Aaron was brave/stupid enough to join me on a ride to scope out my new commute today. I was glad to have him along, as he knew a bit of alternative route to avoid the longest hill on Mt. Royal Boulevard. The ride was certainly a challenge, with at least one hard hill and several […]

Posted on September 24th, 2005 by admin
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When purchasing Bulletproof chain tugs, keep in mind the type of track ends your frame has, as the Sub 11.0 style ends on your Surly have hoods that do not easily accomodate the fancy star shape.

Posted on July 25th, 2005 by admin
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Well, Lance Armstrong wrapped up his seventh consecutive Tour de France victory today, after winning the final time trial of his career by 30-odd seconds over Jan Ullrich. In the end, it was easy for Armstrong, as he beat second place Ivan Basso by over four and half minutes. While Armstrong didn’t dominate this Tour […]

Posted on July 24th, 2005 by admin
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After one of the toughest stages in this year’s Tour, the general classification remain mostly unchanged. Discovery allowed Alexandre Vinokourov to break early in the stage, and the T-Mobile rider beat Columbian mountain goat Santiago Botero at the finish. The pair finished roughly 2 minutes ahead of the yellow jersey group, but after his terrible […]

Posted on July 13th, 2005 by admin
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It was understood that today’s stage marked the real beginning of the Tour de France, as the race enters the French Alps. Most of the contenders knew today’s mountaintop finish would sort things out in the GC, and sort them it did. I won’t rehash the stage, but on the final, Category 1 climb, Lance […]

Posted on July 12th, 2005 by admin
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Heading into the first rest day of the Tour, Lance Armstrong sits in third place, just over two minutes behind CSC’s Jens Voight. The Discovery team allowed Voight and Christophe Moreau to break from the peleton on Sunday, both slipped ahead of Armstrong in the GC. This was not unexpected — Armstrong and the rest […]

Posted on July 11th, 2005 by admin
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Cycling News, in their recap of today’s stage, offered this brief history of race leaders who deferred wearing the yellow jersey for a day: Article 10 of the Tour De France rules states, “The wearing of the leader’s yellow (and all others) is mandatory from the signing in before the stage until after the press […]

Posted on July 6th, 2005 by admin
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I said below that Lance Armstrong would not wear the yellow jersey during today’s stage, in deference to David Zabriskie, who lost the jersey yesterday thanks to a crash. Race director Jean-Marie Leblanc insisted, however, Armstrong don the malliot jaune, warning that if Armstrong did not wear the leader’s jersey, he would not start the […]

Posted on July 6th, 2005 by admin
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Several blokes have posted their impressions of the alleycat: David Eli Moon Eli also put his professional skills to good use by mapping the various routes our little group took around the city during the race.

Posted on June 28th, 2005 by admin
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Eli and I pick our way through the crowds at Point State Park. It’s hot. Really hot. Really, really hot. A group of people surrounded by bicycles have congregated under a stand of trees near the fountain, and we swing around to join them. Five dollars later I have my manifest, and we standing around […]

Posted on June 27th, 2005 by admin
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