i'm a joke. but also that video of the treadmill bicycle.  the girl can barely keep a straight face! ...right?  if they're serious then i don't know what's real anymore...

I've seen the eliptigo in action in Central Park. No joke.

HOLY schnikes Adam got the name thing to work! But how?

Brendan Rigby said:

i'm a joke. but also that video of the treadmill bicycle.  the girl can barely keep a straight face! ...right?  if they're serious then i don't know what's real anymore...

Are you being sarcastic, duuuude?

I saw that!  It's a miracle!  Adam: show us your secret ways!  To link a name with spaces!

Obviously, Brendan Rigby is not a golfer.

Someone probably posted this already, but it's still PRO AS SHIT:

http://www.tv2.no/play/sport/sykkel/albuet-rytter-i-asfalten-719859.html

Jeff Owens said:

Someone probably posted this already, but it's still PRO AS SHIT:

http://www.tv2.no/play/sport/sykkel/albuet-rytter-i-asfalten-719859.html

What a little bitch.

Jeff Owens said:

Someone probably posted this already, but it's still PRO AS SHIT:

http://www.tv2.no/play/sport/sykkel/albuet-rytter-i-asfalten-719859.html

I love how the announcer laughs at it during the replay.

Adam Fabian interesting approach. 

i don't know my cycling. are we saying that the guy who underestimates his arm strength is pro? or the guy who overestimates the welcome he'll receive when he attempts to move up and around?  i see two fails

Jules said:

Cross posting because of the awesomeness

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8772455@N05/8388770889/in/faves-soxiam/

If I had space that would be awesome art for my apartment.

Should help my back issues. ..

us pro rr champs are live streaming now.
http://usacycling.thetourtracker.com/

This is what happens when you lock up your wheel to avoid a series of crashing bike racers.

Rodriguez wins his 4th national title! cool race.

What's the story with this guy?  Stage wins in grand tours, 2nd at MSR; weird 2nd life with Rock Racing and a "blackball" quote from M. Ball - which should be a good thing  all things considered...?

There has to me more to this story.

He has a longtime history of doping and was on italian teams but it seems that because of his age, nobody wanted to give him a second chance in europe. Danilo di luca was given one perhaps because he has a palmares and hes italian and look what happened...

(Grandpa Isaiah's bike at 2:10)

Fast Freddie. So I don't know about his doping history, but you know, guilty by association.

He along with Chris Horner, brothers McCormack, a beast of a sprinter named Trent Klasna  was on the uber-dominant Saturn Team from the 90s and given what we know today, it's hard to believe those guys were clean. Also early 90s on the US National Team, and that place has always reeked of dope.

Right before he left Europe. where he was last on the Belgian team Lotto, he was still pretty much one of the best lead-out guys in the business.

Then, Rock Racing aside, he basically started to fade away like a lot of pros. He has a foundation where he helps kids, he jumped in local California racing. Now he's back...

Which is funny, because as I was looking at the start list of Nationals, I was thinking, why in the world would Rodriguez bother with nationals, it's got a 13 minute climb in it, he's got no shot! He should be at Somerville!

Woops.

Back when the US Crit national championships was held in Downer's Grove, IL, I remember lining up for the Pro 1/2 Saturday night tune up for the big pro championship race on Sunday, looking up from my 1/2 praying leaning over the bars, looking to the right and seeing Fast Freddie next to me. And I'm all like, "yo, this shit just got REAL."

From cycling news...about Fast Freddie:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/jelly-belly-back-in-the-spotlight-after-rodriguez-pulls-on-stars-and-stripes

FWIW There is some interesting research (can't find it now but Science of Sport has the link) showing that benefits from steroid use last a lifetime - effectively raising the potential "ceiling" of an athlete... further complicating the issue of lifetime bans.

Here's a random question. After viewing the picture of jerk-hole leaning into Vlad at Bike Jam, it occurred to me to wonder how we have pictures and/or video of all of Vlad's crashes? I mean, damn, the camera must be drawn to him or something.