Well it looks like the Twitter war is over before it even got started. Vaughters has clarified his “soft-pedaling” comment on the Versus site, much to my disappointment. I was hoping that it was going to elevate to some real back and forth, possibly dragging Wiggins into the fight creating...

I told you that there would be crashes with broken collar bones at the Tour of Qatar. Vaughters twittered that Cozza broke his collar bone and Sky’s Kurt Arvesen also went down in the neutral roll-out. And with the cross and side winds being part of the race you can expect more of the...

Now that I no longer have the relentless work pace of an editorial director of a monthly magazine, I actually have time to read the few that I subscribe to. One magazine that I always have on my bedside table and read cover to cover is WIRED. In the February issue there is an article by Clive...

As a stock holder of Trek Bicycles it was a no-brainer that when Lance came out of retirement he’d be once again on a Trek bicycle. What wasn’t so obvious was what components were going to hang on the Trek frames. Alex Wassmann of SRAM took the time to talk to me about how this...

Day 2 of the RadioShack camp is in the books. Ace photographer Brian Hodes of Velo Images has returned from a day of facing backwards on the moto, thawed off and downloaded images. Hodes reports that the day started off with Johan Bruyneel telling the assembled media to obey the rules of the...

Brian Hodes of Velo Images is in Tucson at the RadioShack camp and gave a quick report from his view behind the lens. Immediately following our conversation he headed out to the hardware store to purchase rain gear. The forecast tomorrow in Tucson calls for rain and the team is riding...

While the riders are still under contract to their respective teams, it doesn’t prevent them from participating in team training camps, hence the kaleidoscope of team colors in their first group ride. Lance Armstrong can be seen sporting the Mellow Johnny’s kit and new recruit...