Some days you celebrate Jens Voigt and some days you just gotta love a little Dirty Harry. The toughness is similar; ain’t it. 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); }());

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You can almost hear Contador’s butt pucker . . . 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); }());

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How can a plant that looks so menacing be so therapeutic? My grandmother kept countless aloe plants in the back yard.  Every time I had a scrape, cut or burn, she’d disappear into her garden and come back with a cutting of aloe vera and squeeze the goop to spread. After the epic Crystal Lake [...]

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Mr. Danny MacAskill’s skills are beyond comprehension.  This one is more laid back but with expected audacious disregard all the same. 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); }());

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When a virus kills your machine you gotta start over (re-format the hard-drive) and get it all dressed up again. Went back to a site that offers some pretty cool skins for FireFox (http://www.getpersonas.com) and found some groovy bicycle art: http://ciclimonasteria.com (German) Here’s a cool skin to dress up your browser (Firefox) Get it at: [...]