To Protect & To Serve . . . Today, riding home, northbound on PCH through Laguna Beach (July 3rd – extra police precaution in place), a motorcycle officer, heading southbound,  shouted and motioned to us (yo y Señor Tortuga) to ride single file. Sitch: Two narrow lanes of traffic in each direction, parked cars, no [...]

Apparently, NBC Sports video coverage for the Tour  is LIVÊ and full stage coverage is not On-Demand. If  this is incorrect, please send BlahBlahFreddiê instructions.  After purchasing the All Accêss subscription ($29.95) SeñorFreddiê is unable to find a link to on-demand video for Stage 1. Last year every stage was available to view On-Demand any [...]

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Like an Earl Scheib Paint job: $29.95 / 21 stages ($1.43 per stage) If you’re not already on the inside of the cable kabash, (HoBO crutch) you gotta pay for internet access to the event.  The NBC site is apparently  “powered by” MaPmYRide (now that hurts; standby . . . mA^p>Gellan.com is getting ready to [...]

July is Freddie Solidarity Month.  The objective: Ride everyday from July 1st  through July 31st as a demonstration of your support for  the Tour de France Fredericos.  It originally started as a show of support during the race, but has been extended to include the entire month.  Ride the Ride. Talk the Amour . . [...]

You know you want to do squats and you want to do squats everyday because you’ve been told it helps your sprint and you want to feel powerful. According to the renowned Bulgarian weightlifting coach, Ivan Abadjiev , your workout should ideally consume nearly half of one’s waking hours and, most important, there are no [...]

Here’s a note Chris Lotts posted on Facebook regarding Scott Styrker’s heart attack. Please note:  the content below was copied exactly as it was found on FaceBook (6/18/11) Christopher Lotts You had a heart attack after the Wednesday Chronic Douchebag ride???? hahahahahahahahahaha!!!! You are not a racer, you’re a bike rider-take it easy, that would [...]

Pumbaa went so hard on the Wednesday sprint he dislodged some plaque from an artery that caused enough chest pain he knew one thing and one thing only:  “Get me to the Hospital.“  After 2 hours of evaluation in E.R. the chunk moved itself into the widow maker position (completely blocked blood flow) and took [...]

According to the Gothamist: The NYPD has been justifiably criticized for their massive cycling crackdown this year—there’s been a record-breaking number of summonses given out to cyclists as part of “Operation Safe Cycle”, including tickets for such non-violations as riding a bike with a tote bag on the handlebars and not wearing a helmet. But [...]

Ride around the Bear:  109 miles; 9000 feet of climbing. Click HERE to review completion times for all registered riders (OCW website). At the rest stops you could see riders happy with their accomplishment to have completed the ride to that point and eager to get back to task;  others revealed their suffering by the [...]