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pYgMy.Scröts.&.oTHeR.PyGmY.PröDUcE.:.pyGMy.POwEr

Introducing the Pygmy Family of Cycling Snacks for endurance and nutritional balance.  Long hours in the saddle requires electrolyte replacement and balanced calories.  Pygmy products provide a natural nutritional punch – and they’re fun to eat.  Seriously. Pygmy Scrots Pymgy Puds Pygmygina Real Food Pygmilicious Riders have asked “Where can I buy Pygmy Scrots and [...]

May is National Bike Month

The League of American Bicyclists is the national sponsor of Bike Month, and this year Bike to Work Week is May 16-20 and Bike to Work Day is Friday, May 20. What are we waiting for? Get out there a ride like you mean it. Read more at the League of American Bicyclists website. window.fbAsyncInit [...]

eL.tORtUgA.Ich.bin.ein.Berliner

El Tortuga y Chi-Chi-Chica are off to Deutschland for an adventure. (That’s Tri-Chi-Ka / Chica-Chi-Chi rolls off the tongue pretty good too – say it…) Don’t miss this bike shop!   It’s a bicycle shop in Altlandsberg, Germany and they advertise their goods with a wall of around 120 real bikes mounted on the building’s exterior. [...]

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Santa Clarita criterium 1985. That’s the UberFred at the head of the peloton. For a rail-thin skinny freddie, mira los  brazos – que hombre! – must o’been all those years of  dry wall schlepping. Photos courtesy of Sam Emerson from Facebook window.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.init({appId: “364015433630063″, status: true, cookie: true, xfbml: true}); }; (function() [...]

Giro d’Italia 1953

Silent newsreel footage of Fausto Coppi climbing Passo Sella during the 1953 Giro d’Italia, winning the 19th stage to Bolzano ahead of maglia rosa wearer Hugo Koblet. window.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.init({appId: “364015433630063″, status: true, cookie: true, xfbml: true}); }; (function() { var e = document.createElement(“script”); e.async = true; e.src = document.location.protocol + “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js”; document.getElementById(“fb-root”).appendChild(e); [...]

Tragic Accident in the Giro D’Italia

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Jens.Voight’s.aRmy

Jen’s Voight’s Army.  I like their sense of humor. This is good.  And Tortuga has a little kit competition.  We can cut the JVA, but other than that, the shorts are cool. JVA – Jen Voight’s Army [KOoL]. Jens is a tough mO’FO. Here’s the group’s mission statement:   We are a somewhat serious semi-competitive unprofessional [...]

pYGmY.scRoTs.ReDuX.&.VaLiDAteD

Frank Picarelli recently had a conversation with a registered, certified nutritionist.  He asked about stuff to eat during the ride that would pack the most punch: Power Bars, Clif Bars, GUs, etc. Her answer: Pygmy Scrots. Q.E.D. Click here to revisit the nutritional analysis for pygmy scrots vs. GU Please note: The Picarelli family was [...]