Speedskaters make really good cyclists
Andrew Love over at Zen and the Art of Speedskating had an interesting post about why speedskaters that cross over to cycling either for off season training or for good tend to make excellent cyclists, but the converse of that scenario is often not the case. Some of the many reasons he lists are that [...]
New Tour de France route… but this time its on skates!
I may not be a competitive inline speedskater anymore, but I still have friends in the sport and occasionally visit them at local meets. So, this type of thing is something I find very cool especially because it has more correlation with cycling. If you’ve ever been an inline speedskater and a cyclist, you’d know [...]
Tour deFrance 2009 route announced
Velochimp has a good rundown and some interesting commentary of the 2009 TDF route Stages for the 2009 Tour de France Stage 1 – July 4 – Monaco – Monaco, 15km (individual time-trial) Stage 2 – July 5 – Monaco – Brignoles, 182km Stage 3 – July 6 – Marseille – La Grande-Motte, 196km Stage 4 – July [...]
Unicycling across the Himalayas
Steve Colligan is a insane motivated individual who is planning on drudging riding across the Himalayas on a unicycle! On the 23rd September 2008 I fly to Nepal, then onto Tibet. I am going to ride my unicycle 1000km (620 miles) across the Roof of the World, from Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, to Kathmandu, [...]
Tour de Georgia in Jeopardy for 09
Euro Peloton is reporting that the Tour de GA may not be put on in 09 due to it not being profitable. I’ve always heard great things about how much money this race generates… and I live in Atlanta. Hopefully the promoters can get some deep pockets to sponsor the race, and with Lance possible [...]
First post for my new blog.. Hi everyone!
Well, since everyone else on the internet seems to have a blog, I thought I would go ahead and create one too. The fact that I’m a gadget/tech freak… Well that helped too. For now I’ll be running through different graphics and themes so check back often. This blog is primarily for cycling and inline [...]
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