Recent content by COLIN LAING

International arrest warrant Having been involved on both sides of the law in various countries, and being a 72 year old sage, I would say that both Floyd and Arnie need ( with great haste) to go to the French Consulate in Los Angeles, with an attorney and ask advise from the staff there. If...

Resolutions I am going to beat this MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY thing, despite what the doctors say, I am already riding 4 times per week but only a mountain bike...In the morning will be out with the guys on my road bike and will stay up until the end. All this hurts like crazy but better than sitting...

Happy New Year All,, I have a serious although not life-threatening problem...WASPS.. Everytime I clean my bike ready for the next day's ride i.e tomorrow...I go through a normal routine, wipe the bike over, spray the whole thing ( including the chain, but excluding the rims and brakes)...

B.c.f.hall of fame I was chatting with Colin Lewis just today via telephone and asked him the reason for his omission from the list,,, He wasn't too disturbed but thought maybe he was from the wrong end of Britain, I mentioned Brian Jolly also and then the emotions began to flow.. For...

Astana equipment criminal The odds are now becoming better for Wiggins to podium at Le Tour next time around...Is Le Monde associated with the newspapers owned by SKY by any chance....GO WIGGO COLIN LAING

# Tours I would much rather see one of the SHACK boys win the Tour of Gila,Tour of California and then the Tour of Missouri...Now, That would be an achievement...COLIN LAING

Radio Shack Training Camp I notice that the first Training Camp for Team Radio Shack is to be held in Tucson Az in December....I also notice the over-load of Foreign sounding names,,BEWARE. I was in Sonoita, about 30 miles South of Tucson only last week,,seeking out some wineries,I knew the...

Mental Illness All my active life, I have been told I was nuts and strangely didn't agree with those stating this,,,I am now 72 years old and have been riding and competing since 1948. Last Christmas time I was told by a series of Doctors that I had Muscular Dystrophy ( which I suppose is a...

Team time trials Being a very old guy, my memory is a bit suspect...but,, Can anyone remember Steven Roche, answering a call of nature and missing the start of his team in the team time-trial,,,I think it was the year after his win..and his brother Lawrence was on the same team.. Rather...

Packing Heat It is my Constitutional right to bare arms, but I don't shave these, just my legs...

Green Jersey I honestly think it will be Sean Kelly again no doubt about it...

Mountains Yep, I guess I picked the wrong word pardner,,,if I'd called it a "tap", I don't suppose anyone over this side of the pond wouldget the meaning,,,,or think I was refering to a loose woman or something...seems strange to me that people don't think there was racing prior to Good Old...

Mountains No, I didn't come to live in the USA until 1974,,,,I am a Yorkshire Lad , lived on Teesside and spent many weekend racing in the Bradford area and also Newcastle obviously....

Mountains I had no Idea that riding the mountains of the Tour could be so emotional... Many years ago, on our way to the World Road Champs in Barcelona, my colleagues suggested we climbed the Ventoux since we had the time to do it and were passing close by. I had an ulterior motive also...

Contador, valverde There will be monkey business at Le Tour and Contador's Blood supply will be flushed...A set up in the making.