Recent content by Michael Brown

Honestly, price is too much. I bought a 2005 5.9 SL on sale for $3000 back in 2006. (same frame, but with Dura-Ace); and it was from my LBS. Love the bike, was worth more than I paid. But $2100 for a 6-year-old bike with *6600* Ultegra? I'd look elsewhere, unless you get them to throw in some...

1) Which one appeals to you best on an aesthetic level? If looks matter, think about that as a consideration. 2) When are you going to be buying your next bike? More than 5 years? Get steel. I'm not saying the CF won't last that long - it probably will last far longer than you need. But the...

Count me as a disappointed Schleck fan. Riding poorly, and the comments today about the descent were also disappointing to read. He sure doesn't seem to have the fire in his belly that a true competitor should have. Too bad, but now I am on the Cadel bandwagon. ANYONE BUT AC!

No, they have not.

15 minutes? I wish the Naked Gun movies had been that short...

Very well stated.

Have been experimenting with a few saddles recently and was noting how saddle length is often mentioned, especially in regards to the fizik line. While trying to swap saddles and keep the position close, I did a few different measurements. What I noticed is that while the Arione is listed as...

Regarding the SCA arbitration, wasn't that basically decided by the fact that there was no provision or clause in the contract that prohibited doping? Seems that it was decided on a technicality - All that mattered was that he won the TDF. Seems that if that is the case, the SCA will have to...

It was Floyd who got this ball rolling. But it is nice to see someone who sticks to the truth for no gain. She probably could have asked for and received hush money. And she would be every bit of an international treasure if this turns out the right way - not just national.

What a great piece. This reveals how rotten the sport was(?). Lots to chew on, but the thing that struck me is the positive test during the Tour of Switzerland...seems like the UCI wanted to handle Contador's clen positive the same way they handled LA's positive at the TdS....except they...

ChrisE, quit being so balanced and reasonable. You get in the way of vigilante justice.

A non-cycling friend of mine read the news and sais: "If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'." Sums up a good portion of the US population, I fear.

Floyd is wacky. Tyler is questionable. But George? Lance's position just became utterly indefensible.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/05/20/60minutes/main20064858.shtml GH is the final shoe. That's it.

I bet the medal didn't come into his thinking at all. (And he WILL lose it. The Feds can't control the IOC like that; besides, if he even suggested a deal to keep the medal, they would have countered with "Instead of that, how about we offer you a deal that keeps us from prosecuting you and...