Fixie freestyle has been the new hotness for a while now, but after seeing this, I can forsee everyone switching to a fleet of lightweight trek madones for their sick tricks.
I’m still waiting for penny farthing freestyle, though.
via bikeradar.com
I wanted to like Floyd Landis. He had the makings of a hero. Coming from a Mennonite background, the decision to participate in the sport of road cycling was not an easy one for him. When I heard him admitting to doping, especially after all the rattling he had been doing over the past years about racing clean, I lost a lot of faith in the sport, but more specifically in a man that I was once admiring for keeping his faith in justice in what I saw as a flawed system. I think I see things differently now. The doping tests DO work, and they ARE keeping cheaters out of the sport, despite their best efforts to remain undetected.
It is with this in mind that I propose the Floyd Fairness re-fund. While I never donated, and wouldn’t be eligible, I think it’s only fair that Floyd refunds the money he defrauded honest riders out of.
I was asked yesterday by my own mother what I had taken to get “those muscles.” Although I know she was asking about over the counter supplements (many of which are laced with illegal compounds) my reply was “vegetables.” The most I think I’ve taken is a protein shake or smoothie from the local smoothie shop. I’m no stranger to Hammer gels, HEED sports drink mixtures, and enervit sugar supplements, however as far as any supplements that actually claim to make you stronger? There is no such thing. There is only work, and the pain you are willing to endure while training, and the discipline of eating right and the self control of passing on dessert, unhealthy foods, and alcohol.
Usually on HighFlange, recumbents are a source of “LOLZ” for the masses. This “recumbent,” however, is worthy of drool and admiration. It may be the world’s slowest Porsche, but it makes getting a date while being car free a little easier (if you live in a car-centric city like us). Let’s just hope she has “POWALEGS” too so you can get there on time.
I think I can approve of this recumbent.
I also think a part of me just died after saying that.
Sanctioned by the UCI, this sport, in the realm of “artistic cycling” involves playing a soccer like game while mounted to a bicycle. The things that your local whippersnappers might call “gnarly tricks” are just an essential move to manuver and push the ball down the court.
I’ve never seen anything quite like it. It makes even fixie polo seem tame. Is this going to take off as the new fad? I think we’d need to cultivate a love of David Hasselhoff and liver sausage first.
Here’s a primer on the sport:
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The Giro d’Italia stage 16 finish is the very definition of pain as you ride up a 24% grade dirt road in a cloud of dust at 7440 feet above sea level.
This shot a bunch more photos of the pros suffering like you’ve never seen are available via the Cycling Tips blog.
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