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

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.

r.i.P. wEYLAndT

Wouter’s Team Page

VeloNews

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 cycling athletic pursuit concern dedicated to being as un-douchey as possible. We’re just like Jens, but not as fecund. We believe that our rides should [be] accompanied by stenographers rather than photographers. We’re more Gilbert than Sullivan. More Terry Gross than Terry Bradshaw. More Tainted Love than tainted meat. More NPR than UCI. More Joop Zoetemelk than C. Everett Coop. Our primary goal in the cycling world is this: Ride hard and don’t be a jerk.

Some good Rapha parody humor too.

Love the HAT.

We need some new hats.

Visit the site: http://internationale.teamjva.com/

Home page for the site: http://teamjva.com/

Is that Logan’s brother,  Justin ?

LOw.hAnGInG.pYGmy.ScRoT

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 consulting with the nutritionist for assistance in designing a menu for a relative.

(ˈyȯr/ˈkärbən/di’äksid/ˈfu̇t-print/)

This is your carbon footprint.

If everyone suddenly stopped driving we’d reduce our carbon dioxide emissions by 10% (there’s a balance that also gets shifted around but we’ll ignore that for this argument).

Consider that CO2 contribution next time you get in your car.

Huh? 10%  – How many drivers need to be converted to bicycling if we want to reduce our carbon output by just 1%?

I wonder how much it would offset (positive or negative) car manufacture & delivery or clothes and personal effects.  How about Recreation & Leisure.

Looks like bicycle advocacy needs a stronger argument than merely CO2 reduction.  As BlahBlahFreddie likes to say: “It’s about the safety stupid.”

Image: http://www.carbonfootprint.com/carbonfootprint.html

World Expo 2010 was hosted in Shanghai China:  an event designed to explore the full potential of urban life in the 21st century. Fifty-five percent of the world’s population lives in cities/urban environments. The prospect of future urban life, a subject of global interest, concerns all nations, developed or less developed, and their people. Being the first World Exposition on the theme of city, Exposition 2010 attracted governments and people from across the world, focusing on the theme “Better City, Better Life.” For its 184 days, participants displayed urban civilization to the full extent, exchange their experiences of urban development, disseminate advanced notions on cities and explore new approaches to human habitat, lifestyle and working conditions in the new century. They will learn how to create an eco-friendly society and maintain the sustainable development of human beings.
(above text: http://en.expo2010.cn/a/20081116/000004.htm)

The Danish pavilion not only exhibits Danish virtues, through interaction, the visitors are also exposed to some of Copenhagen’s best attractions;  the city bike, the harbor bath, playgrounds and picnics – representing common, day to day life in Denmark .

Sustainable Danish Pavilion Design for Expo 2010 by Bjarke Ingels Group

Freddies have asked if there’s an official boycott of El Dorado Park: NO

There is, however, a number of Freddies who are boycotting; it’s a personal decision.

The El Dorado Park Series is a great event for everyone to exploit to their own ends.  The issue is with the promoter – not the event.  Nothing else needs to be said.

Participating in the El Dorado Park series is a NON-ISSUE.

God Bless you children.

Are you in or arn’t (aren’t) ya!?

I discovered there are some who think the Freddie naming system is lame.  Below is a a comment I found on someone’s blog-site whose name I simply will not repeat (I’m just tired now. Can’t we all just get along).

In the barrio, nicknames are a badge of honor – they’re a diminutive.  It’s tribal and creates community. Without a nickname, you’re invisible; you have a lack of presence.  A nickname says something about you.  If you have character, personality, a quirk, some savior faire; your nickname reflects that brilliance and is a celebration of achievement.

I’d like to invite this person to come ride with us so  we can name’em F#@k-Wad or Lame-A#@. (Sometimes a nickname is just meant to humiliate – we’re not above it – you know; maintain a pecking order.)

Here’s their comment:

WTF is up with a bunch of ChROnic old men with nicknames like this:

• Tortuga
• No Más
• CrowBo
• Pumba
• DrDave
• Cubanita
• Mexican Songbird???

I guess they think it makes them cool, but it’s LAME!!!

Our newest recruit, Zig-Zag (not a rich boy – just a young punk kid) is proud to have been given a  nickname by a bunch of old f*#ks.

Ok.  The above list is not complete.  The current list of riders who have RSVP’d for Saturday’s adventure:

• Tortuga
• Tri.Chica
• No Más
• CrowBo
• Pumba
• DrDave
• Wyatt
• Cubanita
• Brock

Who else?

Public Service Announcement: The El Dorado Park Series Point System (provided to CBR by Entryworks.com)  will be discontinued.  Although new points cannot be added to the system, a history of points is still available; see the link below to navigate to the point system.

The service will be reinstated when the park is managed by an organization other than CBR.

Click HERE to continue to the El Dorado Park POINT Review resource if you’ve been redirected to this post.

NOTE:  Entryworks.com has provided a resource (at no charge since 2003) to CBR that automatically accumulates points for the  El Dorado Park Series.  The administrative login was discovered to be unavailable on Sunday at 12:20pm and below is the email Chris Lotts sent me Monday morning (10:55am) (reproduced exactly as received):

Subject: “From me to you (puta)”

Luzo, I totally understand your love for Steve Hegg.  I think that you love Steve Hegg more than Hegg loves himself.  For you to hijack CBR’s website, even after Vera & Martin worked things out shows what kind of a person you really are.  I’m sure Mark Bixby would be very proud of your actions: you’re really doing cycling a real favor by locking out Vera’s ability to enter data.  But then again, add a little pressure to Luzo and he cracks like an egg, locking out CBR’s data.

I’m not sure if you graduated college or understand this logic, but Chris Lotts is not CBR.  CBR’s a non-profit, and Chris Lotts is a race promoter.  We both know that you’ll never be a Martin Howard, a Mike Jensen, a Ryan Autrey, or a Gil Dodson and we both really know why.  You’ll always be the third-rate cyclist that had to quit El Dorado because you crashed so often that your wife told you to stop, and stop you did.  At least I was man enough not to further participate in your weekly rides, you were/are man enough to beat up on a non-profit…you’re a real stand-up guy, aren’t you?

In any event, you will always know that that deep down inside you are nothing but a little puta in my world, a lover of Hegg and someone trying desperately failing to enter the Virgina Country Club world populated by the Jensen’s & Autrey’s of the world.  You’re that guy who got dropped on the Velo Playa Larga club decades ago, so just live with it.  My opinion has nothing to do with CBR, so either have the courage to tell Vera, a woman, why you’re disrupting a non-profit’s administrative functions or fix the problem.  Hate on me all you want, but don’t be a coward by beating up a girl.

Christopher Lotts

The Problem: The entryworks.com data management resource was unavailable Sunday April 17 and half the day Monday April 18th.  The message above was sent to Entryworks (10:55am 4/18/11) as a reply to the one and only email sent by Entryworks to CBR  (4/17/11 4:45pm) after the problem was initially reported; after reviewing the trouble,  that email simply stated “Try Again.”
Note: There have been very few service interruptions since 2003 and none in the last two years.

Solution to this Problem: Entryworks.com will no longer provide data management services to an organization aligned with Christopher Lotts.   I guess this is one way to fix the problem.

Q.E.D. (quod erat demonstrandum)

Please note: Entryworks has enjoyed, and is thankful for the exposure provided through  the services that have been offered to CBR, however, Entryworks can no longer accept the style of Chris Lotts’  displays of appreciation (whether public or private) and needs to publicly state that it no longer has any affiliation with CBR and/or Chris Lotts.