My beloved Julius has been feeling under the weather the past few days.
It all started Saturday after a long ride, a few sprinkles of rain, all-in-all a good time… but then just as we wer getting back into town, something went wrong with Julius—he became unresponsive. He did not want to change gears, in fact [...]

We all knew going into this weekend’s Tour of St. Louis was not  going to enjoy the “picnic” conditions that we had in the prior weeks’ races.
The Carondelet Crit went off Saturday morning under conditions that could be described as cool and moist…kind of like the towlettes that you get at BBQ restaurants.
 Saturday afternoon it began to [...]

There’s a first time for everything and in the past two weekends there have been lots of new experiences for this kiddo.
Last weekend was the first time I’d attempted two racing days in a row. Hillsboro road race and then the Tilles  Criterium.  I’m not really sure my legs knew what they were in for, [...]

Adjectives, like hit songs, seem to run their life span and then become stale. In much the same way that hit songs get over-played when they are popular, adjectives get over-used and become cliche. They lose their punch so to speak.
After an un-specified period of time, adjectives, like songs can be brought back sparingly. i.e. [...]

Team Revolution T shirt and Jersey order deadlines have been extended through 4/30/10.
Order on-line http://www.teamrevcycling.org/schwag.html
or contact Suzanner@teamrevcycling.org for off-line orders.

Hermann, a quaint little town in central Missouri is home to many things legendary…The Kid, The Gutenberg Hill, a legendarily hellacious(not sure if that is a word) crit course, and a road course that will  leave you swearing that you just rode through the Himalayas.
It was a gorgeous April 17th. With the sunroof open, I [...]

Advice from the back seat

As Suzanne, Alice, and myself headed to Hillsboro, we had no idea what we where getting ourselves into. The main focus on the way up was not to miss an exit and repeat our embarrasing Hermann incident. We did not miss our exit. The destination was found without a hitch.  It [...]

The right equipment is very important in cycling. We all know that.
Stated below is what I found when I compared the best of what Mattel has to offer against the best of what Specialized has to offer.
Technical Specifications
Big Wheel                                                     S-Works

Cost $38               [...]