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• Sprinting For 19th Is A Hard Habit To Break
  September 3rd, 2011
  

  So I am not known for my Cavendish like finishing sprint, in fact I am not known for much more than a pack finish. But this season I have changed [...]

• How To Be A Good New Rider
  August 20th, 2011
  

  Hey there, been a while. Hope y’all are having a good summer. I sure am. Seemingly every week has featured a mini-vacation and I’ve been lucky enough to be able [...]

• Cranky Mechanic – The Perfect Post
  July 9th, 2011
  

  The Cranky Mechanic “The Perfect Post”. By Uncle Chad I always hear the phrase “we are truly in the information age”. Every year that statement multiplies exponentially. It used to [...]

• Get Off The Road
  February 26th, 2011
  

  All I heard was “get off the road, you stupid, road hogging, gay, retard”, as another fat SUV driving slob came within a few inches of my left shoulder as [...]

• A Fat Guy’s Rules for Cyclocross
  February 12th, 2011
  

  As someone who barely squeaked into the Top 40 in the overall standings of the SoCal Cross Prestige Series Single Speed B category, I am now staring down the barrel [...]

• The Night Was Cold
  February 5th, 2011
  

  Just as the weather can’t get any worse, so starts the racing season. For the Pros that is. Why the rest of California wants to start at the same time, [...]

• My Big Fat Off Season
  January 22nd, 2011
  

  Are you freezing your butt off right now? Are you getting tired of riding your bike on the indoor trainer every day? Well guess what. I’m not. Currently as I [...]

• You’ve met Greg. Now meet Craig.
  September 4th, 2010
  

  A while back, when I wrote about Greg Gable, my first bike shop crazy, it was always my goal to do a follow up piece on the fellow who is [...]

• Willy Go – Confusion
  September 4th, 2010
  

• The Cody Chronicles – Tour of Utah Stage 4
  August 21st, 2010
  

  Taylor Phinney rode 9.2 miles (14.8km) in 16min 36secs at an average speed of 33.2mph (53.5kph). Levi Leipheimer wore his bib shorts over his jersey (more aero) as he didn’t [...]

• The Cody Chronicles -Tour of Utah Stage 3
  August 19th, 2010
  

  Stage 3 – Mt. Nebo That climb is a bitch! We had a pleasant little jaunt around a lake for 100km, then 20km of hell. The stage was like an [...]

• The Cody Chronicles
  August 11th, 2010
  

  So, apparently my computer enjoys coffee as much as I do…. It drank an entire french press, got out of control, threw some sparks, hissed and whistled like a worn [...]

• Stage 16: Col d’Aubesque, Pyrenean Glory
  July 23rd, 2010
  

  Beautiful beautiful beautiful. I have to resist singing “The Hills Are Alive!” when I arrive at my mountaintop destinations. Col d’Aubesque, the second HC climb of Stage 16, is best [...]

• What Do Andy Schleck and Janet Jackson Have In Common?
  July 22nd, 2010
  

  Why is a year of sleeping calmly forecast for Alberto, while Andy looks to be tossing and turning? Still missing from the discussion of the now played-out controversy over whether [...]

• Stage 16 – You Call Yourself a Sprinter? The Irony of Tour de France Sprinters
  July 21st, 2010
  

  “Hey man, you a sprinter or a climber?” “Oh yeah, dude, I’m totally a sprinter. I got these huge hulking sprinter muscles that are just too big to haul over [...]

• Stage 15 – It’s All About Celebrating All the Small Victories In Between
  July 19th, 2010
  

  “You don’t have rooms??” “You have not reserved hotel?” “You have no where to stay?? IN THE PYRENEES?????” In many accents, said in many different ways, I was told not [...]

• Stage 15: Inside the VIP Village
  July 19th, 2010
  

  Two weeks into the Tour de France, and today was the first day I’d indulged the fruits of the VIP Village. Full of food, snacks, news, chill areas and places [...]

• Stage 14: In With The Crazies
  July 19th, 2010
  

  It’s easy to criticize a bike race and it’s players from afar – he should have done this, he should have done that, how could he X, Y, and Z, [...]

• Stage 13 – Through the Valleys of Hell, to the Meadows of Sun(flowers)
  July 19th, 2010
  

  The bounty is always sweeter when you’ve had to go through hell to get it. This is one of the reasons Le Tour is the revered bike race it is [...]

• How to Give a Good Speech and Stay Classy When You’ve Had a Bad, Bad Day
  July 11th, 2010
  

  Today, Stage 8 of Le Tour de France (Station des Rousses to Morzine-Avioriaz) was a rough day for Lance Armstrong – a couple of crashes and lost time. I admired [...]

• Stage 6 – Tour Style – Podium Shoes
  July 10th, 2010
  

  I appreciate teams who take the time and care to seek quality podium shoes. Nothing ruins a podium picture than seeing your flippy floppy toes after they’ve been squished unmercifully [...]

• I Still Don’t Speak French, But I Know You Speak English
  July 9th, 2010
  

  Today was a day of liberation, of pushing through mental and physical crashes to live another day, to pick yourself up and start fresh all over again. And again and [...]

• Stage 2, 7 Tips to Get Your Party Started, Tour de France Style
  July 9th, 2010
  

  The Tour de France sure knows how to throw a party. Featuring over 160 colorful and decorated vehicles, representing over 33 different brands, the press caravan is a 20 kilometer, [...]

• Stage 0, Stage 1: Attitude IS Everything
  July 5th, 2010
  

  The Race Inside Who wants to run around like a chicken with their head cut off in a country where you don’t speak the language, having no concrete details organized, [...]

• A Story So True Only One Name Was Changed
  June 11th, 2010
  

  Dear Diary- Today was one of the more “interesting” days at the shop. Just when you think things can’t get any weirder, weird goes to a whole new level. Remember, [...]

• Landis and Lemond – BFF
  June 1st, 2010
  

  Hey Floyd Landis, good news! Now that you and Greg Lemond are BFF (best friends forever) you get to go on his “Armstrong Stalking Tour”. Just think of all those [...]

• Stage 6: “I Just Spent 7 Hours of My Life With You”
  May 25th, 2010
  

  True mate ship involves the group hug. Seven hours and many adventures later (but of course! – this is a bike race), the crew of Fly V Australia Team Car [...]

• Stage 4, San Jose to Modesto – Rollin’ in the Party Car
  May 19th, 2010
  

  The Tour of California caravan party starts with techno music and loud announcements of the whereabouts of the peloton and an explanation of the blinking lights careening down the street. [...]

• The Cody Chronicles
  May 15th, 2010
  

  The season is well under way and I have experienced a mixed bag so far. There has been a lot going on inside the cycling bubble! Not least of which, [...]

• Have You Ever Watched A Bike Race And?
  May 13th, 2010
  

  Have you ever watched a bike race and, when it’s over, thought, well there goes two hours of my life that I’ll never see again? Bike racing can be the [...]

• “Cranked” with Kit Karzen
  May 8th, 2010
  

  This is the Life Hey guys, welcome to my blog here at the one and only Bicycle.net! You’ll find a good amount of my banter here as I make my [...]

• Embrocate With Caution
  February 13th, 2010
  

  Written by: Taylor (Ritte Racing) It may be Southern California from where I sit, but February still brings the shit weather. Traditionally the first race of our calendar is called [...]

• This One’s For The Dopers
  February 6th, 2010
  

  Written by: Lanolin A few Summers ago I belonged to the email group of a large club. Every July there was a hard and fast rule: no TDF spoilers. … [...]

• The First Blog Post of Cody Stevenson
  February 6th, 2010
  

  So here it is… 2010… With the Tour Down under already having been run and won by the time you read this, we are well under way for the new [...]