I will forgo the usual posting about the Tour today, because after all it is only a bike race. Jimmy Ray Westmoreland was involved in an accident caused by a driver, driving with a suspended license who ran a stop sign. The cyclist was revived by … [Continue reading]
Tour De France Stage 15
Chris Froome laid it all out there and buried everyone. I'm not saying he is and I certainly hope he isn't but it's hard to wrap my head around a guy who is 6'2" tall and weighs 150 lbs (69 kg) can both climb like he does (this is not the hard part … [Continue reading]
Tour de France Stage 13
Crosswind is the word of the day! If you ever wanted to see a world class rotating paceline, check the tour with about 30km to go! Saxo-Tinkoff with Alberto Contador and a group of 14 riders are trying to put the hammer down on the peleton and the … [Continue reading]
Rider education and safety.
I found this statistic about cycling accidents in South Carolina. In South Carolina, 13 people were killed and 478 injured in more than 500 bicycle crashes in 2009, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Safety. Although the SCDPS … [Continue reading]
Tour de France Stage 10
The peloton let the breakaway dangle off the front within eyesight for the longest time only to catch them just under 6 km. Smart racing to keep other breakaways from happening. The longest breakaway in tour history was 315 km. In 1912 Eugene … [Continue reading]
