I can’t think of anything real to post (and am chastised for it), so I steal Patmemes:
The big blank area in the great plains/northern rockies is the most upsetting to me. From everything I’ve heard it’s a beautiful part of the country. Florida I could have done without. Way too hot/humid for my tastes.
Apparently I haven’t posted anything for a couple of weeks. Who knew?
So it’s that time of year again. The basketball season is over, and the world’s (or at least my) sporting attentions turn to cycling. That usually means one thing: a heavy dose of Vs — home most of the year to wacky fringe sports like bull riding, hockey and MMA — for the Tour de France. If you’re in to bike racing at all, it’s three weeks of quality television. From beautifully shot race coverage to a color announcer who quotes Snoop Dogg lyrics — “if you’re the boss, you have to pay the cost” regarding Tom Boonen’s tour banishment for testing positive after getting all coked up at a party — you really can’t go wrong.
This year, however, there are even more options. In particular the Garmin-Chipotle team is making a standout effort to keep fans up to date with both a twitter feed and a Flickr photo set for the tour. Cool!
So over the weekend I got clipless pedals for my bike. (Fun fact: “clipless” pedals are the kind that you clip in to. Awesome naming.) If the internets are to be believed, I’m 1/3rd of the way to breaking them in. The story goes that when you first start riding with them you’ll fall three times. On the way home yesterday I forgot to clip out as I pulled up to the intersection of Colorado and Michillinda. This, of course, resulted in the slow tip sideways and me on my ass in the road in front of a (stopped!) pickup. Both the bike and me (save a skinned knee) are no worse for wear, so things went about as well as they could have.
At any rate: one down, two to go. I can’t wait!
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