Kissena Forum Archive

Oct 05, 2011 at 10:37 AM

Cool:

http://inrng.com/2011/10/uci-sponsor-letters-warning/#more-5191

Oct 11, 2011 at 09:32 PM

For those of you who haven't yet discovered this wonderful way to waste time, here's a great Tim Johnson interview after a disappointing 11th place finish in Colorado posted on cyclingdirt.org:

http://www.cyclingdirt.org/coverage/240311-USGP-New-Belgium-Cup-2011/video/509560-Tim-Johnson-Post-USGP-New-Belgium-Cup-Day-1

My favorite quote of the interview:

"With 3 laps to go...I just wanted to stop, but realizing that stopping would have been the absolute worst thing to do. Because, who stops cross racing? Cross races are only an hour; if you can't get through an hour of sucking...what the fuck, you gotta be able to do it."

Oct 12, 2011 at 04:29 PM

Read on Cyclingnews.com :
"On Tuesday, it was announced that Bettini had paid out a tax settlement of two million euro to the Italian authorities. The Tuscan had been accused of evading €4.5 million of taxes between 2003 and the end of his racing career in 2008".

To have to pay such taxes, I wonder how much he was earning.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bettini-accused-of-abusing-office-by-padova-doping-inquiry

In 2009, Bikeradar wrote:

"Paolo Bettini has allegedly defrauded the Italian taxman out of €11 million"

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/paolo-bettini-owes-11-million-in-tax-report-24253/

Maybe he did not declare €11 million and owed €4.5 million of taxes?

The March [2007] issue of Cycle Sport magazine investigates the annual salaries of pro road stars (generally not public knowledge) and comes up with this top 10 (all figures in millions) :

1. Alejandro Valverde, 26, Spain, Caisse d'Epargne, $3.8
2. Paolo Bettini, 32, Italy, Quick Step, $3.3
3. Tom Boonen, 26, Belgium, Quick Step, $2.6
4. Alessandro Petacchi, 33, Italy, Milram, $2.2
5. Ivan Basso, 29, Italy, Discovery Channel, $2.0
6. Damiano Cunego, 25, Italy, Lampre-Fondital, $1.8
7. Alexandre Vinokourov, 33, Kazakhstan, Astana, $1.7
8. Robbie McEwen, 34, Australia, Predictor-Lotto, $1.6
9. Erik Zabel, 36, Germany, Milram, $1.6 (
10. Thor Hushovd, 29, Norway, Credit Agricole, $1.3

Oct 19, 2011 at 09:32 AM

From my second favorite cx website to visit in fall/winter is a run-down of who they think are the best North American crossers this week:

http://www.cyclingdirt.org/coverage/240269-Whos-1-North-America-Cyclocross-Rankings-20112012/video/510843-Whos-1-Cyclocross-Rankings-101911

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/19/do-we-have-a-set-point-for-exercise/

Oct 19, 2011 at 11:59 AM

Oct 19, 2011 at 04:08 PM

Oops! Masters, heh.

http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/10/news/another-u-s-masters-rider-pinned-for-doping_195784

Oct 23, 2011 at 02:38 AM

From cyclingdirt...here's an interesting interview with an Elite Portland/Northwest crosser who decided to dip his toe-spikes in the muddy waters of New England cross racing. There are a few sideways jabs at Adam Myerson which are pretty amusing, but also a nice compare and contrast segment between the two mecca's of cross racing.

http://www.cyclingdirt.org/coverage/240351-Downeast-Cyclocross-Weekend-2011/video/511366-Jeremy-Dunn-Portland-Vs-New-England-DownEast-Day-1

Oct 23, 2011 at 02:47 AM

And this one is good because it's Myerson talking about bike handling in difficult conditions:

http://www.cyclingdirt.org/coverage/240351-Downeast-Cyclocross-Weekend-2011/video/511354-Adam-Myerson-4th-DownEast-Day-1

Nathaniel Miller

Oct 25, 2011 at 08:04 AM

Here's an interesting article about winter nutrition:
http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/10/news/joe-friel-off-season-nutrition-for-cycling_196248

normanzo

Oct 25, 2011 at 11:34 AM

@Nathaniel -- excellent article, thanks for posting.

Oct 25, 2011 at 11:38 AM

@ caveman : the author mentioned lean animal protein, but also fruits and vegetables!

This reminded me of an interview of Jonathan Vaughter by "schmalz":

http://nyvelocity.com/content/interviews/2009/jonathan-vaughters-interview

normanzo

Oct 25, 2011 at 01:16 PM

@Stephane --unga-bunga, me likey veggie too. Help caveman climb hillies long-time. Thankie for postie.

Oct 25, 2011 at 01:57 PM

Several in the club, like Norm and Keith have already changed their diets to perform better. Don't forget that the interseason (I know more than a few crazy racers in the club have a very small one) is the right time to lose weight. IMHO, it's also the best time to experiment.

normanzo

Oct 25, 2011 at 02:32 PM

@Stephane -- if you can flash-freeze some seal blubber and bring it back with you --I'd love to try it!

Oct 25, 2011 at 02:56 PM

@ Norm -- That might work, given the outside temperature, but in two weeks it will be low enough for riding with leg warmers but not for flash-freezing. This time I'll ride without gloves/leg warmers, etc. after eating the seal, to check whether it keeps me warm.

BTW, maybe you were riding or buffalo hunting and missed this segment on Oprah:

http://eater.com/archives/2010/01/27/michael-pollan-on-oprah-people-should-eat-more-seal-blubber.php

As Gerth Mulvad and Henning Sloth Pedersen, Doctors at the Department of Medicine,Dronning Ingrids Hospital, have written "The Inuit have always known that you need to eat seal and whale to stay in good health".

Oct 25, 2011 at 11:44 PM

Someone probably posted this to the old yahoogroups listserv b/c its from 1996-2005, but I just read it and found some of the information interesting, some obvious, and some depressing.

Enjoy!

Oh, crap. I couldn't attach the pdf since it's over 782kb, but it's on this page:

http://home2.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/bicyclists/bikestats.shtml

Nov 15, 2011 at 03:05 PM

Just stumbled across this one, while researching the mechanisms around why NSAID's can be dangerous.

Cardiologist, Blogger & Competitive Cyclist... guy can't be all bad...

http://www.drjohnm.org/

Adam

Nov 22, 2011 at 12:38 PM

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/rabobank-womens-team-signs-miracle-athlete-monique-van-der-vorst

As much as this woman is an incredible rarity and it is amazing that she has regained the use of her legs, I can't help but think that the WORST person in the world to become a professional cyclist would be a person who has developed no leg power, leg endurance or leg muscle coordination over the last 10 years. Odd.

Nov 22, 2011 at 01:58 PM

Scary stuff

http://www.cyclingtipsblog.com/2011/11/exercise-induced-arterial-endofibrosis/

Nathaniel Miller

Nov 22, 2011 at 02:58 PM

And I like that they included a picture of Sean Kelly's legs. His legs alone could probably strike fear in the competition.

WilliamDC

Nov 22, 2011 at 03:34 PM

Posted By: Adamhttp://www.cyclingnews.com/news/rabobank-womens-team-signs-miracle-athlete-monique-van-der-vorst

As much as this woman is an incredible rarity and it is amazing that she has regained the use of her legs, I can't help but think that the WORST person in the world to become a professional cyclist would be a person who has developed no leg power, leg endurance or leg muscle coordination over the last 10 years. Odd.

eurohumaninterestcontract

Nov 28, 2011 at 10:35 AM

Caffeine

http://www.drmirkin.com/public/ezine112711.html

Nov 30, 2011 at 11:06 AM

Latest from the Barefoot running debate:

http://www.sportsscientists.com/2011/11/barefoot-running-round-table-discussion.html

Dec 01, 2011 at 01:02 PM

Very useful tool from Cosmo Catalano (Cyclocosm)

http://cyclocosm.com/2011/12/velonews-dead-link-article-finder/

Dec 01, 2011 at 04:02 PM

We need a thread for great racing/training/worrying about training and bike fixing QUOTES.

Here is one from Kara Goucher's FB page:

"You can feel sore tomorrow, or you can feel sorry tomorrow. You choose."