A couple years ago Trek unveiled their 2008 Madone road bike in Madison, Wisconsin. This new Madone was a break from the OCLV frames we’d seen from them in the past, so it was a big deal for the company. The Madone was launched with a lot of fanfare in a theater in downtown Madison with...

After a little over 8 hours and 118 miles I finished! I’ll post more when I return home later tonight.

I'm completely jet-lagged but I'm here in Pau for the start of the Etape. I slept on and off last night and woke up at 4:00am wide awake. I watched a few hours of CNN till breakfast was served. Later this morning we are going to pick up the Project One bike I designed. It's ...

Here's the short version: my shoulder/neck is still f'ed up and I'm sitting in the LAX concourse waiting for my flight to France. For those not keeping up with my occasional posts I'm partcipating in the E'Tape in France as a guest of Trek. They are hooking me up with a...

At the top and contemplating life’s mysteries My legs are smoked from today’s training. To get you up to speed, I’m still training for L’ Etape, a 165k ride which includes the Tourmalet and the Hautacam (stage 10 of this year’s Tour). Once it was all said and done...

WTF! Almost to Baldy Village and there’s another car over the...

Going across the plateau to Baldy we came across these dumb asses who crashed their...