Christmas in July Collectively as bike geeks we know the Tour de France heralds the bikes and gear available on the shelves for the upcoming season. The latest and greatest is lacquered upon the riders and paraded around the “hexagon” (Paul-ism) of France. Well, usually the latest and the greatest. This year’s product WTF moment [...]

Disclaimer of laziness I’ve been writing this post very slowly. Unfortunately the Tour doesn’t stop for my inability to finish a task. So this covers several days in a non-coherent, semi-babbling style. Enjoy. Life before sport I won’t lie, I got caught up in Stage 14 race drama like everyone else, but you have to [...]

El Pistolero v The Boss “You know you done ****ed up, don’t you? You know it, don’t you? You know you done ***ed up.” – Detective in Menace II Society. I always think in movie quotes. Whether or not the scene parallels what I’m talking/writing about doesn’t matter – the words ring true. Contador ****ed [...]

Like a schoolgirl I am! Giddiness. High-pitched squeeling. Random bursts of adreneline-soaked calisthenics. Just a typical morning for me during these first 4 days of Le Tour. I’ll readily admit that I haven’t had this much fun since the 2004 Tour. Okay, 2005 was good just for Lance’s 7th, but 2006 was destroyed by Floyd [...]

So I’m sitting here eating Goya Maria cookies with Nutella spread on them thinking about the stage I didn’t see. Obviously that means I’m FULLY qualified to write a blog post about Stage 1 right? Doesn’t stop anyone else… Everyone slotted in where we all thought they would before the stage started. Cancellera p0wnd Menchov [...]