Recent content by Nathan Scot

Irony of Ironies In the 2000 tour, Lance gave himself the nickname Big Tex, after the iconic figure that has stood over the Texas State Fair for 60 years. Today, that iconic symbol of Texas has also become engulfed in flames. The irony is just too poignant...

Favorite Riders SMU riders Jeff, Nicky, Frank, Spencer.... Danny Parks, new US Crit champ in age group Jonny Sundt, Kenda gregario and neighbor my wife Caryn Montague, solid time trialer and heart of a Lion, Any Elbowz rider when catching their wheel Pro Tour? Mneh to all of them....

Have you looked at the usacycling collegiate kit contest from earlier this year? Very intertaining. When it comes to kit design, remember that your university's colors, logos etc need to take primacy over other sponsors, despite how important they are. USA Cycling have some rules regarding this...

Colorado, bastion of intellect? Of the top 100 Nationally ranked Universities according to US News, 4 from Texas (Rice 17, UT 45, SMU 56, TxA&M 63) appear on the list before any from Colorado (School of Mines 72) then Baylor at 79 before UC Boulder at 86 with TCU at 99 finishing the list. Seems...

Raul Alcala still racing Here are the results from the Texas State Championships at Ft Hood: 1st David Wenger Super Squadra 90 2nd Stefan Rothe Team Hotel San Jose 80 3rd CARLOS VARGAS Team Hotel San Jose 72 4th Steven Wheeler Super Squadra 65 5th Phil Wikoff Super...

How cycling became the obsession The first race I remember watching on television was the Olympic Road race 1984. I think I had seen a crit race sponsored by 7-11 in downtown Dallas prior to that. Davis Phinney and Ron Kiefel were the memorable riders that day, but the most vivid memory was...

Worst jersey's from the 90's The Polti kit was remarkebly ugly, and who could forget Stephen Roche's Tonton Tapis with the picture of the owner with a carpet on his shoulder. I'm not homophobic, but I had a hard time wearing a gift of a Jolly Club jersey that had Gobbi Fruita, Fago, and a...

SRAM issue I have to wonder if there is a SRAM issue here (Cancellara chain at Flanders...) I have noticed that SRAM is very touchy and gets out of trim very easily (I have Red). My chain fell off recently right after doing a tune up and a heavy bump causes the front derailleur to stop working...