Jan
31
Diss
January 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment
From the Associated Press:
“Sen. Joe Biden spent his first day as an official presidential candidate regretting his description of Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama as ‘clean,’ and explaining why he had dissed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Edwards.”
That’s why I love the English language. With French, an “old” word has to be ejected before […]
Jan
26
Monseré
January 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment
One of bike racing’s “could-have-been”s, Jean-Pierre Monseré’s short career captured my interest a few years ago. A Belgian cyclist who won many a junior race, Monseré turned pro halfway through the 1969 season and immediately won the Tour of Lombardy, one of the five monuments of European cycling.
In the 1970 season, Monseré achieved top ten […]
Jan
23
Lookie-loo
January 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Jamison Creek. This is not my picture (nor were there fallen rocks when I was there), but the one-lane road part is accurate.
Jan
23
Final Cali ride
January 23, 2007 | 1 Comment
On Sunday I returned to the Stanford area, repeated a trip up Old La Honda (this time accompanied by the weekend warriors in the sneakers and toe-clips). Then I rode down 84 to the San Gregorio General Store. That route was not as much fun as I remember. First of all, the road conditions made […]
Jan
23
Surprise!
January 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment
I’m back in Boston, and it’s snowing. Bollocks.
I arrived back in Boston six hours later than planned, and my bike stayed in Chicago. Plus I had to pay more money for the pleasure of getting in later and all that crap. Oh well. Good thing is that even though it’s 20 degrees, it doesn’t feel […]
Jan
21
Jamison Creek
January 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Saturday. My legs feel swollen and tender to the touch. We start out with the group all together. First we find ourselves going somewhere in an up direction, then a down direction, then up Mountain Charlie, which seemed to take forever. Finally, by the top, I finally felt warmed up. Then up again, and down […]
Jan
20
Zzzzzzzzz …
January 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Ah, hills.
This morning the MITs were taking a “rest day.” That’s why half of them planned a 100-mile long route. Very restful and relaxing. I, on the other hand, went with the group that was supposedly going shorter. We rode up route 1 (headwind, ugh), then split up. I headed up Bonny Dune with two […]
Jan
19
Today’s riding
January 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment
I very specifically didn’t bring a winter riding jacket out here to Cali. So that meant that today I often felt cold. Hmm. The Californians say it’s unusually cold for January. I even saw some snow up in the hills (and a bunch of ice on the roads). And I wore all the layers I […]
Jan
19
Yet again with the asthma
January 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment
I just read that Oscar Periero, number 2 in the liar-filled 2006 Tour de France, tested positive for a substance that he allegedly had been prescribed legally. A medicine for asthma. Hmmm. Pro-cyclist. Asthma. Okay, I actually know an ex-pro who has asthma, but also didn’t race the Tour de France.
For guys at this level […]
Jan
18
Fat Tire
January 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment
That’s the name of the beer I’m drinking, it’s not a pun of any kind. It has a pretty red bike on the label.
I’m sitting in a kitchen in Aptos, California, surrounded by 10 bikes. The MITs are asleep in various locations spread between two rental condos. I got here at 10 pm, after taking […]
