Cyclist Assualted at Critical Mass NY - By a Cop!

Nice - Just saw this gem on MTBR's front range forum, posted by Mr.Salty...


Latest update has this officer riding a desk and possibly loosing his job.

Dick Was Right

29r weight weenie wheels

Dammit - they stole my color scheme!!!!

I'm building some race wheels with white spokes as this is being published..



Claimed 330 grams on the 29er rim... smokin' lite!!!

2009 trek

Under 21 pounds? $6,500? all this and it's even got decent pivots!!!

From MTBR -

2009 Trek Top Fuel
Check out the seatpost -
roadies....



The 2009 Trek EX Carbon

Yahoo Sucks

I used to be the biggest Yahoo fan... and I still think that they have the best business oriented browser services available - but the end is near.

I got this flamer of a notice today (below)

I hate google... now what? ask.com? it's all over, the end is near, the sky is falling, fat ladies are singing and pigs are flying




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beijin air quality

you've all heard the horror stories... i thought this article was a good reminder that we've got it good

WASHINGTON — Eat an orange. Wear a face mask. Train elsewhere and fly in at the last possible moment to compete.

These are some of the strategies suggested for Olympic athletes planning to compete in Beijing, where a thick cloud of smog often blankets one of the world’s most polluted cities.

"There really isn’t anything specific you can do to acclimate to substandard air quality," said Darryl Seibel of the US Olympic Committee. "From a training point of view, there’s nothing we’ve found that an athlete can do without risking their health and well-being."

The US teams expect Beijing’s air to reach a "safe and suitable standard for elite competition," Seibel said in a telephone interview from Colorado Springs, Colorado, home of the US Olympic Training Center.

He did not think athletes would need to wear activated carbon filtration masks, as US coaches advised in a newsletter article in 2006, and as US triathletes did on a visit to China last year.

But he did not rule anything out.

"Until we arrive at the games in August, there’s no way to predict what the air quality will be."

It is likely to be hot and humid. The average August temperature in Beijing is 29.5C, with relative humidity of 69 percent. This combination puts Beijing’s heat index in the "caution" range, US sports officials have said.

But August is also likely to be rainy, and that could cut down on sooty particles in the air.

Beijing has poured 120 billion yuan ($16.8 billion) into clearing the smog, for a Games many of its leaders see as a coming-out party to mark China’s rise as a major world power.

"The air quality is much better now," said Gao, a 77-year-old Beijing resident. "When I came to Beijing 50 years ago, I could not even open my eyes when walking on those dirt roads in the coal-burning neighborhood," she said.

Officials reportedly plan to keep half of Beijing’s 3 million cars off the roads during the Games, which begin August 8. Authorities have also ordered Beijing and five surrounding provinces to cut industrial pollution for two months from late July.

International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has warned that some endurance events – where athletes will be exposed to the air for long periods – could be rescheduled if air pollution presents a danger.

But he has also said environmental challenges are not new to the Games, citing the heat in Athens in 2004, and air pollution in Seoul in 1988 and Los Angeles in 1984. All three cities tackled the problems before the Games, building trams, shutting factories or asking drivers to stay off the roads.

Nonetheless this year, at least seven countries plan to send some of their Olympic athletes to Japan just before the Games begin, drawn by international-standard sports facilities and accommodation and healthy food, as well as cleaner air and a mere one-hour time difference between Japan and China.

Germany, Greece, the United States, France, Britain, Sweden and the Netherlands are among those training in Japan.

Some 55 German athletes plan to stay in Ashibetsu on the island of Hokkaido for pre-Olympic training, spending four or five days in Ashibetsu and leaving for Beijing about three days before their competitive events, according to an official at sports division of Ashibetsu city hall.

Sam Hill vs Gee Atherton World Champs

Matti Lehikoinen Helmet Cam Fort William

greg minnaar helmet cam ft.william

It's like magic - Soccer, not Bikes

A little late int he posting - but good for your viewing pleasure none-the-less

Congrats to Spain!!!!

Here's 2 of the best int he business layin it down for others to look like fools

D3O

I've been trying to get my hands on some of this for some time now.... looks like I'm finally getting some!