Famke, Famke, Famke

Locked up at home for the weekend with the flu, the closest I got to a bike was this picture in the post of Famke Janssen.  Looking back on it now, I’m pretty sure it was Ms. Janssen I saw on that fateful weekend afternoon ride.  The bike was similar, there was a big basket [...]

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Friday’s Bell Lap

With dreary weather hitting New York and no prospects of racing this weekend, I’ve got Italy on the brain for this Friday’s Bell Lap.
Sorry Levi, But A Granfondo Is A Race
Tired of having friends pester me with questions about Levi Leipheimer’s King Ridge GrandFondo, I finally checked out what all the hubbub is about.  While [...]

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Pay It Forward

With so much hate, it’s nice to have a little good shine down every now and then.  Trolling around Central Park, incredibly slowly so as not to disturb any other park users, human or otherwise, because it’s time us cyclists accept our second class standing, I was reminded of a little good that came my [...]

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It’s Alright If You Can’t See, It’s Only A Bike Race

I have a lot of rules (again friends might call them neurosis) one of which is if it’s raining when I wake up I’m not racing.  It’s not so much about the fact that there will be blood from the inevitable crashes as it is that riding out to the race in the rain, standing [...]

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Friday’s Bell Lap

One More Itsy Bitsy Rant
I’ve never understood why people need to look at you when they pass you.  So to the guy from Sid’s who passed me on Cat’s Paw today and then proceeded to look back.  “The Look” is reserved for Lance Armstrong and the like.  You have no idea if I am just [...]

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