Recent content by ashortcyclist

shoes & fashion So ... are phinney's shoes unique ... get rid of that velcro! http://twitpic.com/9it012 this guy has style!

FYI --- I'd say he's a californian ... lives here a good part of the year, as well as in Bend. "Horner was born in Ukenewe, Japan (his father was in the military) but he grew up in San Diego, California where he began his cycling career in the early 1990s before turning pro in 1995. "...

what I want to know is where Bernie E. is going to end up ...

http://www.livestrong.com/teamradioshack/news_press-release-radioshack-nissan-trek-cycling-super-team-links-top-riders-sponsors/

by the way ... Thor abandoned (via podium insight)

Farncombe It goes by the house where I used to live & they all can stop off for an excellent ice cream at Loseley Farm ! http://www.loseley-park.com/loseley_house.asp

article --- on coors classic Here's a link to an old article on the races that got me sooo interested in watching pro racing. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1121058/index.htm

have ridden a bike since a wee child, bike touring, commuting, watched track cycling at San Diego Velodrome in the late 1970s, watched Zinger, Coors Classic in the 1980s in Denver ... fun fun criteriums in Wash Park, saw the final stage of the 1987 TDF in Paris --- won by American Jeff Pierce...

Here's his story behind the picture http://www.bicycling.com/tour-de-france/tour-features/saying-no-sag-wagon go to love the man !!! go Jens!

Funniest use of radios the funniest use of radios I've seen lately was in the resurrected Butterfly Criterium in Pacific Grove, Ca. This is a tiny tiny race around a few blocks in the downtown area. Fun to watch. One team, "California Giant" was using radios. Could not figure out why ... if...

why is the canadian flag upside down in that picture above?

my mistake sorry for reporting incorrect rankings ... relied on incomplete reporting ... But Chris does take the points jersey. & some much for Vino helping out Astana ... NOT

good job chris good job by Horner ... looks like he lost the overall win just by bonus points. 1 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 4:05:05 2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 3 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 4 Christopher Horner...

Via Levi RT Chris Horner does it--he takes yellow at Tour de l'Ain. Congratulations! YEA!!! go chris.

USA 9-member team With all the trash-talk about Lance's return to cycling, here's a positive point - his third place at the tour has given the USA a 9-member team at the worlds, rather than the 6-member team in 2008 ... allowing 3 more US riders to compete at that elite level. So another good...