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After putting the debacle of the past couple of days behind me I have once again become enthralled with the greatest race on earth. The Tour de France is bigger than some silly drug scandal, and it will survive and continue to be the greatest spectacle on this planet. One thing that I simply cannot understand about the Tour though are the fans. Yes they are passionate, and yes they want to be as close to the action as they can be ... but simply put they are a menace! A danger to the cyclists that...
and i never thought i'd ever say this; but credit and respect where due is what i always say, so here it is .... (abuse expected) Eurosport | Armstrong foregoes yellow Following in the footsteps of Eddy Merckx and Greg Lemond, Lance Armstrong said he wouldn't wear a yellow jersey earned through the misfortune of a fellow rider. Armstrong said he wanted to respect the history of the race, and that, since "nobody has ever taken the yellow jersey from a crash," Discovery wouldn't either. David Zabriskie...
here is an awesome little insight into Cycling101 for those of you not in the know; unfortuantely it does "feature" THE IDIOT; but hey if you just look past that then everything else is pretty cool. i still don't know who i will be supporting this year; will it be Ullrich again, more than likely, but i just get so darn tired of pinning my hopes on the overeating gerbil and having them dashed on a rock harder than a tortoise being dropped from the moon, that i might go for somebody else. but really...
This is far too geeky, even for me!! Hokey Spokes make a set of LED blades that attach to a bicycle's spokes allowing you to spell out words and make poor images while you ride on around town knowing full well just how idiotic they make you look. The blades communicate with each other using infrared and are actually programmed with your Palm, so you can make changes whilst on a ride. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!