Nov
27
Delux: Sorry!!!
November 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment
I have always enjoyed going to the Delux Café in Boston’s South End. For one thing, there’s a poster on the wall of Bernard Hinault winning a sprint in a full 70s wooly top. I also noticed last night that there’s an image of Ernesto Colnago presenting Pope John Paul with a bicycle in 1979! [...]
Nov
27
Tee hee hee Team High Road
November 27, 2007 | 1 Comment
T-Mobile’s out of cycling, leaving a high-profile men’s and women’s team up a creek without a paddle. Team boss Bob Stapleton says they’ll continue with a new name (“Team High Road”) based on the name of the management company. But where will the money come from? (I guess that Slipstream model – name your team [...]
Nov
24
I am a taste maker
November 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment
I was out freezing my butt off on a three-hour ride on a low-30-degrees day when it occurred to me that I seem to have really good taste. Prescient taste, in fact. I had to take a brief moment to mentally pat myself on the back for having such consistent foresight. Anyone who might complain [...]
Nov
22
Buy nothing day.
I don’t need anything anyway.
‘Cept peace love and understanding.
Dammit, I am NOT an Elvis Costello or Nick Lowe person. But this is what I have been reduced to, after I’ve seen enough ads for 4AM STORE OPENINGS tomorrow. That’s just sick.
Nov
19
More wit and wisdom
November 19, 2007 | 1 Comment
Here are some more helpful hints from the incomparable Eddie B. For today’s topic: what kind of sandwiches do you want in your musette bag?
“What kind – peanut butter and jelly, or hamburger? No, a special type used by professional cyclists and good amateurs. These are sandwiches that can be eaten in about three bites. [...]
Nov
14
Bike theft/recovery
November 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Interesting story on the NYTimes online. A bit of a flaw to call the bike “homemade” – bikes aren’t like cookies – but a fair tale nevertheless.
Nov
13
Sven Vanthoruenhout
November 13, 2007 | 3 Comments
Vanthoruenhout
Vanthoruenhout
Vanthoruenhout
Maybe not quite as good as Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, but it still gets stuck in my head.
van-THOR-en-hooot
van-THOR-en-hooot
van-THOR-en-hooot
Stop me!
Nov
13
Sloppy mess
November 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Judith Regan couldn’t just disappear quietly after that saga of hiring OJ Simpson to write about how he could have killed his ex-wife. Now this story.
The part that strikes me as ugliest is about having an affair with a potential homeland security secretary in “apartment near Ground Zero that had been donated as a respite [...]
Nov
13
Shouts
November 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment
It was a good mail day for me. It included two checks and two really awesome cycling rags.
One: Rapha’s “The Tour du Mont Aigoual.” I think it’s their fall catalog, but it contains a story by Tim Krabbé (Author of The Rider) and some gorgeous b&w photos. I love them. Yes, I have even purchased [...]
Nov
13
Pan verses epi
November 13, 2007 | 1 Comment
Last night I was lying in bed trying to fall asleep, which is always a bit of a task for me, so I got to thinking about what we humans, as a species, are going to do about the tiny shrinking bit of territory we have to live on. What will things be like in [...]
