The Church of the Big Ring » downieville http://thechurchofthebigring.com Your online source of 2 wheeled salvation. Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:47:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Smoke ‘em http://thechurchofthebigring.com/sermons/smoke-em http://thechurchofthebigring.com/sermons/smoke-em#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:12:19 +0000 The Rev http://thechurchofthebigring.com/2008/07/10/smoke-em/ The Cobra struck in the mountains today and promptly congratulated himself.  Confidence is not something Brother Ricco lack, then again if I was winning Tour stages when I was 23 I would be pretty full of myself too I guess.  Brother Voeckler had another nice go off the front, guess he is liking the way he looks in polka dots.  Also another good showing by the Garmin/Chipotle men, I really thought Brother Vandevelde was gonna get the V.  The way those guys are riding it is only a matter of time before a “Burrito Boy” is on the top of the podium.  My heart goes out to Brother Schumacher. That is an awful way to lose Yellow.  Keep fighting Brother!

As I write this I am sitting in an Econo Lodge in Reno on my way to Downieville.  With the temperature, smoke and acrid smell from the massive wildfires in California I keep expecting to see the devil himself at any moment.  The street address of our home for the night?  666 N. Wells Ave. Beelzebub you rascal!

]]> http://thechurchofthebigring.com/sermons/smoke-em/feed 0 Whoa, Didn’t See That Coming! http://thechurchofthebigring.com/sermons/whoa-didnt-see-that-coming http://thechurchofthebigring.com/sermons/whoa-didnt-see-that-coming#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:03:39 +0000 The Rev http://thechurchofthebigring.com/2008/07/08/whoa-didnt-see-that-coming/ You know as much as I want to hate A Tour and write it off the racing is just too damn good. If you had asked yesterday who would win the TT today I would have said Cancellara without even blinking. Schumacher? Damn, would not have guessed that in a million years. Also looks like Evans is going to do his best to make a liar out of me yet as he took a big chunk out of Valverde today. How about Chipotle/Garmin with 2 podiums in 2 days. I am gonna go program the GPS and ride over to Chipotle for “Le Burrito” tonight.

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What can I say? Viva la France! I may have to take El Hammermeisters advice and get a dish when I get back from Downieville. Speaking of Downieville, anyone have tire recomendations? I have been running some 1.9 Kenda Karmas but, I think a fatter one would be better. Just guessing though since I have never done the race. Any insight would be appreciated.Kenda

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