Peace, Love and Christmas Loot
Christmas is a special time of year filled with peace, cheer and good will to everyone. It is also a time to cash in on all the good juju you have attempted to earn all year in the form of…
Frank and Andy Go Fishing
A fellow Schleck fan sent me this video and it is just way too sweet not to share. If that doesn’t make you miss the Tour, nothing will. These brothers make me hopeful that there is a future for pro…
Fendi Abici Amante Donna
Ok. I’ll come clean. The Trek Madone I asked Santa for a couple of posts back actually belongs to someone else. I like James, so I won’t send the Fat Man to steal his bike for me. Not that Santa seems…
Gluttons Cross
There is something I love about contradictions. If I didn’t think astrology was total horse shit, I might attribute it to being a Gemini. Perhaps that’s one of the reasons I like bike races so much. They are a perfect…
Top Secret Training Tips (shhh)
Since Christmas is the season of giving, I thought I would share some goodwill with my fellow racers. You know who you are. It’s a fact that you don’t win races by talking about your training, but in the spirit of…
Dear Santa…
Ok, let’s just pretend for a moment I was really good this year. I tried. Really, I did. On road rides I took my turn up front to pull, and tried to remember to point out shit on the road…
Bicycle Tricks
When I decided to try cyclocross, I attended some training sessions called Cross Labs in an attempt to acquire some skills. One of the drills we did was called bike tag, where everyone had to stay within a small area…
Obsessed
People always say it like it’s a bad thing. I think everybody should have an obsession, a passion for something that runs so deep it becomes part of almost everything they do. As you may have guessed, my particular obsession is…
The Scent of a Woman
I was sent a link to a German TV commercial today that is frankly too filthy to post. And for me to say that you know it’s bad. Maybe not “government agents coming to the front door in the middle…
Baby, it’s hot inside.
I have (another) shocking confession to make. But I know you can take it. I love indoor training. Perhaps love is too strong a word. Maybe I just don’t hate it as much as I should. I am also of…