Lance Armstrong in the Wind Tunnel

CyclingNews.com is displaying some video shot of Lance Armstrong training in a wind tunnel.  Lance also discusses his upcoming return to racing in 2009.  If you enjoy cycling and have any interest in Lance, you may enjoy these 2 videos. Postings are at...

Biking Grows Bigger

As people struggle with high gasoline prices and try to reduce their carbon footprint, we’re reading and hearing a lot about a renewed boom in bicycling. That’s good–both the cycling and the reporting of it. In the case of media coverage, consider...

Favorite 8 minutes at RAGBRAI 2008

This month I joined some 10,000+ cyclists for the Des Moines Register’s Great Annual Bicycle Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI).  This year’s 470 mile route travelled thru the middle of the state using some of the old Lincoln Hwy 30. On Day 3, we finished on the Iowa...

Congratulations to Alberto Contador

Congratulations to Alberto Contador on his winning of the 2008 Giro d’Italia. Alberto learned that he would be ion the race only 8 days before the start in Sicily. The Astanateam has not nbeen invited to attend the Tour de France this year and Alberto commented...

Cycling is good for your sex life

In Hungary, the Ministry of Economics and Transport actually has a Deputy Minister for cycling by the name of Adam Bodor. Bodor’s job, put simply, is to get people on their bikes. And so they’ve produced this ad campaign, meant to convey the idea that...