Wes for the win
I remember seeing you your first season at Telo, always getting dropped, but showing up again the following week. “Man,” I thought, “that guy just keeps coming back.” Then a …
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Doping in cycling formally ends
After reviewing data from 2019 doping sanctions in the sport of cycling, experts have concluded that doping in cycling has formally come to an end. “This is a great day …
Refocus
Last night I switched on the ol’ YouTube and watched A Sunday in Hell. It’s good to remind myself sometimes about why I fell in love with bike racing. If …
Who killed ATOC?
The Amgen Tour of California went belly-up nine days ago, and like Jesus, it’s not coming back. Why? The Occam’s Razor answer is “money.” ATOC cost a lot more to …
Tales of the big ring
I got an email from some dude named Ramy Khalaf. “Hey,” it went, “I found you on the Internet and I’m making a video about rides in SoCal can I …
Poke the bear
There are lots of rules in cycling. One of those rules is, “In the sprunt, get out of the way.” This is the rule for 99% of riders. If you …
World destroyer
The playground is a good place to look at the future. I was there yesterday with my two grandsons; talk about future shock. The parents are all in terrible shape, …
#fake World Champion protests punishment for cheating
Dutch U-23 #fake world champion Nils Eekhof was astonished at being stripped of his #real world championship road win yesterday in England, a formerly great nation now being Brexited by …
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See ya but not really
I met Jess Cerra in 2012 on a BWR training ride of some kind in North County San Diego. She was crazy good, and as near as I could tell, …
Cost of admission
I hadn’t raced all year. I’d let my license lapse. Done with it. A buddy invited me to come check out the new vibe at the local sanctioned weekly race …