2009 will be my 22nd year of racing bicycles. I started in 1987, when I was 15 years old. Some of you aren’t even 21 yet; I’ve been racing longer than you have been alive. I’m older than Jamie, our esteemed benefactor, and I’m old enough to remember Erik when he came up through the [...]

This blog makes my head spin in that euphoric, ecstatic way I would imagine people who do drugs might experience. This post in particular stopped me in my tracks a few times and demanded I pause, right myself, and reread:
http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2008/12/02/spinster-aunt-thinks-two-things-at-once/
Outlandish and unrealistic, perhaps. But in the parlance of pop culture and in words the kids [...]

It’s turning into more like a bi-weekly update lately, I think.
Last week I was coming off of the final round of the North American Cyclo-Cross Trophy on Long Island, and I suppose I just didn’t feel like I had a lot to write about it. It went fair, on par, and par isn’t exactly exciting [...]

The key to the title of the last post was the reference to “nattily/natty.” It’s not Sidney Poitier who’s coming to dinner here, it’s “Natty Dreadlock,” from the classic Black Uhuru song “Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner,” from the album of the same name. Sly and Robbie, people, COME ON! You need to pass over [...]

I’ll give some kind of prize to whoever can correctly name the reference I’m making in the title. Post your guesses in the comments.
There was this article in the Globe last week:
fbi_informant_in_bribe_cases_says_more_suspects_are_likely_to_surface

If you read the comments section, you’ll see one from me on the first page, that asked, “Of all the words the author could [...]

Apparently I scared a few of you with my melodramatic blog entry last week. It’s true; it was a rough, long week. I have been so, so tired after getting back from Europe and then racing out to Northampton for our double race weekend. I rested all week the week that followed, and tried to [...]

Some days you can only listen to Rocky to feel better.
One More Work Song Blues - Rocky Votolato
here it comes again
i’m watching myself through everybody else’s eyes
same old shit again
if this is my heart, why’s it still beating?
’cause i’m dead inside
the root of all evil is grounding me
if i were really smart, i’d just get [...]

Just because Lance is showing up at jitbag local Texas bike races because he’s not eligible to race in sanctioned events until after January, does not make those jitbag races “National Events.”
http://www.cyclingnews.com/mtb.php?id=mtb/2008/nov08/rockyhill08
It’s cool if you want to cover Lance, but don’t cover those races like they matter beyond being local events. They don’t. Lance showing [...]

But it’s always nice to get a little:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/cross.php?id=news/2008/nov08/nov05crossnews