Daily Roundup: A bad bike day
Some days a poor bike just can’t catch a break. In Leavenworth WA, a bike got blamed for “Passion of Christ” actor James Caviezel’s “minor … Read more
Tour offers first boring wet jersey contest
Funny to read now: Bicycle.net’s pre-stage analysis, where Stage 13 “may reveal just how far some riders are willing to go to fight for the … Read more
Bike thieves among us
Is bike thievery on the rise along with burglaries and robberies — another sign of hard economic times? No statistical data yet but anecdotal evidence … Read more
This Day in Doping: Team Astana beneficiary of "laxity"?
Cycling News has a piece about irregularities in testing the Astana team, led by Lance Armstrong, er Alberto Contador. Whatever. The French anti-doping agency has … Read more
Not a mountain biker disrupts Redmond Derby Days
BikeHugger has a post on an unfortunate crash involving a rogue bike rider at the Redmond Derby Days criterium last weekend. The comments queue sheds … Read more
Daily Roundup: Google “bike it” maps? Marin highschoolers rock, Iron Horse bought, Fluidride No. 4 and more
Bike Rumor: Google maps adding “Go by bike” to its “get directions” feature? This would be super cool, especially on my new iPhone G3S. You … Read more
This Day In Doping: A drugless Tour?
It was another listless day in the peloton today, but in one respect that may be a good thing. So far this Tour has been … Read more
Seattle Times ups Tour coverage
Followup to yesterday’s note on James Raia’s excellent coverage of Wenatchee’s Tyler Farrar in the Tour for the Wenatchee World. Today Washington State’s largest newspaper, … Read more
Catching up with the Daily Roundup
I’ve been traveling from the San Francisco Bay Area to Seattle the past few days — got in some great rides in Ashland OR — … Read more
Farrar again close in Tour stage 11
Tyler Farrar is giving us all in the Northwest a real champion to root for. In the world’s biggest bike race, the lad from Wenatchee … Read more