Giro’s not dead, credit where it’s due, exposure, visas, https://www.kindhuman.cc, Four days of Dunkirk, promotion, women’s Tour, the old women’s Tour, the new women’s Tour, Tour of Cali, tokens, cameras.
Tag: Fun Stuff
jokes, interviews, continental breakfasts
How The Race Was Won – Tour de Romandie 2014
An important Tour tune-up stage in what’s been, for many would-be contenders, an usual spring. Features TTs, climbs, sprints (bunch and tactical) and yes—victory cheese. outro music: https://soundcloud.com/sssshawnnnn/sssshawnnnn-mac-n-cheese-live [iPad/iPhone/m4v]
The Week In Bike #18 – 2 May 2014
The Michael Barry Show, “are the new viewers gone yet?”, Hincapie book, Craig Hummer, ethics, Omloop van Borsele, Dwars door de Westhoek, women’s TdF, heteronormative, Tour of Turkey, Romandie, Giro, media, experts.
How The Race Was Won – Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2014
You can make a donation for this week’s fresh beats: https://soundcloud.com/cosmocatalano/liege-bastogne-liege-chorale-kazakh-beats-orchestra-remix The action was back-loaded into this year’s event, but the sudden swings of fortune and what-if moments were all still there in abundance. In many ways, the riders were one, but they were not the same… [iPad/iPhone/m4v]
The Week In Bike #17 – 25 April 2014
Women’s Fleche Wallonne, coverage, non-coverage, statistics, not ranting, thanks, more thanks, https://www.rensselaervillecycling.com/ Trentino, Evans, Och’, some guy, Outside, Bruyneel, Liege.
How The Race Was Won – Amstel Gold 2014
Cars, furniture, wind, position battle, a dangling escape, and a a breakaway rider who perhaps overestimated his strength. Rap metal light opera accompaniment from UnderGunned Productions: https://soundcloud.com/undergunnedproductions/modern-major-generals-song-1 [iPad/iPhone/m4v]
The Week in Bike #16 – 18 April 2014
Goodbye cobbles, https://belllapcoaching.com/, Wiggins, MYSTERY PILLS, Pais Vasco, Tinkoff, Brabantse Pijl, sprinting, uterus approved, Enegiewacht Tour, start ramps, cameras, hour record, UCI, economics.
How The Race Was Won – Paris-Roubaix 2014
Don’t grab door handles. Don’t compensate for bad position by driving relentlessly to the front. Do attack once and make it stick. Don’t hire these guys to film your velodrome. Oh, right—the boat: https://cyclocosm.com/2013/07/how-the-race-was-won-tour-de-france-2013-stages-1-4/ [iPad/iPhone/m4v]
The Week in Bike #15 – 11 April 2014
Flanders, red cards, crashes, He Who Must Not Be Named, Weisel, bubbles, Roubaix, women, Energiewacht, Pais Vasco, Scheldeprijs, Sarthe, Specailized, Neil Pryde, bullying, lying, investigating, epic..
How The Race Was Won – Tour of Flanders 2014
Otherwise known as the Ronde van Vlaanderen. Maybe next year I will use the actual Dutch. There were a lot of crashes, but between Greg VanAvermaet’s animation and OPQS’s over-extension, it turned into a pretty active little race. This week’s outro music: https://soundcloud.com/velobeats/velobeats-cobble-and-bass [iPad/iPhone/m4v or if you’re in Germany, where for some reason, YouTube can’t…