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Thought I would lighten up a bit today. This made me smile. bike ♥ from Rick Darge on...UTCX Video...
Team Big Ring is an amazing group of people. I feel fortunate to be associated with such a diverse and talented group. Team rider Tommy Chandler not only won the last race of the UTCX he then put his considerable skills with a lens to work and shot this gorgeous clip of the Mens A and Masters A...Balance...
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The Rev in
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January 3, 2012 |
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To paraphrase the late great Hunter S. Thompson “Bike racing is not a profession or a trade. It is a cheap catch-all for fuckoffs and misfits — a false doorway to the backside of life”. At the upper levels a Pro Tour rider will log 30,000 miles in a season. At the local fred level you have guys on $10k bikes and $300 a month coaches driving 20 hours in a weekend to race a crit for atta boys. This is not balance, this is obsession. Obsession is what it takes to get to the top of whatever metaphoric mountain you choose for yourself. To be at the top of any sport...
Group Ride...
Only through the group, I realized — through sharing the suffering of the group — could the body reach that height of existence that the individual alone could never attain. And for the body to reach that level at which the divine might be glimpsed, a dissolution of individuality was necessary. The tragic quality of the group was also necessary, the quality that constantly raised the group out of the abandon and torpor into which it was prone to lapse, leading it to an ever-mounting shared suffering and so to death, which was the ultimate suffering. The group must be open to...Reset...
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The Rev in
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October 13, 2011 |
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When it stops being fun it is time to move on. That is what I have always said about racing. I am now wrestling with what makes racing fun for me. Is it winning? Is it testing oneself? I don’t think it is winning, yes I have won a few races but if it was just that i would have stopped a long time ago. Testing yourself. Hmm, that might be closer but the obvious question here is do I need to race if I am really just testing myself?
All I do know now is I am not racing. Will I toe the line this season? Right now it feels like no. That should make me sad but right now I am...
The Lost Season...
Ask The Hard Questions...
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The Rev in
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September 22, 2011 |
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Greetings Big Ringers. I guess the big question is where have I been? Let me just say this summer did not go according to plan. Huge shifts and challenges that will be with me forever. The bike was not a priority. A mistake? Not sure really but that is the way is played out for me. I am not saying I did much of anything right or wrong for that matter I just did and along the way I know I hurt. That does not make me special or unique as we all have our own cross to bear, mine is not any heavier than anyone else’s.
The thing is the world is always changing. We can plan and...
HTFU – Hoogerland the F*@# Up...
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The Rev in
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July 10, 2011 |
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Johnny Hoogerland pretty much wiped his ass with all the Jens Voight/Chuck Norris bad assedness stories...
Cadel Crushes Clenbutador...
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The Rev in
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July 5, 2011 |
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Oh man I just got done watching the coverage of today’s stage. So much good stuff today here are a few random observations:
* Hincapie is a PRO’s PRO, that turn he did leading into the climb took a lot of piss out a lot of guys.
* I think Horner needs to add Hushovd to the list of guys who can drop him on a climb.
* Contador is still a douche. Cat 5 attack too far from the line, sprinting on the hoods, raising his arm like he won. Douche
* Cadel was a study of patience today, he timed his sprint to...
Colonist Declares Independence, Again!...
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The Rev in
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July 4, 2011 |
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