Monthly Archives: February 2009

Do they still call it ‘slashdotted’?

There’s a tech-heavy popular nerd website called Slashdot which bills itself as “News for nerds, stuff that matters.” Back in the ancient days of the web — you know, about five years ago — if a website was mentioned on Slashdot, there was a good chance the website would go down because of all the read more »

Did Cavendish jump the gun?

Check out this photo by my buddy Kristian shot an instant before Mark Cavendish and Tom Boonen crossed the finish line in Clovis on Wednesday afternoon. Cavendish won the race by inches, and he very well could have lost it by relaxing like he did here. You can bet Bob Stapleton showed the finish line read more »

My favorite Tour of California photo

Via SmugMug Taken Monday in Santa Cruz near the conclusion of Stage 2 by Almaden Cycle Touring Club Past President Paul Metz.

Stage 4: Sprinter’s day to shine

Amgen Tour of California Merced to Clovis Today’s stage resulted in several riders dropping out, including Oscar Freire, Kim Kirchen and Scott Nydam as they crashed on the hilly roads of the Sierra Nevada mountains. A three man breakaway of Jason McCartney (Saxo Bank), Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) and Serge Pauwels (Cervelo Test Team) that read more »

Lance Armstrong’s bike found

Police say citizen found the bike. This Sacramento cop found Lance Armstrong’s time trial racing bicycle. Read details below the photo: Last Saturday night, Lance Armstrong’s custom time trial bike was stolen along with two other bikes when thieves broke into a Team Astana truck parked in an alley. Initial reports said four bikes were read more »

Cycling photography tips

I’m not that great of a photographer — I’m lousy at composition, for example, and I’m not all that creative — but I do know a few things. If you’re standing along the route of a bicycle race and want to get that great shot, here are some handy tips for you. Get close to read more »