A hilly stage race that—were it not for some lousy weather—might not have even had a hilltop finish. Still, the tight time gaps lead to some hard chasing and interesting sprints, and a renewed appreciation on the part of yours truly for the skills of Gianni Meersman. [click for iPad/iPhone/download] The race was also a…
Month: April 2013
Rantcast #7: The Perils of Over-Specialization
Script (not verbatim, contains typos, and sometimes I go off-book) Today’s rant is abbreviated and delayed somewhat by time and circumstance. If you haven’t been following me on twitter, or haven’t seen the previous post at Cyclocosm.com, then you don’t know that I spent yesterday riding from my home base in Hartford CT, to New…
Ride on Washington, Stage 2
Just a quick update: I’m jumping into the second leg of the Ride on Washington today. I’ll be doing my best to live-tweet antics on @Cyclocosm, and, as an added bonus, if you chip in $20 of the $500 I promised to raise, I’ll do a mini-rant cast on the topic if your choice!
How The Race Was Won – Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2013
Coming into this Sunday, there were a lot of big squads without a classics win, and only one classic left on the table. One came good with some spectacular teamwork and and cool-as-a-cucumber riding. Also featured—more electronic shifting follies, some road blocking, an arm sling, over-aggressive spectators and a gigantic panda costume. What’s not to…
Liege-Bastogne-Liege Techno Remix
The techno remix of the “Liege-Bastogne-Liege” chorale, as featured in the How The Race Was Won® video for the 2014 Liege-Bastogne-Liege race.
Liege-Bastogne-Liege Chorale
The “Liege-Bastogne-Liege Chorale” from the How The Race Was Won® video for Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2013.
Rantcast #6: The Death of "Trickle Down"
Script (not verbatim, contains typos, and sometimes I go off-book) SRAM, SRAM, SRAM, sram…I don’t really dislike you guys—it’s just bad timing. No, I’m not complaining about the ham-handed marketing of having a launch event and then embargoing it for three days in this interconnected, live-tweeted milieu, or that you’re offering hydraulic road brakes—despite being not…
How The Race Was Won – Amstel Gold 2013
Did a course tweak just work out? Certainly the race-winning move employed the aggression and pluck that had been missing from the (successful) attacks in previous editions. And the cast of characters battling at the front brought some new names and new faces to the fore. [click for iPad/iPhone/download] Also, I could have spent all…
The Chair That You’re Sitting On
A country-fried techo remix of Paul Kimmage and Lance Armstrong’s exchange from the beginning of The Comeback.
Rantcast #5: I Fight Fauxthority
Script (not verbatim, contains typos, and sometimes I go off-book) So today I’m going to take aim at—god, I don’t even know what to call it. Authority? Nah, sounds too punk rock. Old fogeydom? Well, there’s nothing wrong with being an old fogey, per se—many of them are quite entertaining. North Korean press release syndrome?…