Recent content by visegripmikey

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    Tail lights mounted high on seat post (unsavoury - sorry)

    Re: Tail lights mounted high on seat post (unsavoury - sorry I started to use a tail light and headlight whenever I ride since people started texting. It has made a difference: Drivers pass me with about an extra foot, and right or left hooks happen much less frequently. Even dooring...
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    Tail lights mounted high on seat post (unsavoury - sorry)

    Re: Tail lights mounted high on seat post (unsavoury - sorry When it's dusk, or when lit up by my headlight. Anyway, once you see what I mean, it's funny!
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    Tail lights mounted high on seat post (unsavoury - sorry)

    It's a stupid observation, but for whatever reason my mind wandered there so now I can't unsee and I have to share my pain with everyone. Hopefully it will affect a small change? When a tail light is mounted high on a seat post, it looks like a blast of red from the rider's rear end. It's...
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    Ben Foster doped....to play Lance.

    Actors can go to any great lengths to get into character, within reason. He's not saying what he took or how much. Also, did he put in 1000 km/week? Motorpacing? Intervals? Rides at altitude? Personally, I think mimicking the doping aspect to be the easiest part. 16 yr old teenagers take...
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    109th Paris-Roubaix. The Hell of the North.

    Paris-Roubaix in slow-mo Have you seen this yet? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1QXKjc1nLY&feature=youtu.be&hd=1