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#My Commute #Michael Barry
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Pyrenean Descent: Port de Bales, Tour de France - Michael Barry, Team Sky 2010.
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Gravel ride: Girona, Spain
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Flying: Mare de Deu del Mont. Girona, Spain
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Cycling on the dirt. Girona, Spain
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Tire and Rim Sizes
Tire and Rim Sizes
Sutherland’s handbook lists 79 different bicycle rim sizes ranging in size from 12’ to 28”. In addition there are numerous tires of different widths made to fit each rim diameter.... Read more...
Mariposa Girona, Spain Tour
Mariposa Girona, Spain Tour
Dates: May 3 to June 7, 2015 – A woman’s 8 day / 7 night tour through Girona, Spain Read more...
La Ruta Tierra - Mariposa Bicycle Tour
La Ruta Tierra - Mariposa Bicycle Tour
Dates: June 9-16, 2015 – A 9 day, 8 night trip from Girona into the Pyrenees. Read more...
How It Feels To Train For The Tour De France (Esquire)
How It Feels To Train For The Tour De France (Esquire)
Guilt sunk in. My stomach was still full from the previous night’s feast. Sunlight pierced the gap between the window and the blind and irritated my eyes as they worked... Read more...
Shadows on the Road
Shadows on the Road
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A Summer of Crits, Lemond and Gert-Jan Theunisse
We pulled up in the van mid-morning, as steel barriers were being put in place to close off the course. Some of us were half asleep, our necks kinked against the windows, while others punched away at Game Boys and paged through cycling magazines. Nervous excitement spun in each of our minds for the day of racing ahead. Men wearing low-slung jeans and grimy T’s, with rolled cigarettes hanging from their lower lips, unloaded hundreds of galvanized steel barriers from flatbed trucks. The barricades lined the curbs of the town... Read more...
Paris Roubaix.
Paris Roubaix is a race of unknowns. What the riders can’t control, what looms in their futures, haunts them until the pop of the starter’s pistol. In the days prior to the race, they’ll check the weather repeatedly. Some will hope for rain so that the peloton is tamer and thins out quickly, while others will pray for sun so that the cobbles will be dry. The race is one of attrition, position, and luck. It requires preparation, mental resilience, and physical strength. It will create champions. It will shred... Read more...