Lance’s Chances
The fascinating world of Lance Armstrong
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 9, 2010
It’s as much fun following Lance Armstrong’s strategic ingenuity as watching him race . . .
Posted in Lance's Chances | Tagged lance armstrong, tour de france 2010, twisted spoke
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 1, 2010
So we have a question here. Exactly how cautious does a cyclist have to be to prevent a driver from turning left in front of him or her? We almost got run down today in Aptos in that very scenario, so we’d like, really, we’d love to know. You wonder if this cop would tell [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Lance's Chances, News Cycle, Rider Down | Tagged e-bikes, electric bikes, lance armstrong, pinarello dogma, tour de france 2010
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 27, 2010
Guy gets so excited about Google Street View camera he crashes his bike. I’ve heard of more riders losing their iPhones exactly this way. In 2009, the Dutch bought 1.3 million bicycles. Which is 1.3 million fewer than Americans bought in the first quarter of 2009. No longer does Preston Peterson have an excuse to [...]
Posted in Lance's Chances, News Cycle | Tagged bicycle RV, cycling for haiti relief, lance armstrong
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 26, 2010
BikingBis: Top bike-club names. Can’t argue with Gene on these. We did have the privilege of serving with a 1980s club founded by the estimable epicure, Bradford O’Connor, in celebration of one of his favorite beverages. It was called Team Green Death, in reference to the suitably toxic Rainier Brewery product, which served as official [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Lance's Chances, News Cycle, Rider Down | Tagged bike safety, bikingbis, lance armstrong, zoic
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 25, 2010
Yes it’s early, but we continue to see signs that this year’s Tour de France is shaping up as a real bike race (as opposed to a single team of prima donnas controlling a docile peloton). We think it’s good for the sport, especially because we may be spared endless Clash of Titans bloviating re [...]
Posted in Lance's Chances, Racing, This Day in Doping | Tagged alberto contador, andre greipel, Andy Schleck, lance armstrong, samuel sanchez, tour de france 2010
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 18, 2010
Lance Armstrong is dropping the idea of personal doping tests (our impression was that he never began them). And why not. He isn’t going to change anyone’s mind about the past by testing clean now. And as Joe Papp and others have revealed, there are so many ways to beat the system’s drug testing that [...]
Posted in Lance's Chances, This Day in Doping | Tagged blood doping, cozy beehive, joe papp, lance armstrong
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 18, 2010
Inspiring: Thousands join Lance’s Twitter ride Down Under. I’m trying to think if I’ve ever seen 5,000 cyclists in a peloton. It must have been quite a sight. Perspiring: British dude wheelies for 8 miles, claims world record. Aspiring: The Schleck brothers take aim on this year’s Tour. We’re big fans of Andy Schleck and [...]
Posted in Lance's Chances, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Racing | Tagged Andy Schleck, lance armstrong twitter rides, mark weir, sam hill
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 11, 2010
The Tour de France is just only a mere six months away! Time to start ramping up the Clash of Titans trash talk between Lance and Bert! We’re glad to see Lance’s comments about beating Contador in the Tour this year. This kind of stuff is great for building commercial sponsorship, media attention and the [...]
Posted in Lance's Chances, Racing | Tagged alberto contador, lance armstrong, tour de france 2010
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 1, 2010
Here are our Top 10 things to watch for in the world of cycling for the coming year. Yes we thought about a Top 2,010 list for numerical compliance, but hey, that’d be way too much work. 1. In the Washington State legislature, a “Vulnerable User” bill. Similar legislation failed last year but the Cascade [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Lance's Chances, Mountain Biking, Obama Bikes, Racing | Tagged cascade bicycle club, duthie hill, jill kintner, lance armstrong, mayor mike mcginn, stevens pass mountain bike park, top 10 cycling issues 2010, tyler farrar, vulnerable user bill
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 11, 2009
Whatever else you can say about Lance Armstrong, and we do a lot and often, he’s a master of public relations. He is helped along by the fact the bike press seems to have no institutional memory, but Lance spins as well off the cranks as on. The latest: “Lance says he will not be [...]
Posted in Lance's Chances, Racing | Tagged lance armstrong, Team Radio Shack, tour de france 2010
