Recent content by DrC0721

Let's be honest American coverage of cycling in general sucks because the "worldwide leader in sports", ESPN, doesn't own versus and NBC does. Just ask Hockey fans how that works for them. ESPN used to openly make fun of NASCAR and Soccer until their big daddy network, ABC, purchased...

They used to make fun of soccer and NASCAR all the time until ESPN or ABC purchases the broadcasting rights, then they act like they care. I watch it occasionally and cycling only makes it when there is a wreck, someone dies or someone dopes. Then we wonder why no one cares about cycling here in...

They got the power of buttchin. What Cadel looses in aerodynamics is made up with that power.

You're on fire. I was at work and almost laughed on the phone with a customer at this one.

I'm ok with this as long as the bipartisan deficits are erased and the states agree on the need of this project. At the risk of turning this post into politics, do you think Obama is not a militaristic authoritarian like the neo-cons? Both parties hate war when the other guy is doing it...

It was a good hard ride showing his character. Too bad it wasn't good enough to put him in the TDF https://credit.kohls.com/psp/zcprod02/KC/CRM/c/RB_SELF_SERVICE.RX_LOGIN.GBL As usual, Evans won't have enough support :-(

All I know is that Republicans and Democrats are more of the same. When Obama got elected, I at least had a little hope that our foreign policy could not be worst than what it was with Bush. Sure enough, it is. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/04/18/112346/obama-ran-against-bush-but-now.html...

Ethics Class I took an awesome sports ethics class in college and we had this debate. Ultimately, it always came back to the "force" factor. If athlete A dopes, it forces athlete B to make the "ethical decision" to potentially harm himself to keep up with athlete A. Now if doping was...

Why don't they sack Vande Velde and Zabriskie too? They have been, allegedly, linked to doping with US Postal. It sounds more like politics and sour grapes to me as well.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-de-france-selects-22-teams No Geox team? No pro-tour license killed them. That and the directors opted in four French teams surprise surprise. Menchov was third last year and Sastre won in 2008. Total lack of respect.

If it's anything like Trek and Armstrong in the U.S...it could be the Cadel Evans effect. He was riding a Canyon when he won the championship. When I was working at my LBS, a lot Treks were sold because of Armstrong and Trek's "It must be the bike" marketing plans. As far as Canyon is...

Who says whilst these days? :-) Interesting thread though. Good food for thought.

http://www.drinkiwiki.com/Tour_de_Franzia A bunch of my buddies have been talking this up on Facebook. In some ways, I'm happy they are learning/talking cycling. In others, I am sadden that it takes alcohol for my fellow 'Merikans to follow cycling. As for the event itself, I thought it...

I have been trying to ride my road bike with a pair of 2006 Specialized carbon road shoes that I paid roughly 180 for back in the day. They killed my arches back then and still do each time I try to get back on the road bike. I am a moderate overpronator (I work at a running store) and bought...

Holly shyt who cares. The who started this is just trolling. Everyone knows he has no hope to win any grand tours. He's too tall and too heavy. Granted some of that weight is still left from track but still. At best, as mentioned before in way too many other threads, he will be an...