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Dog Breath: Are you talkin’ to me?
I smashed his face. He got wise. He called me a punk. He must have been stupid.—a Hell’s Angel in Hunter S. Thompson’s “Hell’s Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs
BMX: gold medalists trained at Swiss World Cycling Centre
The two BMX gold medalists at the Beijing Olympic Games trained on numerous occasions on the BMX track at the World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland. Latvia’s Maris Strombergs took the gold medal in the men’s competition, while the French rider Anne-Caroline Chausson claimed Olympic glory in the women’s event. Maris Strombergs and his Olympic team mates trained four times at the WCC this year. Their fourth and final training camp finished on August 15th, when they flew directly to Beijing for the final countdown to the competition.
Team Type 1’s Ed Beamon defeated Michael Ball to win an At-Large seat on the USPRO board.
Rock Racing's flamboyant team director and owner Michael Ball failed in his bid to attain an At-Large position on the USPRO Board of Directors, losing by nine votes to Team Type 1's director, Ed Beamon. The USPRO contest was one of several conducted by USA Cycling this summer, with votes turned in by Aug. 15 and results announced this week. A record 3,852 votes were cast as USA Cycling members elected members to their respective boards. A summary of each board’s election:
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Readers sound off on Armstrong, BMX and Olympic coverage
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More Lance? Editors, Could you please give us some more coverage of what Lance is up to these days. I’m serious, the letter from up in Canada is puzzling.
Tour of Colorado series wraps up with Boulder crit
The Tour of Colorado is over! The six race series concluded Sunday, August 17th with the Excel Sports North Boulder Criterium in Boulder, CO. [nid:82233] Finishing 20 years to the day as the last Coors Classic on the very same historic North Boulder Park Criterium course, five overall Tour of Colorado winners were crowned in their respective classes. Senior Men Pro, 1, 2: 1st Jonathan Baker Vitamin Cottage 2nd Kevin Nicol Toyko Joe’s 3rd Dan Porter Rio Grande Senior Women 1, 2, 3: 1st Susannah Gordon Colorado Bike Law 2nd Megan Hottman DFT-QA3
Jelly Belly pro team adds rider from its feeder system
JELLY BELLY PRO CYCLING TEAM ADDS RIDER FROM FEEDER SQUAD The Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team has added Kiel Reijnen, the top rider from its feeder squad, as a temporary stagiare rider for two major end-of-the-season races. Jelly Belly Team Manager Danny Van Haute said adding Reijnen, a 22-year-old rider on Team Waste Management, was the intended outcome of the first-year relationship between the two teams.
Columbia’s George Hincapie will throw out the first pitch at a minor league game next week.
Next week will be a big one for Team Columbia's George Hincapie. He starts the week by throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at a minor league baseball game in his home town in Monday. He finishes the week competing at the USPRO time trial and road race championships there. Hincapie will throw the pitch at the final home game of the Greenville Drive, a South Atlantic League team and an affiliate of the Boston Red Sox.
Reader Gallery 8/22/08
With the summer racing season winding down, let's take a look back and see what our readers have been up to. As always, keep sending your photos our way!
Cervelo recalls some carbon forks
Cervélo SA Recalls Bicycle Forks Due to Fall Hazard WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Wolf SL Carbon Fiber Bicycle Forks Units: About 5,800 Importer: Cervélo SA, of Switzerland Manufacturer: True Temper Composite Material Products Co. Ltd, of Guangzhou, China
Interbike Pre Show Numbers on Schedule to Match or Exceed Last Year
Interbike Pre Show Numbers on Schedule to Match or Exceed Last Year Interbike today announced pre-show numbers for the indoor portion of the industry's annual gathering, the International Bicycle Expo, are expected to match or exceed the numbers from last year's show.