When I saw that buck-vs-trail-rider video I joked about the relative hazards of road vs mountain biking. The reality: I don’t know how dangerous or safe mountain biking is relative to road cycling, mostly because I’ve never bothered to look up the safety data for mountain biking. At the time, I didn’t know safety data read more
I lived in Wichita Falls, Texas for a while (before that monstrosity of an elevated freeway was constructed straight over downtown), and one distinct memory I have is that of a whole long line of police cars responding to an accident on the north side of town during an unusually wintry day. I watched from read more
Laurent Fignon’s funeral was today in Paris. RIP, Professor.
Happy Friday, everybody. I was Just Riding Along when my plastic seatpost snapped on my bike ride to work this morning. There was a loud *ka-RACK* and suddenly my saddle is a lot more flexy than before. Specialized’s parts warranty only runs one year, and this seatpost is three years old. I wonder if it read more
After two years of speculation, a new eight-day Colorado stage race is set to roll out in August or September 2011. According sources that spoke with VeloNews on the condition of anonymity, the event will debut next year as an eight-day UCI stage race, following a schedule similar to that of the now-defunct Tour of read more
Universal has their stage 3 video here, in which Paul Sherwen and Frankie “Andrew” (snark) recap Stage 3 from . Supposedly I could embed the video but I couldn’t find the embed code. Oh well. I normally use PicApp for editorial photos but they’re slow on the uptake with Tour of Missouri photos, so I’ll read more
