Those heady days when head bands were head bands, delta brakes ruled the bunch, styrofoam coolers masqueraded as helmets clad in lycra- and the Tour of America was the Tour of Americas. Thanks to Chris at Defeet for supplying this photo of him on the line with a couple big names from the bunch. How many can you name in this photo?
I chatted today with David Millar and got his take on the new team, the new season, the Tour of Qatar, argyle, TT’ing, and Landis’ VN.com interview
Millar in his old team kit. He’ll focus now on how to make his new team succeed and and his role as the elder statesman.
These are the emails we did not read on the podcast. They are not any less funny, interesting, or otherwise unworthy. We are just trying to make the cast a little more concise. The idea is for you to read them then make comment. So, go on. Read them. Good. Now make a comment. Read the rest of this entry »
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Another podcast. Try to make it beyond 10 minutes for a non-simplistic analysis…
International Scene: John is kinda tuned out, cross worlds this weekend, Tour of Quatar, and John watched a Texan get the smackdown from a Frenchman. Local News: Cincinnati area cycling summit, John writes something for Pez Cycling News, Tour of America speculation. Interview: John talks with Richard Dunn, Race Director for the Tour of America. Listener Feedback: Alva reminisces about the good ol’ days of wool and wood, hyperbaric NFL doping (?), the Rasta plans a really long ride wearing a shirt made of hair, Nat from Texas needs to convince his wife about something, Justin wants to know if it’s ok to wear an an ugly jersey, we are challenged to be ourselves, the Wunderkind wants to know what’s up with Mission.
Listener Feedback (as featured on the cover of this month’s Cycle Sport Mag and worn by Tommy B.) award courtesy of DeFeet