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Trotify

2012-12-02T08:21:00.000-08:00

Thinking of take a bike trip soon? Check out Joao Correia's tour company inGamba. Ride like PROs, with PROs. I saw this on Velogogo and thought it was hiliarious.  Don't miss the next post, SIGN UP HERE! (No Spam, I Promise)  Tweet

DopeStrong Tees

2012-10-15T11:08:00.001-07:00

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Book Review: The Secret Race

2012-09-30T09:16:00.002-07:00

Thinking of take a bike trip soon? Check out Joao Correia's tour company inGamba. Ride like PROs, with PROs. I just got done with The Secret Race by Tyler Hamilton and Dan Coyle and it is fantastic. It's by far the best cycling book I've ever read. In short--spoilers later on--it is the most comprehensive and transparent book on the realities of PRO cycling I've read. David Walsh's works

USA Pro Challenge Race Report

2012-09-04T13:04:00.001-07:00

Thinking of take a bike trip soon? Check out Joao Correia's tour company inGamba. Ride like PROs, with PROs. Here are some killer pics and videos from the USA Pro Challenge taken by my buddy Marek (@roccosdad). Enjoy!  Don't miss the next post, SIGN UP HERE! (No Spam, I Promise)  Tweet <!-- Place this tag

Paris-Roubaix with InGamba: Part 4

2012-06-19T09:26:00.001-07:00

These posts were made possible by Joao Correia's tour company inGamba. I rode with them along Paris-Roubaix and it was one of my most memorable bike trips yet. It definitely won't be my last trip with them. Next thing I know we're on the freeway headed to Roubaix...and so is everyone else. The going is slow and there's a lot of, let's just say lane changing. Bart is clearly an expert at

Paris-Roubaix with InGamba: Part 3

2012-05-21T07:08:00.001-07:00

These posts were made possible by Joao Correia's tour company inGamba. I rode with them along Paris-Roubaix and it was one of my most memorable bike trips yet. It definitely won't be my last trip with them. At the next stop I'm a bit sleepy and we're there early so I take a nap in the field. I wake up about 30 minutes later and the riders are getting closer. I snap a picture of them as they

Tour of Cali Vids

2012-05-14T20:41:00.003-07:00

Thinking of take a bike trip soon? Check out Joao Correia's tour company inGamba. Ride like PROs, with PROs. --Hey, I haven't had a chance to finish up the Roubaix posts but I took some vids of the Tour of Cali today and Sunday. I've posted them all on Socialcam. If you haven't downloaded the app, it's killer! Enjoy the vids. UPDATE: Marek and I CyclingNews today at the Legion of Honor.

Paris-Roubaix with InGamba: Part 2

2012-05-01T11:15:00.000-07:00

These posts were made possible by Joao Correia's tour company inGamba. I rode with them along Paris-Roubaix and it was one of my most memorable bike trips yet. It definitely won't be my last trip with them. Joao gives me Bart's number and I give him a call. He tells me he's parked in a lot near the team buses. I wander over for a quick chat and there she was. I hurried back to the start

Paris-Roubaix with InGamba: Part 1

2012-04-13T00:07:00.001-07:00

These posts were made possible by Joao Correia's tour company inGamba. I rode with them along Paris-Roubaix and it was one of my most memorable bike trips yet. It definitely won't be my last trip with them. Mel and I got in to Paris around 5 PM, headed to the hotel, and then went out for a few hours in St. Germain. We got back around 1 or 2 AM. I woke up at 6 AM and headed to the start in

Race to Roubaix with InGamba

2012-04-08T11:36:00.000-07:00

Thinking of take a bike trip soon? Check out Joao Correia's tour company inGamba. Ride like PROs, with PROs. --Today was an amazing day from Paris (Compiegne) to Roubaix. Here are a few pics, I'll do a longer post later. For now, the night is young in Paris! (And yes, looks like a lot of them didn't turn out so well. I'd love your tips on how to take better photos!) Don't miss

Johan Vansummeren on L'Equipe

2012-04-07T10:37:00.000-07:00

Road to Roubaix

2012-04-05T12:25:00.003-07:00

Thinking of take a bike trip soon? Check out Joao Correia's tour company inGamba. Ride like PROs, with PROs. --This year has provided its share of memorable classics and hopefully Sunday will provide another. In a few hours Mel and I leave for London and then down to Paris to catch the start (and maybe the rest) of Paris-Roubaix. (The Paris in Paris-Roubaix is meant in the loosest sense of the

It's a Long Way to Milan

2012-03-15T07:46:00.000-07:00

Thinking of take a bike trip soon? Check out Joao Correia's tour company inGamba. Ride like PROs, with PROs. --San Remo, here we come. That's right, this Saturday is Milan-San Remo. Last year's edition was the most exciting sprint finish I saw all year. And this year promises to be no different. Haussler, a guy who's probably had nightmares about his loss for the last few years, is already

Let the Classics Begin

2012-02-27T09:06:00.000-08:00

Thinking of take a bike trip soon? Check out Joao Correia's tour company inGamba. Ride like PROs, with PROs. --KBK and Omloop took place this weekend. I won't spoil them for you but they were a lot of fun. You can find videos here on Sporza. Scroll down the Omloop one (ends in "Nieuwsblad 2012"). At about 80km to go in Omloop Lars Boom has a pretty gnarly crash. It's in the first minute of

Mr. Jeannie Longo, Cat 4 Phenom

2012-02-20T12:30:00.000-08:00

Taking a bike trip soon? Check out Joao Correia's tour company inGamba. Ride like PROs, with PROs. --New SF Small Business Commissioner, owner of Rickshaw Bags, and my friend is doing his annual ride down to Long Beach for the TED Conference. He's doing it because he likes to ride, but also to help raise money for homeless youth. Click here to donate money to the cause. --This is old news but

Bike Touring with a PRO: João Correia's Bike Tours (inGamba)

2012-02-13T09:00:00.000-08:00

My buddy João Correia's recently launched a full scale touring company, inGamba.pro. What started as Fat Man Tours has now expanded into a premier touring shop. Here are some pics from their Tours: These guys are doing it right. Whereas most touring companies, by definition, cater to triples and panniers, inGamba has focused on the avid road rider. Guys like us, who like a good hard ride,

Cycling Greats, Decided in Court

2012-02-09T08:46:00.000-08:00

Thinking of take a bike trip soon? Check out Joao Correia's tour company inGamba. Ride like PROs, with PROs. --Looks like Lance is off the hook and Contador is off the hook (-7 months since his ban is retroactive). Both are down a couple million, though. Lance with Fabiani and his spin mafia and Contador with the fines and salary he'll have to pay back. It's unfortunate that half the drama of

The Lance Case: A Legal Opinion

2012-02-05T12:21:00.000-08:00

Thinking of take a bike trip soon? Check out Joao Correia's tour company inGamba. Ride like PROs, with PROs. --Resident counsel, Martin has provided a legal opinion on the recent news in the Lance case. As with anything on this blog, it doesn't mean anything, opinions aren't associated with the blog, and any heretofore consequences are avoided, et cetera. Legally, all we can know for now is

Pat McQuaid, the Newt Gingrich of Cycling

2012-01-30T10:17:00.000-08:00

--I'm not sure who the title insults more, Gingrich or McQuaid. It's clear from recent news about both they're in the same ballpark. Recently, McQuaid has been trying to raise additional money for Global Cycling Promotions, the for profit operation of the UCI. (And yes, this is equivalent of Moody's or Fitch hawking bonds but I've already discussed that ad nauseam.) Apparently blackmailing teams

No Croatian Racing for Ricco (Or Spin Class Instructing)

2012-01-24T09:11:00.000-08:00

--Ricco, who thought he had found a loop hole into racing again, has been denied. That's right, the two time offender was denied a Croatian racing license. Fortunately, under Croatian sports law spin classes are counted as a separate sport altogether, something Ricco factored in when applying for a license. The license to race was all just smoke and mirrors for his backup plan as a spin

ShalomBank

2012-01-15T11:04:00.000-08:00

Thinking of take a bike trip soon? Check out Joao Correia's tour company inGamba. Ride like PROs, with PROs. --Some of you may remember Saxo Bank's training camp in Israel late last year. It did seem odd that a team would choose to go there for its training camp. But Riis said it was because the team has an Israeli backer. But then came news that one of the CAS judges is Israeli. (And

Lance's "Charity" and Cav's Missed Drug Test

2012-01-10T14:34:00.000-08:00

--Looks like Cavendish missed a drug test in 2011. He was on Mount Etna with a BBC film crew and forgot to report his whereabouts. He was, however, tested about 60 times last year. --In other news, Outside Magazine, also known as Lance's Marketing Department, has put out a critical piece about Lance and Livestrong. The main issue is how much actual charity is done and how much is just marketing

Cipollini's New Year's Resolutions (For Cavendish)

2012-01-02T09:23:00.000-08:00

--Cippolini is on it again about Cav squandering his talent. "He's one of the absolute very best, even if I’m still convinced that sometimes he wastes his talent,” Cipollini told Gazzetta dello Sport. "I'd say that he’s among the greatest of all-time along with Van Steenbergen and Van Looy. I hope that you might also put me at that level." He's done this before. I'm still not sure why he

Cervelo Acquired

2011-12-24T15:52:00.000-08:00

--Cervelo has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Pon Holdings, a family-owned Dutch company. Recently, the company has been buying up bike manufacturers. It will now have one of the most desired brands in cycling and Phil and Gerard will have a very merry Christmas!l  Don't miss the next post, SIGN UP HERE! (No Spam, I Promise) <!-- \\ MAILCHIMP

No Contador News...Liz Hatch, Facebook Ad Model

2011-12-17T13:33:00.001-08:00

--Okay, sorry about the false Contador news. I saw a Tweet to an article and, well I assumed it was referencing a recent article, not one from a year ago. Anywho, no news on Contador. I still stand by my prediction that he'll be let off the hook. --Liz Hatch is officially the most used model for any cycling or sports or active dating related site: Earlier this year I saw another for