Ullrich, Basso not in the Tour?
Perhaps I've been living in a hole somewhere, but I didn't realize there was a
big doping scandal going on implicating tour favorites like Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso. Apparently, neither will be riding in this years tour, nor will their teams be allowed to replace them.
Great Divide Race
Not sure if you've been keeping tabs on ultra-endurance off-road races, but I think this one takes the cake: the
Great Divide Race. It starts today at the top of the U.S. and ends at the bottom, navigating through the hilliest parts of the country. Totally self-supported, with a
bunch of other rules, turning up the insanity factor to eleven.
Who am I rooting for? My
frame magician, who's gittin' er done on a
fixie, drop bars and all.
W@W, 06-21-06
My shots from the first Wednesdays at Wakefield race are up.
Let me know if you see something you want a larger copy of. These thumbnails are quicky-processed. The full-sized versions should come out better.
http://www.pbase.com/gmr2048/wednesdays-at-wakefield-6-22-06&page=1My blog post about the race shooting (not much there that I haven't said here):
http://gmr2048.blogspot.com/2006/06/2-fat-2-race-my-shots-from-first.htmlIf you want to use my shots anywhere, a photo credit (and a link back to my gallery, if online) would be nice. Other racers might want to see themselves in action, ya know.
Happy Birthday Maili
Love
-j
Ragged
This always happens to me. I take off for a few weeks from work and ride so much and so often - without resting or recovering properly - that I end up getting sick one way or another. I just can't help it though. To me, a sunny day off automatically translates into a day to ride.
Takin' it easy on the Meneka Peak TrailI realized how bad I felt when JoeP and I went to Elizabeth Furnace, one of the premiere rides in the area, and I kept asking him what was the fastest way back to the car. I think he thought I was joking, but I wasn't. Three hours of sleep and a bad sore throat, I dragged ass almost the whole way entirely. When I got back, the cold kicked in full bloom and I was down for the next four days.
Congestion's almost left my body. I'm glad. Races start up again next week and I can't wait. A few more weeks vacation, but I'll be sure to pick and choose my rides more carefully. That, or sleep more than four hours a night.
Above pic by JoeP, the Fearless Dogeater.
Ti
A new company hopes to use an MIT-developed process to produce clean, cheap titanium. Current methods produce titanium which costs about $40/lb and creates toxic waste as a by-product. The company hopes to take the cost down to $3/lb. Plus the new process doesn't spew the toxic-yuck that the old process did.
Ti frames for everybody! (Er, eventually).
Story:
http://www.techreview.com/printer_friendly_article.aspx?id=16963 (Via
/.)
Ham It Up
Foley,
Matty, and I were on the news this morning. Our
team's
shop was featured in a few bicycle commuting segments live on
Fox 5 morning news with Tom Fitzgerald, so donning our jerseys, we acted as backdrops. The real star was Bega, the head mechanic, who was at ease with the camera as he explained different bike setups. I'm just glad I didn't have to speak, lest I make a fool of myself. If I can somehow capture the segments on the computer, I'll link it to here.
