Bicycling

Mountainbikes — The Company Once upon a time, if you said you owned a Mountain Bike, it meant only one thing. You owned a bicycle built on a Tom Ritchey frame, assembled and sold to you by Charlie Kelly and Gary Fisher out of their little shop in a rented garage at 1501 San Anselmo … Continue reading »

retrobike :: View topic – Klunkerz Trailer Here… The bikes posted in this thread remind me of the bikes I read about in Mountain Bike Action 20 years ago. Durango looks like a great retirement home for mountain bikes. It’s pretty impressive to see the condition of some of the bikes considering the weather out … Continue reading »

Landis attacks in mountains, climbs to third I told him how much I was looking forward to Saturday’s time trial, when he would have the opportunity to salvage something from a Tour gone awry. His smile came back. “You know,” he said, “we may be able to get some of that time back today.” He … Continue reading »

At 6:50 AM this morning, I turned on the TV to OLN for the morning check on the Tour. My mind went “WTF!!! WTF!!!” when I saw Floyd Landis was in the virtual yellow jersey with one more climb left in the stage. I had tears in my eyes as I ran back to the … Continue reading »

I’m somewhat shocked and depressed that Floyd Landis cracked so badly today on Stage 16. It looks like the yellow jersey and even a podium finish may be out of reach for him now. I fell for his background, character, and attitude even before the news about his hip came out. The Hollywood story for … Continue reading »

Schleck wins L’Alpe d’Huez; Landis back in yellow Landis is in yellow again. Now Phonak will have to protect the yellow jersey all the way to Paris. Leipheimer had a good day today, but a lot of riders have to crack, and he’s going to have to ride consistently in order for him to have … Continue reading »

There’s a lot of talk about Leipheimer bouncing back and Landis getting the yellow jersey. I’m just happy to see that Americans finished 2 and 3 at the end of a very tough stage, and hopefully, are poised to give some more great performances as the Tour progresses.

No. 2 in Tour Confirms He Needs Hip Surgery – New York Times CHÂTEAUBOURG, France, July 9 — Second over all in the Tour de France and a strong favorite to win the race when it ends July 23, Floyd Landis confirmed today a report that he had been riding in severe pain for four … Continue reading »

Robbie McEwen helping out in the mountains CN: This will have some implications for the team with Cadel’s position and he must now be a big contender for the GC?RM: He was always going to be a contender anyway but under these circumstances simply on the basis of mathematics from last year we are going … Continue reading »