Posts Tagged ‘lance armstrong’

It’s hard to be a pro cycling fan these days. Hardly a day goes by without someone (or someone and their twin) testing positive for some sort of performance enhancing substance. This is hardly unique to cycling, and I’ve resolved to myself just to put in the back of my mind the fact that most [...]

If you are not one of the 466,000 people following Lance Armstrong on Twitter, check out the photo of the work and pins put in his clavicle here: http://twitpic.com/2nc5o . Scary.

This event announcement was sent over by Erin at Mellow Johnny’s. The event is tomorrow (Thursday), so if you would like to go, contact her to RSVP! Siciclando is the dream of two guys from Sicily, two bikers, in love with the land of their birth. It is a dream that is wholly Mediterranean; it [...]

Part of the extraordinary run that Lance Armstrong had in his seven years winning the Tour de France was his ability in avoiding crashes. On the rare occasion that he was involved in a tumble, he was lucky enough to emerge ready to race another day. Well, luck finally caught up with him. VeloNews is [...]

Yesterday we reported on the upcoming March 4th Austin Bicycle Plan open house, but there’s an earlier event if you just can’t wait to get your hands on this phone-book-sized document and learn more about it will affect your biking life for the next decade or so. This open house is next Thursday, February 26 [...]

Cyclelicious is reporting that yesterday Sacramento police recovered Lance Armstrong’s one-of-a-kind time trial bike that was stolen on Saturday at the Tour of California along with 3 other Team Astana bikes. A local resident turned it in but is not considered a suspect. The pictures from Cyclelicious show the found bike without wheels so it looks like [...]

I was browsing the Flickr Blog this morning and came across their links to photos from the Tour of California. There are some fantastic shots in here so I thought I would post a slideshow of all images tagged with the race. Note: these are NOT our photos and all copyright or other permissions belong [...]

Seen this bike? A certain Lance Armstrong wants to talk to you. Velonews is reporting that the Team Astana’s equipment truck was broken into last night at the Tour of California and four bikes were stolen including Lance Armstrong’s time trial bike. It had a unique paint job specifically for Armstrong, although there is a [...]

Daily TV coverage plus a Tour Watch Party The Tour of California starts today and runs through Sunday, February 22. (I still think it’s funny that it’s sponsored by the company that makes EPO!) It should be a good race this year with 9 days instead of 8 and a lot more mountains including on [...]

Now that cyclocross season is over, it’s time to relieve your race jones. The Tour Down Under starts today, and it marks the first pro race return of Lance Armstrong in his comeback season. Lance’s bike shop, Mellow Johnny’s, is celebrating his return with viewing parties all this week. They’ll be showing the coverage on a [...]