Posted in Bikes & Gear, tagged critical mass, cycling, nypd, pogan on July 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Officer Pogan’s statement regarding the incident in which assaults a cyclist during a Critical Mass ride in New York City this month, contradict what is shown in the video seen here:
Officer Pogan says that he ordered the cyclist to stop, at which point the cyclist steered his bicycle towards Officer Pogan. [...]
Posted in Bikes & Gear, tagged critical mass, cycling, cyclist, New York City, NYC, police on July 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here’s the link to a video on CNN, where a guy riding in a New York Critical Mass event is “blindsided” by a NYC cop, causing him to hit the ground pretty hard.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/07/29/dcl.cop.decks.cyclist.cnn
To be honest, I am not a huge fan of the Critical Mass events. Frankly I think that most of the time they [...]
Posted in Bikes & Gear, tagged bike accident, cars and bikes, cycling, drunk drivers on July 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
From my experience earlier this year, I have learned that there are some Bob Mionske “haters” out there, but I personally like the guy (To clarify, I don’t know him personally, I just enjoy his writing). He offers insight and legal support for cyclists that frankly don’t get a lot of it in most states. So [...]
Posted in Road Racing, tagged bike racing, cycling, damiano cunego, tour de france on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I think the picture says it all. Damiano Cunego had a tough 18th stage after crashing hard at 28 kilometers in. You’ve got to give the guy credit, he is having a less than ideal Tour and still decided to “soldier on” with the help of his teammates.
Damiano finished within the time limit.
Posted in Bikes & Gear, tagged 2009, bianchi, cycling, pinella, steel bikes on July 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Well the word on the street is that Bianchi is coming to their senses and bringing back some steel bikes in 2009. No offense to anyone that owns one, but hopefully they drop the c2c line while they are at it. I am sure they ride well and everything, but they look like a bad [...]
Posted in City of Santa Clarita, Road Racing, tagged cycling, santa clarita, tour of california on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well the route for the 2009 Tour of California was announced today, and it left me bummed. As it turns out, the City of Santa Clarita will not be getting a finishing stage next year. The route goes from the time trial in Solvang, to the Santa Clarita to Pasadena stage. On the bright side, [...]
Posted in Road Racing, tagged Alpe d'Huez, carlos sastre, christian vande velde, csc, cycling, tour de france on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sastre rode great today, ultimately getting the victory atop Alpe d’Huez. But even more important was the work of the Schleck brothers. Andy and Frank’s attacking and subsequent covering of attacks essentially destroyed any chance of the chase group maintaining any contact with Mr. Sastre today. Furthermore, it appeared to me that Valverde and the [...]
Posted in Road Racing, tagged cycling, Mark Cavendish, team columbia, tour de france on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, I didn’t see the actual finish, so I have to wait until tonight and watch it on Versus. Which in the end is probably better for my frail, almost 40 year old heart. My only disappointment is knowing that Cavendish probably won’t make it to the Champs-Élysées. As much as I would love to [...]
Posted in Road Racing, tagged cycling, Mark Cavendish, team columbia, tour de france on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I tell you, I am going to have to start wearing my heart rate monitor during those sprint finishes. I think I’m getting into the “red zone”, and I’m not even riding. Very exciting stuff, especially considering that Cavendish was on his own for the last 1K or so. Wow, he is one quick mofo, nice [...]
Posted in Road Racing, tagged cycling, doping, EPO, riccardo ricco, riccarrdo ricco, tour de france on July 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I take back anything good I said about Riccarrdo Ricco. It turns out he is more of a Garter Snake than a cobra. Today we found out that he tested positive for EPO AND CERA, a new drug. Yaaaay, we now have a new drug, to go with the old drugs. You know, this was [...]
