2014 Archive

2014 Archive

366 posts published in 2014.

December (30 posts)

2014-12-31 MSP Road Trip
2014-12-30 -15 Degrees / Can you say Exercise Induced Asthma
2014-12-29 Imaginary Lines
2014-12-28 50+ mile Ski / Double Birkie
2014-12-27 Double Birkie Day
2014-12-26 Boxing Day / Double Birkie
2014-12-25 Merry Christmas
2014-12-24 Christmas Eve
2014-12-23 Drivin’ North
2014-12-22 Days are Getting Longer
2014-12-21 World Cup Cyclocross from Namur
2014-12-20 Liquid Gold
2014-12-19 Christmas Present Ideas
2014-12-18 Riccardo Riccò is an Idiot
2014-12-17 Explaining Doping Rants by a Doping Rant
2014-12-16 The Curmudgeon
2014-12-15 How to Prove You are NOT Doping
2014-12-13 Doing Planks
2014-12-13 2014 Soudal Classics Cyclocross at Antwerp- Live
2014-12-12 F#%€ the UCI
2014-12-10 It’s Wednesday Astana/UCI
2014-12-09 Track Racing is So Overlooked
2014-12-08 Let’s Just be Done with Astana
2014-12-07 Holiday Horse Parade, Then Tiling
2014-12-06 Hands Going Numb Riding
2014-12-05 Winter Mileage Rule / Sunflower Bicycles Annual Holiday Party
2014-12-04 Drug/Dope Testing is a Joke in Sport
2014-12-03 USAC Changes Stance/Ruts and Guts
2014-12-02 Finishing Other People’s Jobs is Thankless
2014-12-01 Cyclists made S#%* for Salary

November (30 posts)

2014-11-30 Bunny Hopping
2014-11-30 Jogged a Couple of Steps
2014-11-29 Copper Thieves
2014-11-29 World Cup Cyclocross From Milton Keynes England
2014-11-28 Trying to Stay “Relevant” ???
2014-11-27 Happy Thanksgiving
2014-11-26 Steve Hed Passed Away
2014-11-26 Lance’s Payment’s to Ferrari - Pretty Great Return
2014-11-25 Lars Van Der Haar Is Better Sick than Nearly Everyone Else…
2014-11-24 Heading Home
2014-11-23 Cement - Beware!
2014-11-22 NCAA Cross Country Nationals Championships
2014-11-21 Bike Costs
2014-11-20 Park Y Tool / Tri-Tool / Hex Wrench
2014-11-19 1st Fatbike Ride
2014-11-18 Where Did Chris Horner End Up?
2014-11-17 Groundhog Day
2014-11-16 One Week since I Rode
2014-11-14 TGIF again
2014-11-12 Pretty Great Results
2014-11-11 Too Early for Winter
2014-11-10 Rocket Ride - Seattle Washington
2014-11-09 Sunday in Seattle
2014-11-08 Riding in Seattle/Berlin Wall Coming Down
2014-11-07 Slippy Seattle
2014-11-06 Talented or Lucky or Homeless?
2014-11-05 Mike Nosco Benefit Ride
2014-11-04 On the Move
2014-11-03 Mike Nosco Ride this Morning
2014-11-01 Recuperation through Riding

October (27 posts)

2014-10-31 TGIF
2014-10-29 Blood Test Questions, Construction, Royals, etc.
2014-10-27 Bike Racing without Me
2014-10-26 Tedious or Physical Projects - Which are Harder?
2014-10-25 Rental Tools
2014-10-24 WTF?
2014-10-23 George’s Gran Fondo
2014-10-22 Book by its Cover
2014-10-20 Cross Season
2014-10-19 Sunday Morning
2014-10-18 Weekend Already
2014-10-16 Thor Retires and “Writes Outrageous” Book
2014-10-15 Our Service Industry Sucks
2014-10-14 Robotic - That is What is Wrong with Cycling - IMHO (in my humble opinion)
2014-10-13 Racing in Polluted Air
2014-10-12 Hedge Apple Time
2014-10-11 How Long Would it Take?
2014-10-10 Using Water to Make Fuel for Our Cars
2014-10-09 Back to Physical Therapy
2014-10-08 Beth Heiden Wins Hillclimb
2014-10-07 Hip fractures in Cyclists
2014-10-06 Pat and Gwen are Married
2014-10-05 Tour of Lombardia Live Video or Cross
2014-10-04 Burrrrr……..
2014-10-03 Hot to Cool
2014-10-02 Iglinskiy Brothers Popped for EPO
2014-10-01 Riding in North County

September (27 posts)

2014-09-30 Cellphone Angst
2014-09-29 Taking Nothing for Granted
2014-09-28 World Road Championships
2014-09-27 SoCal
2014-09-27 Women’s World Road Race Championships Live Video
2014-09-25 I’m Sick of Pinning Numbers
2014-09-24 World Individual Time Trial Championships Live Video- Men
2014-09-22 First Day of Fall Technically
2014-09-21 World Team Time Trail Championships Live Video
2014-09-20 Friday in Photos
2014-09-19 Missing Summer / Riding To Washburn
2014-09-18 Lots of Beauty out There / Voight’s Hour Record Attempt Today
2014-09-16 “Downtime” in the Northwoods
2014-09-15 Chequamegon 40 Race Report
2014-09-14 Bird’s Eye View of the Race Start of The Chequamegon Fat Tire MTB Race Yesterday
2014-09-13 Chequamegon Morning
2014-09-12 Pre-Chequamegon Day
2014-09-11 Chequamegon 40 Reroute Planning
2014-09-10 Chequamegon Trail Update/Jimmy Mac MTB Hall of Fame Induction
2014-09-08 Neko Mulally - 4th in the MTB Downhill World Championships, Chainless
2014-09-08 Little Roller Fun
2014-09-08 USAC F#%*’s up the Nationals Championships
2014-09-07 Can’t Post Much/Birkie Trail Mess
2014-09-06 Fast Turn Around
2014-09-04 Ryder Hesjedal on Motorized Bicycle in Tour of Spain ???
2014-09-04 Time Crunch
2014-09-02 Limping Badly, but Still Riding

August (27 posts)

2014-08-31 Back in Colorado
2014-08-29 1986 Coor’s Classic Video
2014-08-28 Exercise makes you Happy, As Do Cicadas
2014-08-27 Low Altitude for a Bit
2014-08-25 Monday Blues
2014-08-24 Last Day of the Pro Challenge
2014-08-22 tommy d
2014-08-21 Jens’ Last Race Sunday
2014-08-20 Neutralizing Yesterday’s Pro Challenge Stage was Bullshit
2014-08-19 Neck Kink
2014-08-18 Disqualification for Elbowing/Binge Drinking Excuse Doesn’t Work
2014-08-17 Braking in the Mountains/Disc Road Brakes
2014-08-16 Trudi’s Birthday
2014-08-15 Almost Hit
2014-08-14 Cal Melick - Rest in Peace
2014-08-13 North to South
2014-08-12 Done Swimming for Awhile
2014-08-11 Dennis’ House Exposé
2014-08-10 Leadville, Normal Northwood Schedule, Super Moon
2014-08-09 North Woods Weekend
2014-08-08 Remorseful or Repugnant
2014-08-07 Night Swimming
2014-08-06 Colorado to Minnesota
2014-08-05 Froome Skipping Tenerife to Train with Levi in California ???
2014-08-03 Exclusive Jimmy Mac Interview - “Why I left Mountain Bike Action”
2014-08-02 Adiós Steamboat Springs
2014-08-01 Hillbilly Steve

July (27 posts)

2014-07-31 Kent Eriksen
2014-07-30 Never Know What a Day Brings
2014-07-29 Long Day Yesterday
2014-07-28 Back to the Basics
2014-07-26 Busy Colorado Race Weekend
2014-07-25 Flatting in the Rain
2014-07-24 Breaking from Crashing
2014-07-23 Heading Back to Colorado
2014-07-22 Real Heat Issues
2014-07-21 Jimmy (Mac) McIlvain
2014-07-20 Extreme Exercise and the Heart
2014-07-19 Strange Day - First Day on a Road Bike
2014-07-17 Doping News During the Tour, Let Lance Keep his Titles??, Levi Follow-up
2014-07-16 Tour Rest Day Catch Up Stuff
2014-07-15 Levi Winning Again
2014-07-14 Bromont and Jack
2014-07-13 Friends Competing All Over Colorado
2014-07-12 Leadville Qualifier Today
2014-07-11 Tour Course Reconnaissance
2014-07-10 In Vail
2014-07-08 On The Move
2014-07-06 Beating a Dead Horse
2014-07-05 July 5th - Start of the Tour de France
2014-07-04 US Elite Road Nationals
2014-07-03 Flying on Crutches
2014-07-01 Gert Steegmans Pissed, Team “Flicked” Him
2014-07-01 Hangin’ at Road Nationals

June (31 posts)

2014-06-30 Short Post
2014-06-29 Heading to Madison
2014-06-28 First Project
2014-06-27 Chicago Drive
2014-06-26 First Post Operation Check-Up
2014-06-25 Spanish Gran Fondo Polices Doping
2014-06-24 First Ride/Bromont’s Real Birthday/Eli (Michael’s dog) RIP
2014-06-23 Tour of Kansas City - 51 years of Racing
2014-06-22 Sunlight is Addictive
2014-06-21 Summer Soltice
2014-06-20 Pushing & Headbutting in Races
2014-06-19 First European Race Start
2014-06-18 Ride Ten Thousand . com
2014-06-17 Aaron Gwin Riding Downhill World Cup with No Tire
2014-06-15 Quitting the Sport
2014-06-14 Don’t Shop Much
2014-06-14 Critérium du Dauphiné Stage 7 - HC Climb Finish
2014-06-13 No Worse for Wear
2014-06-11 I Don’t Bounce So Well Now
2014-06-10 Bromont’s Birthday, Etc.
2014-06-09 Monday - Two Weeks Out
2014-06-08 Brian Jensen - Dirty Kanza 200 Interview
2014-06-07 Tulsa Tough Live Streaming
2014-06-07 Pretty Amazing Save
2014-06-07 Waking up in Colorado
2014-06-06 Wiggins Just Watching the 2014 Tour that Starts in England
2014-06-05 So Fortunate
2014-06-04 Pleasant Surprise
2014-06-03 Time Out Day Two
2014-06-02 Time Out Today
2014-06-01 DK 200 Race - Results

May (36 posts)

2014-05-31 Dirty Kanza
2014-05-31 Ebbs and Flows - Dirty Kanza Today
2014-05-29 Escaped from the Hospital
2014-05-28 Screwed back Together
2014-05-27 Broken Hip and Pelvis, but it could be Worse
2014-05-26 Ambulance Ride to Iowa City-Surgery Tomorrow Afternoon
2014-05-26 Melon City Criterium
2014-05-25 Snake Alley Criterium
2014-05-24 Snake Alley this Afternoon - Burlington Road Race is History
2014-05-23 Kind of Disappointing
2014-05-22 Out Living Your Parents
2014-05-21 Starting to Get Hot
2014-05-20 Xenon Added to WADA Banned Substance List? WTF?
2014-05-19 Sometimes Training is More Fun than Racing
2014-05-18 Sunday Mornings
2014-05-17 Cadel Wearing Pink
2014-05-16 And, People Can be Amazing
2014-05-16 People can be Terrible
2014-05-16 Bike Postion Wanderings
2014-05-15 Will Routley [draft]
2014-05-15 Friends through the Years
2014-05-14 Back in Kansas
2014-05-13 Tour of California Mt. Diablo Finish - Live Video
2014-05-13 Riding in the Rain plus Di2 Down
2014-05-12 Houston Grand Criterium
2014-05-11 Racing in Houston
2014-05-10 Bike Riding is a Personal Thing
2014-05-09 Man, Was I Naive, I Guess
2014-05-08 Photography
2014-05-07 Pets/Animals
2014-05-06 Patience
2014-05-05 Velotek Grand Prix Stage Race
2014-05-04 Velotek GP Day 1
2014-05-03 Pre-Race Day Nerves
2014-05-02 3 Day Early Weekend
2014-05-01 Are Rest Days that Important ?

April (32 posts)

2014-04-30 Thinking about some MTB Racing
2014-04-29 Athens Twilight Criterium
2014-04-28 Joe Martin Criterium - Final Stage
2014-04-26 Joe Martin Stage 3 - Hogeye Road Race
2014-04-26 Joe Martin “Long Road Race” Stage Two
2014-04-25 Joe Martin Hillclimb Time Trial
2014-04-24 Joe Martin Bound
2014-04-23 Randy Cox - One Tough Dude
2014-04-22 Bruyneel, Mati, and Celaya all Suspended
2014-04-22 I Have Nothing In Me that Could be this Close to Perfection
2014-04-21 Matrix Challenge Day 2 - Normal Fun Driving Home through Texas
2014-04-20 Matrix Challenge Day 2 - Easter Sunday
2014-04-19 Leaving Austin - Racing in Dallas/Garland
2014-04-18 Winston-Salem Cycling Classic Live - 10 miles to Go
2014-04-18 The Driveway Series - Thursday Night Bike Racing in Austin
2014-04-17 Tubular Tires for Training
2014-04-16 Breathing Cement Dust
2014-04-15 Skewer Replacement ???
2014-04-14 Weekend Roundup
2014-04-13 MS150 Day One- Only 130 Miles
2014-04-12 Couldn’t Make the Official Start of my First MS150
2014-04-11 Hectic Day on Top of 1300 miles of Driving
2014-04-10 Wednesday North County Ride/Driving to Texas
2014-04-09 6 am Bike Riding is for the Birds
2014-04-08 Riding from Houston to Austin
2014-04-07 Redlands 1/2 Criterium / Final Day for the Stage Race
2014-04-06 Made it to Redlands
2014-04-05 Orange County
2014-04-04 Getting Enough Sleep
2014-04-03 Being a Tourist - Not Much of a Rest Day
2014-04-02 Tour of Flanders - Sunday April 6th
2014-04-01 Like a Chicken With My Head Cut Off

March (36 posts)

2014-03-31 Redlands / New Bike / Crotch
2014-03-30 Must Have Been a Good Weekend to Burn
2014-03-29 Fatique and Fitness
2014-03-27 Undulations on any Given Day
2014-03-27 Assembling New Bikes vs. Old
2014-03-26 Meeting Guys on the Road
2014-03-26 Volta Catalunya Mountaintop Finish Live 15 km to Go
2014-03-25 Behind
2014-03-24 New Bike
2014-03-22 Riding with the Non-Racer
2014-03-22 Drivin’ to Ride
2014-03-21 Trying to Ride a Bike Consistently
2014-03-20 Cycle of Lies
2014-03-19 Wonderful Driving
2014-03-18 Early Season Racing
2014-03-17 Pinning Numbers /Safety Pins
2014-03-16 Not Logical Thinking
2014-03-14 Another Weekend of Racing
2014-03-14 If I were Rich…..
2014-03-12 I’m Not Sure You Have to Train
2014-03-12 HOT / COLD yin yang
2014-03-11 Daylight Saving Time
2014-03-10 I agree - If You’re Gonna Crash
2014-03-10 Weekend Wrap Up
2014-03-09 5th in the 5th Race of the Season
2014-03-09 Paris-Nice Live Feed 15 km to go
2014-03-08 Ned Wins Fat Tire Birkie / National Championship!!!
2014-03-08 Fat Bike Birkie - US National Championships Live Now
2014-03-07 Bradley Wiggins is a Douche
2014-03-07 Website Down, So Went out Riding
2014-03-06 Photos from 1st MTB Nationals
2014-03-05 “Right, that was that era, we can now put that to bed……….” Chris Froome
2014-03-04 On Any Given Sunday
2014-03-03 One Squished Isuzu Trooper
2014-03-01 Mellow Johnny’s UCI MTB Race
2014-03-01 Race Day - UCI MTB Mellow Johnny’s

February (30 posts)

2014-02-28 MTB Racing is Time Consuming
2014-02-27 In Austin
2014-02-26 Heading to Texas
2014-02-25 Racing Bicycles for 40 Years
2014-02-23 Nearly 2 for 2
2014-02-22 First Race, First Win of the Season
2014-02-22 Disposable Society
2014-02-21 Local Races vs. Bigger Events Early Season
2014-02-20 Wet, Cold Legs
2014-02-19 Ranger - Dog Heaven
2014-02-19 Early Season Form Uncertainty
2014-02-18 Lance Armstrong - Another Divisive Subject
2014-02-17 My Call With Lance
2014-02-16 “Not Many People Help Each Other Any More”
2014-02-15 Shoulder Surgery-“I wouldn’t wish it on my Worst Enemy.”
2014-02-14 Valentines Day
2014-02-12 Gonna Be a Radical Weather Change
2014-02-12 Psuedo Racing on the Coast
2014-02-11 Dopers, Come Forward, We Offer Treats
2014-02-10 Early Season Training Surprises
2014-02-09 123 Miles for No Particular Reason
2014-02-08 Training in “the Cold” in Southern California
2014-02-07 Eric Heiden - Pretty Incredible Athlete and Person
2014-02-06 Hey, This is Lance
2014-02-05 Riding in the Snow/Cross Training for Sand
2014-02-04 City Crippled by Predicted Snow
2014-02-03 “Just because one of us stopped before the others doesn’t make him a better person.” - George Hincapie
2014-02-02 Back to the Belgium National Championship Jersey for Sven
2014-02-01 Cyclocross Worlds Unlocked
2014-02-01 100 is the New 80

January (33 posts)

2014-01-31 Dinner with Andy
2014-01-30 Riding Red Rocks/US 6
2014-01-29 I Want to Be My Dog
2014-01-28 Bush League Bike Racing in Argentina????
2014-01-27 REMEMBERING IGOR. A TRIBUTE TO A LEGEND.
2014-01-27 Fence Builder to House Mover
2014-01-26 Early Season Stage Racing Weirdness
2014-01-25 Don’t Build Fences in the Rocky Mountains
2014-01-24 Apple Macintosh 30 years Old
2014-01-23 Manual Labor
2014-01-22 Di Luca or Talansky? Who to Believe?
2014-01-21 Trash
2014-01-20 Eric Heiden
2014-01-19 Wind is Sketchy
2014-01-18 Winter Diversity
2014-01-17 Removing Corrosion from the System
2014-01-16 Cyclocross Student
2014-01-15 Little Wednesday Nite Fun
2014-01-15 Back to Square One
2014-01-14 Cyclocross Season Blues
2014-01-13 Cross Natz - Final Day
2014-01-12 Cross Natz-Day 2
2014-01-11 Boulder Cross Natz-Day 1 (for me)
2014-01-10 ollie
2014-01-09 Cycling is my Sport
2014-01-08 Cross Nationals at Altitude ?
2014-01-07 Scarponi Needs to Watch - The Reason they Tell You NEVER to talk to a Cop
2014-01-06 Limping South-ish
2014-01-05 World Cup Cyclocross
2014-01-04 Not Defending Any Jersey
2014-01-03 Harold Lundgren
2014-01-02 Gotta Get to Some Warmth
2014-01-01 New Year’s Resolutions