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A Performance Management Chart from a pro rider showing the months of January-March, ‘07. The blue line is his Fitness (Chronic Training Load), the Pink line tracks Fatigue (Acute Training Load), and the Yellow bar graph is Form (Training Stress).

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Despite it being the off-season, it's been an interesting week in cycling. Our own Neal Rogers had an unusual set of interviews this week, triggered in part by last week's report on Frankie Andreu's decision to leave his director's position at Rock Racing.

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My my, hey hey Rock and roll is here to stay It's better to burn out Than to fade away My my, hey hey. — Neil Young, “My My, Hey Hey”

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There’s probably no truth to the rumor that Rock Racing has signed Frank Vandenbroucke, Roger Clemens, Mike Tyson, Britney Spears, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Amy Winehouse, Dr. Evil, Keith Richards, Dick Cheney, Rodan the Flying Monster, the Hound of the Baskervilles, the ghosts of Charles Bukowski, Hunter S. Thompson and Norman Mailer, and all the bad guys from the WWE.

Putting My Son In Harm's Way

So, Brody, do you think I have a chance with that hot babe? Maybe if I stick my chest out a little more?

This is wheelie FUN!!!

Henk Lubberding at Tour de Trump Atlantic City TT start

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. - Jan. 10, 2007- In an effort to better support retailers in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, Interbike announced it will host its first annual Interbike Outdoor Demo East Tuesday, October 21 to Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Roger Williams Park in Providence, R.I.

SPEEDWAY, Indiana – Following a promising buildup The North American Handmade Bicycle Show (NAHBS), the world’s largest trade/consumer show for custom-built bicycles, is on the verge of selling out all 185 exhibitor spaces as it heads to the cycling-friendly city of Portland, Oregon, for the first time in the show's three-year history. The 2008 show will be held in the Oregon Convention Center, Portland, February 8-10.

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