Ever read Ten Points, by Bill Strickland?
Hillsboro-Roubaix; Got Bombed Yesterday
Bicycling magazine editor Bill Strickland spilled out the deepest, most painful secrets of his troubled life in a small but incredible book that contrast these horrific twists and turns, and his process of working through them, against his challenge of winning ten points in the local Crit series in one year.
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- Rolling thunder, A CYCLING TALE, “finis”
March 30th, 2008Following is the end of “rolling thunder” — a cycling novel
Subject to copyright.
ROLLING THUNDER (cont’d)
Chapter 25
Raleigh Spriggs was the seventy six year old Chairman of the Board of Continental Tire, which was a fifty four year old company with annual revenues of over twenty billion Euros. When Shamus scanned further articles Google suggested best [...] - Rolling thunder, A CYCLING TALE, part onze
March 25th, 2008Following is Part 11 of “rolling thunder”
Subject to copyright. Friends don’t let friends edit-copy-edit-paste.
ROLLING THUNDER (cont’d)
Chapter 23
Saturday rolled around, and the already star-crossed Tour got underway.
In the rider’s village, an area carved out by plastic tape signified that the public need come no closer, riders’ strained faces seemed to relax. After months of build-up, [...] - Rolling thunder, A CYCLING TALE, part dice
March 15th, 2008Following is Part 10 of “rolling thunder”
Subject to copyright. Please enjoy responsibly.
ROLLING THUNDER (cont’d)
Chapter 20
Shamus lost focus on assisting the investigation once the Classics kicked off. It wasn’t possible to race well with your mind on other things. He felt he was losing ground with Eve, as well, since she was completely engulfed in [...] - Rolling thunder, A CYCLING TALE, part neuf
March 6th, 2008Following is Part 9 of “rolling thunder”
Amazingly still subject to copyright. Some things never change. Please enjoy responsibly.
ROLLING THUNDER (cont’d)
Chapter 17
Petre Patrovski rumbled about the luxurious hotel suite he often called home atop the Kempinski Vier Jahren, or Four Seasons, on Westendstrasse in downtown Munich, surrounded by boxes and envelopes he used to package [...] - Rolling thunder, A CYCLING TALE, part huit
February 29th, 2008Following is Part 8 of “rolling thunder.”
Blah, blah, blah, this story is copyrighted. Comprend? By the way, thank you for leaving your thoughtful comments along the way…we live on that stuff!
ROLLING THUNDER (cont’d)
Chapter 15
“Go ahead and tell me then.”
He’d been lying in bed when she’d called, so there was no need to sit down. [...] - Rolling thunder, A CYCLING TALE, part sept
February 25th, 2008Hope you had a great weekend.
Following is Part 7 of “rolling thunder.”
In case it hasn’t crossed your mind, this story was written by someone for their therapy and for your enjoyment, but not likely for their enrichment and certainly not for yours. If you’re scheming about how to make a buck off this story, be [...] - Rolling thunder, A CYCLING TALE, part six
February 20th, 2008Following is Part 6 of “rolling thunder.” Thanks for being patient.
As we may have mentioned ad nauseum, this story is subject to copyright by the author. Not that we think you want your name on it, but someone may stoop that low. You never know. Anyway, please don’t use it other than as a pleasant [...] - Rolling thunder, A CYCLING TALE, part cinq
February 17th, 2008Following is Part 5 of a manuscript titled “rolling thunder.” Coincidentally, it picks up amid the Tour of California and it’s being posted on the eve of the start of its 2008 launch. It’s like we planned it that way.
As a note to those persevering the saga, we’ll be traveling for a couple of days [...] - Las Cruces - A novel (yeah, there’s cycling in there too)
February 14th, 2008If you’re enjoying the preview of Rolling Thunder in its pre-edit version, you might want to take a look at an earlier novel by the same author
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Set against the modern day underworld of drugs and drug money, the story moves from staggeringly beautiful Southern California of decades past [...] - rolling thunder, a cycling tale, part quatre
February 13th, 2008Following is Part 4 of an excerpt from a manuscript titled “rolling thunder.”
Parts 1-3 of the story are also posted at bicycle.net in the “Hub” under the page for System6. Altogether, parts 1-4 comprise about one third of the total story, so there is still a long way to the end of the road.
Coincidentally, there [...] - rolling thunder, a cycling tale, part trois
February 9th, 2008Following is Part 3 of an excerpt from a manuscript titled “rolling thunder.”
Earlier parts to the story are also posted at bicycle.net in the “Hub” under the page for System6.
We’re posting this saga to get feedback from readers/cycling enthusiasts about whether they like it or not. To the extent we keep getting hits [...]
- rolling thunder, a cycling tale, part du
February 7th, 2008Following is Part 2 of an excerpt from a manuscript tentatively titled “rolling thunder.” If you haven’t read Part 1 yet, you might want to. The story flows better in that order. Otherwise, feel free to consider Part 2 the start of the story, as far as you’re concerned, and Part 1 a [...]
- rolling thunder, a cycling tale, part 1
February 5th, 2008Following is an excerpt from a manuscript tentatively titled “rolling thunder.” The aspect about rolling becomes obvious within the first moments of the story in the unlikely event you haven’t already guessed it. Thunder makes sense because while it is unseen, you know it’s there and represents something powerful and potentially very dangerous. [...]
- Tour Fever - The Armchair Cyclist’s Guide to the Tour de France (Book Review)
June 26th, 2007I’ve got a confession. Until this year, I was a participatory cyclist, a civilian bike commuter, and not a spectator of the sport. Working alongside VeloGuy, that’s changed and I’ve been developing my passion for the peloton. A big hurdle was learning the vocabulary of the velo world. I felt as [...]
- Lance Armstrong Criticizes David Walsh On His Latest Propaganda Piece
June 20th, 2007Former Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong issued a harshly worded statement Wednesday on the eve of the publication of a new book reviving claims that the American cyclist was a doper.
Armstrong criticized “From Lance to Landis,” the latest book by Irish writer David Walsh regarding Armstrong and doping accusations from the Tour de France, [...]
