Pez Cycling News has a great interview this week (dated Wednesday, October 03, 2007) with cycling legend Bob Roll, aka “Bobke.”
Bob Roll was part of the legendary 7-11 team that broke into the European pro peloton in the ’80’s, and during the Lance Armstrong era has been a color commentator for US Tour de France coverage on the Discovery Channel.
Now crashing, on the other hand, gives you scar tissue, and scar tissue tells a story no idiotic tribal barbwire tattoos ever will. And as the stories of your scars are retold, you’ll get hungry for sour mash and pork rinds.
Mmmm. Pork rinds and whiskey. Breakfast for serious cyclists?
As for those of you Seattleites who pay to get professionally scarified, I don’t think this is quite what Bob has in mind. Bob got his scar tissue the old fashioned way, he earned it.
It must be hell to be the mate of a cycling addict. Things that are hugely important like skinny tires, high tech toys, and the need for speed all threaten our closest relationships.
Given that we are in Meet the Teams season, the timing is perfect to check out this article from Active.com entitled To Group Ride or Not to Group Ride that discusses the pros and cons of group riding.
Just ask Floyd: This stuff is so powerful it makes DNA doping look low tech. During the 2006 Tour de France doping scandal involving Floyd Landis, I blogged about how it's common knowledge that Jack Daniels is a performance enhancing drug. I've been on the lookout for custom formulations for recreational athletes ever since. I mean, who amongst us wouldn't…
Eugene, OR is a fantastic cycling town and has an amazing pool of potential cycling partners. I feel fortunate about the circle of cycling friends I had while I lived there. We were all able to take advantage of one another's strengths to stay fit, improve our riding skills, and have fun.
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