Ohhhh yea! The season has hit the burnout threshold, and in perfect form, the speed workout [double pace-line] at the park [this morning] was  evidence of everyone’s enthusiasm. All the wankers are riding with the expectation that the wheel in front will take up the slack. The UberFreddie is on the gas and the Tortuga [...]

Pan Dulce and coffee ! ! ! Now that’s the way to start a bike ride and celebrate the MexicanSongBird’s cuplianos. 6:30am | Coffee Bean | Seal Beach on Main St. & PCH for delicious Mexican Sweet Bread & Coffee before the usual Saturday ride. Pan Dulces will be provided.  Buy coffee as you like [...]

Interview with Jens Voigt* MSB: Jens [can I call you Jens?] What’s your general philosophy regarding shaving? JV: Yah, shav’in is gudt. It’s gudt for the legs and it’s even gudt to keep the armpits shaved and clean. MSB: Oh really? What’s the advantage of shaving your armpits? JV: Oh sure. It gives Jens Voigt [...]

Why cyclists shave their legs is an old & tired story.  Everyone understands the pragmatic explanation;  facilitate massage and ease the care of road rash. It’s a tradition that is deep and glorious and we love to be a thread in the fiber of the peloton’s spirit.  And,  of course,  the vanity is obvious.  I’ve [...]

The Wolfpack A Boys basking in the glory of their victory at the finish in Long Beach near the Aquarium. Story summarized below [blah-blog] or for the full story visit: LATimes.com Slate (online magazine) by Tom Vanderbilt window.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.init({appId: “364015433630063″, status: true, cookie: true, xfbml: true}); }; (function() { var e = [...]

Uh-Oh.!.Orville! Looks like the Wright Brothers beat their own bad selves at the game. The Wolfpack Hustle cyclists win the Carmeggedon Bike/Fly race (& other modes of transport). Unofficial times: Bikes-1:34 Metro/Walk-1:44 Rollerblader-2:40 Plane/lost cab driver-2:54 http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23flightvsbike From Slate (online magazine) by Tom Vanderbilt Carmageddon Challenge: Can Los Angeles cyclists beat a plane from Burbank [...]

The 405 is shutting down. Los Angeles Blogger Joe Anthony has laid down the bet.  The race is on:  Joe Ant will fly JetBlue from Burbank to Long Beach while the Wolfpack Hustle Freddies will ride bikes.  The clock starts when everyone leaves their respective residence.  I’m betting on Wolfpack. An excerpt from the Los [...]

When someone gets out of their car and approaches with apparent hostility, it’s an assault; you cannot stand by and wait to be punched.  (as.s:Hole.T = assault).  This video clearly demonstrates the danger of passively waiting for the advance. My dear father always told me: Never start a fight, but be sure you throw the [...]

Match Sprint: Mark Whitehead vs. Steve Hegg In 1982, after recently graduating from college and moving back to Los Angeles,  I went to the Encino Velodrome to watch some track racing.  The Southern California bike racing scene was very unfamiliar. One race was particularly memorably;  not the event itself, but rather, the personalities. Steve Hegg [...]

Freddie-dom is ubiquitous. We gotta trace the evolution of  Freddy – there are some who think it originated here in the South Land. Found this T-Shirt on ProllyIsNotProbably; visit the site – you’ll find lots of entertainment. Better secure the domain name BlahBlahFreddy, although, I think the correct spelling is Freddie. window.fbAsyncInit = function() { [...]