Cyclist

A Dose of Tenacity: Eric Heiden's five Olympic gold medals are due to mental toughness, an asset even for med school. Again, Portfolio.com gives us Back to Back videos from athletes turned entrepreneurs revealing the unexpected differences and parallels between life in the arena and at the office ... this week they spoke to Eric Heiden who gives us his thoughts on the power of visualization. Want

Examiner.comStupid Cyclist TricksExaminer.com - 23 hours agoI had been hit by a car some years before, back when I lived in Seattle and thought it would be smart to make a 1967 Triumph Daytona 500—with a beautiful ...

These people do a mass bicycle run in Times Square New York, when one cop decides to assault one of the bikers. “The cyclist who was videotaped being body slammed off his bike in an apparently unprovoked attack by an NYPD officer during Friday night’s Critical Mass ride has been identified as Christopher [...]

photo by PETER MEECHAM/Fairfax MediaOn Saturday night New Zealand cyclist Hayden Roulston won a silver medal in the men's individual pursuit. Roulston came in second to reigning world champion Bradley Wiggins of Britain. According to Stuff.co.nz, "For Roulston, 27, it marked the end of a bumpy journey which included two brushes with law and a health scare that had forced him into early retiremen

OK, so there are these cyclist that protest every month or so and f*ck up traffic for all of us non-retards. Word on the street is that they don't really even have a cause that they are protesting for...which last I checked was a key part to getting your message out. In any case, the police do the right thing by picking a random guy and drilling him off his bike. Less obvious and possibly more

I got very upset when I was reading this blog entry, IronMan Life had witnessed a road rage accident and called 911, the man was arrested later and charged with criminal assault. I just cannot imagine myself even dear to think about doing such a thing. What is a second or two if you have to move out of the way for a cyclist. It is really not worth it! When I was living in Belgium and also in The

I got very upset when I was reading this blog entry, IronMan Life had witnessed a road rage accident and called 911, the man was arrested later and charged with criminal assault. I just cannot imagine myself even dear to think about doing such a thing. What is a second or two if you have to move out of the way for a cyclist. It is really not worth it! When I was living in Belgium and also in The

What kind of sick society do we live in that states to a bereaving family that if their daughter had been killed by the reckless driver of a car the maximum sentence would have been 14 years but because their daughter was killed by the rider of a cycle, the maximum penalty is a £2,500? In [...]

AP released this real-yet-surreal photo of a car plowing viciously into a crowd of cyclists on a highway in Monterrey, a city in Northern Mexico that borders Texas in the U.S. The impact sent bodies and bikes up in the air, leaving one cyclist dead and 10 others injured. One can almost hear the collisions. The [...]

Photo by monirul pathan If you are anything like me your motivation to get out and cycle goes up and down a lot. Sometimes I wake up in the morning and just can’t wait to get out there on the open road. Other times I have a severe case of ’snoozebuttonitis’……. I’m lying their peacefully, [...]

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On March 14, 2002, a representative of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency went to Chula Vista, Calif., to collect a urine sample from an elite athlete who was training there. It was a surprise test, in more ways than one.In a federal courtroom Wednesday, doping control officer Thomas McVay testified that the athlete came to the door with shaving cream on her face. That is not a typo. The athlete in question was Tammy Thomas, a female track cyclist who was ensnared in the sprawling BALCO doping scandal. Steroid abuse had given her facial hair, male-pattern baldness and a deep, gravelly voice, several witnesses have testified this week. Thomas is a relatively obscure athlete, but her trial is seen as a preview of the government's case against Barry Bonds, who has pleaded not guilty to charges simil

People often ask questions like: “Who is your idol?”. I don’t have any true idols, but yes I do find inspiration in some people. Sarah Ulmer is one such person. A New Zealand track cyclist legend, Sarah Ulmer broke the world record in the qualifying event for the women’s 3km pursuit time trial competition. She then came [...]

Thanks to a streak of non icy and slushy days I’ve been enjoying my daily bike commute uninterrupted for the past two weeks or so. Robert Hurst, author of “The Art of Urban Cycling,” and “Road Biking Colorado’s Front Range” has a new blog:  The Industrialized Cyclist. Robert shares my interest of urban geography and utility cycling.  In his blog, among biking articles [...]

I received this e-mail today. What an amazing ‘coincidence’, eh? Since July 14th Sherri has traveled from Frederick, Maryland to Seneca, South Carolina, over 547 miles.  Gott ist Gutt!  (For those of you unfamiliar with the story of Sherri you may read the original story here;  http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2007/07/14/the-apostle-sherri/ )                                                                                  I wanted to share an experience Ceph and I had over the weekend. We left on Sunday morning to see Ceph’s mom for her Birthday. It was a day trip and we always go the back way up 123 through Gainesville to Seneca and then Easley. On the way up outside Seneca, Ceph had to swerve the car to miss hitting an older lady that obviously homeless. She had long grey/blonde hair, baggy clothes and pushing a bicycle. She had everything she owned attached to the bicycle handlebar

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Breaking news on Wednesday from Team Barloworld was that one of their South African cyclists, 28 year old Ryan Cox, passed away in Kempton Park following complications from surgery he had in France three weeks ago. The actual cause of death is unclear at this point.Cox complained of powerlessness and pain in his left leg at the end of some races. He sought the help of a French doctor who correctly diagnosed Cox's vascular lesion in his left external iliac artery. The problem was first documented in the scientific literature, mostly by a French Canadian doctor named Francois Mosimann, and for the first time in 1985.It is unclear why the artery in the thigh undergoes this change, but several morphological changes take place that result in the artery becoming thicker, elongated, and when the hip is flexed (as during cycling), the artery becomes kinked or looped upon itself. The primary problem is that the thickening of the artery causes stenosis, which is is a narrowing of the of the

Roll on more tour posts! Following the pre-Stage 15 prediction, we will keep the posts coming as thick and fast as the attacks we have seen in Le Tour the past couple of days. In this short post we will get into what it takes to fuel a cyclist through a stage race like Le Tour, and this will serve as a spring board to talk more in the future about exercise metabolism and all its implications. So we all know that the energy demands placed on tour riders are pretty astronomical, but let's think about the basic energy needs of a 75 kg cyclist. His resting metabolic rate, or the amount of energy he requires to sit there the whole day and not do anything, probably clocks in at around 1500-1800 calories, depending on his body mass. That is the amount of energy he requires just to keep his body alive and functioning.Before we delve into energy requirements, it is first important to remember that the cost of moving your body through space is a function of the distance, and not the speed at wh

Roll on more tour posts! Following the pre-Stage 15 prediction, we will keep the posts coming as thick and fast as the attacks we have seen in Le Tour the past couple of days.In this short post we will get into what it takes to fuel a cyclist through a stage race like Le Tour, and this will serve as a spring board to talk more in the future about exercise metabolism and all its implications.So we all know that the energy demands placed on tour riders are pretty astronomical, but let's think about the basic energy needs of a 75 kg cyclist. His resting metabolic rate, or the amount of energy he requires to sit there the whole day and not do anything, probably clocks in at around 1500-1800 calories, depending on his body mass. That is the amount of energy he requires just to keep his body alive and functioning.Before we delve into energy requirements, it is first important to remember that the cost of moving your body through space is a function of the distance, and not the speed at whic

Strange News The California Highway Patrol shot a cyclist  dead on the Bay Bridge. The cyclist was  carrying a sawed-off shotgun, two handguns and had his body wrapped in cellophane. It appears the cops mistook him for a giant Twinkie and when they tried to unwrap him, he opened fire, with the cyclist on the losing end of a brief gun battle. Copyright Gibbleguts.com

- Night session : A cyclist jumps during a night session near central Slovakia’s town of Liptovsky Mikulas. A small group of cycling amateur enthusiasts met for bar-b-que where practiced their riding skills at night.

There was a time when a Solex moped, or VelóSolex as its real name was, was a French style icon comparable to the Citroên 2CV and baguettes. Among all the Solex riders were Steve McQueen, who used the contraption during the shooting of Le Mans 1970-71. But this was of course ages ago. Even though the VelóSolex is rumored to be in production again, it has new competition from The Wheel by American RevoPower. Here the boffins have managed to squeeze a minimal 1,1 hp 25cc two stroke into a bicycle wheel along with the drive train and a muffler. The little engine is said to be able to accelerate the vehicle to 20 mph over flat ground and deliver more than 100 miles to the gallon. It uses gas mixed with oil (two stroke juice) and the gas tank is in the water bottle holder. The wheel is estimated to cost about USD 400:- to 500:- when it's ready for launch in the spring of 2007. And yes, you can choose not to use the engine if you'd rather pedal, but the weight of the wheel (+12 lb. net)

Johannesburg - A cyclist was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition after an accident with a minibus taxi on the N17 near Springs on Tuesday, Netcare 911 said. Spokesperson Nick Dollman said a taxi collided with the cyclist around 15:00. The man - age unknown - was dragged by the taxi for about 30 metres. Paramedics [...]

{mosgoogle right}An unemployed man jumped to his death from an apartment block in Tokyo on Tuesday, landing on a cyclist and seriously injuring her, police said.Police said the 53-year-old man jumped from the 11th floor of an apartment block in the Tokyo city of Tachikawa at about 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday, and landed on top of a 46-year-old housewife who was cycling by.The man was taken to a hospital but died. The woman suffered serious injuries, including a broken left leg. [...]