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The Explainer – Whether weather makes a difference
Dear Explainer,
Our morning group ride got cancelled this morning due to the blast of Arctic wind and snow that hit our part of the country this week. Fair enough. But as the guys who showed up for the ride hunkered down at our local coffee shop, the discussion turned to weather’s impact on the big races. Have there been cancellations due to crappy conditions? What triggers such a decision?
Robert L. Morgan
Chicago, Illinois
Dear Robert,
The Coach(ed) Corner: A Christmas wish list
With serious training on the back burner for a few weeks (and ski season in full effect) I decided to use today’s column as a letter to Santa of sorts. Not sure if the red-faced, plump one is a VeloNews reader, but hopefully he’ll get wind of my little Christmas list. Here goes:
Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske – A cyclists’ Bill of Rights
“Gaining the right to the road was the cycling cause of the late nineteenth century; securing that right will be the cycling cause of the early twenty-first century.”Those were my closing words in the introductory chapter of Bicycling & the Law. I returned to that theme in the concluding chapter:
Sastre jersey sold on eBay as fund-raiser
A yellow jersey worn by Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre during the last stage of this year's race has been sold for 15,000 euros on eBay, Sastre announced Tuesday.
USA Cycling names Clubs of the Year
USA Cycling has announced the recipients of its annual Club of the Year awards. Ten USA Cycling-sanctioned clubs received recognition for outstanding programs throughout the 2008 season and will receive complimentary registration fees for the 2009 racing season. Clubs were judged on several key areas including race promotion, membership composition, instructional clinics and seminars, club activities, charitable contributions and racing performance.
Readers weigh in on rage, the First Amendment and paranoia
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Sir Chris of the Velodrome?
British sportsman of the year, Chris Hoy, may be in line for an even greater honor according to British media reports this weekend. Hoy, who earned three gold medals at this year’s Olympic Games in Beijing, has been recommended for a knighthood, one of the few active competitors to ever have received the honor.
Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske – Death, taxes and … free riders?
Benjamin Franklin once observed that there is nothing certain in this world but death and taxes. In our own time, we’ve observed that when it comes to the subject of cyclists, it’s all but certain that non-cyclists will bring up scofflaws and taxes.
Readers’ letters on Philly Week, Masters racing and Driscoll’s finger tips
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Mini-Explainer Editor, Driscoll has what on his hands at KC CX Nats? Tool dip, what is it? Benjamin Zink
Did Sue Haywood make more money by suing USA Cycling than Kristin Armstrong did winning Olympic gold?
Dear Explainer,
How is it that Sue Haywood ended up making more money by missing the mountain bike race at the 2004 Olympics in Athens than it appears Kristin Armstrong has earned off of her gold medal from the time trial in Beijing this year?
It seems like something is a little skewed here.
Alan Johnson
St. Paul, Minnesota