It’s that time of year when everyone makes a “best of 2013” list. These lists, now called “listicles” for those in the know, are of various lengths and cover a broad range of topics. However for my purpose and audience I thought I’d stay focused on cycling. Some cycling media outlets beat me to the …
A man’s wallet is like a purse. We jam a lot of crap in there and quite frankly, we don’t know why. Gas receipt from two weeks ago – yeah I got that. A one-year old Cinnabon receipt from the Boulder airport that I saved because I was going to write off that goopy, …
The cycling world of late has been a buzz over the influx of Lance Armstrong books and movies. Hitting bookstores now is “Wheelman” written by Reed Albergotti and Vanessa O’Connell. Hitting the big screen this November is the documentary by Alex Gibney, “The Armstrong Lie.” If that’s not enough an unnamed movie is currently being …
I was reminded of something when I saw the photo on the cover of the book “Wheelman: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever.” It is taken from his crash at the 2010 Amgen Tour of California. The day before the crash that caused him to drop out of the …
In addition to the rider transfers that occur during this time of year, teams often change bike sponsors. As you might have noticed in comparison to rider’s transfers, which is a game of musical chairs due to one and two year contracts, bike sponsors don’t change too much – at least for 2014 they don’t. …