Beverages

Which one of these things is not like the other one, which one of these things doesn't belong?

They must be talking about my sister...

Stump Ed

As in Stump Education.

Stump has stymied the greatest of adjectives, and it has come to my attention that not everyone is familiar with the game of Stump. You should all be so thankful that Wikipedia has an explanation of one of the best coordination games out there.

It isn't nearly as dangerous as your Mom would make it sound.

Who Knew

Specialty Bike shops are nothing new. They usually revolve around road bikes as that is the biggest market out there. Next in the bike shop hierarchy would be the cover all aspects medium sized bike shop, and onward. Rarely is a full mountain bike shop pop up in their except in the sweetest mecca of British Columbia.

Vancouver, Canada is, however, the last place I would have expected to hear of a full on fixie, trackie, hipster, whatever you call them bike shop called SuperChampion. Its awesome to sell someone pull together a shop like that, even if it is the two wheeled version of Che Guvera t-shirts.

Bikes in the News

The New York Times just posted a good article highlighting the car vs bike clash that has escalated this summer across the nation. The large increase in ridership has come with an equally large gap in education. Things will mellow out now that temps are starting to drop across the country I'm sure.

Speaking of which, since when did 80 degrees become the new 65? It has been rainy and cool in Boulder recently and my sleeping conditions have improved dramatically. Still no A/C here.

I turned right tonight 375 times and left 75 times and got 5th. Second out of the field sprint. The V6 that is Jason Donald went up the road really fast and won. Road race tomorrow. Then Downers Grove, IL.

Man They Were Way Off

So Mike Friedman and crew got a lot of heat for wearing masks to cover their face at the Olympics in China. Yet it looks like those actions will be validated tomorrow:

"Smog may delay Olympic road race

The media scheduled to broadcast the Olympics were notified on Friday that the men's road race could be postponed due to thick smog in Beijing. According to Fox Sports, broadcasters were advised to make alternate plans just in case.

The men's road race is still scheduled for Saturday beginning at 11:00 am local time. Organizers have set a deadline to start the race by 1:30 pm or else delay it for 24 hours. The women's road race is still scheduled for Sunday at 2:00 pm."

From Cyclingnews.com

Silly

One of the silliest things I've seen in awhile is at The DNC in Denver, CO. How funny is that? Hypocritical? Lame?

These two weirdos are getting married this weekend in a little place I like to call Wisconsin.



I'm off to Criterium Nationals in Chicago next weekend. I have my full face helmet and body armor ready to go. I fell down 4 times in two days last year. Working on not doing that this year. Then again it was DUMPING rain and the course has white paint ALL OVER it.

As for training. I did 7500 ft. of climbing today in 3.5 hours with Phil, Andy, Tyler and Matt. Which for you people familiar with Boulder, that would be Flagstaff, around Gross Reservoir, up Peak-to-Peak hwy, to Sugar Loaf, and finishing up Poorman's. It hurt and I loved every minute of it as we smashed each other, sprinted out every town line and generally beat up on the Colavita kids who are from sea level. I pushed really hard on the pedals to say the least.

Word.