FIXED IS FOR KIDS
This kid was ripping it on a Friday night urban group ride in downtown Los Angeles.
Turns out his dad gave him his first rig a year ago and now him and his buddies cruise around on their fixies.
Also saw one of the $200 SE fixies out on the street for the first time. Whatever you think of the bad manners and connect the dots cool that are pervasive in the urban cycling scene, along with poopy knickers grimaces and a lack of any illumination at night, it's definitely cool to see kids riding bikes instead of sitting around playing video games.
Net effect positive? Your call.
And, hey, look! You can ride a fixed gear in baggie clothing, too! Mindblowing.
06 October 2008
Stefan Schumacher was really drilling it in the individual TT’s at the Tour de France. Looked sharp in yellow, too. And it was a nice way to redeem himself after another positive test. Schumacher rode so fast and his victories were so surprising they brought to mind those of Sergei Gonchar who, now this is going to blow your mind—was also busted for doping shortly after his ‘mystery wins’ in the 2006 Tour de France, the Tour that brought us a Floyd Landis, uh, victory? Failure? What do you call that? Best of the cheaters?
Well, turns out Stefan’s a cheater, too. Wonder if someone dropped EPO in his beer, you know like a few months back when someone dropped some cocaine in Tom Boonen’s beer, thus causing him to test positive for cocaine. According to Tom.
But no! It was Professor Plum! In the study! With a candlestick!
Maybe instead of having a Tour de France bike race, they should have a Tour de France that’s a competition to see who can come up with the best whopper to explain why they have more drugs in their system than a race horse (race horses can legally use most of this stuff, though. Really. Google it.). . .
And still people wonder if pro cycling is clean. Really? Do you need to wonder when you read these kinds of headlines EVERY DAY?
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