Author: JP Partland

The right chain can make you faster

JP Partland

A two part review I did for Red Kite Prayer The Drag of Chain Efficiency Part 1 The Drag of Chain Efficiency Part 2 Check them out. Tell RKP I sent you.

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The Glucose Anti-Solution

JP Partland

Why the common elements in doping narratives Doom any Truth and Reconciliation Commission   In his book Breaking The Chain, Drugs and Cycling – The True Story, Willy Voet tells of a moment in the […]

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Live Update Guy and the Homemade Giro Tracker

JP Partland

Live Update Guy The Live Update Guy offers the best written play-by-play in the bike racing business.  If you have a need to read live bike racing, LUG is your guy. Part of the reason […]

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What we should have been talking about When we talked about UCI Rule 1.2.019

JP Partland

The ruckus over UCI Rule 1.2.019 earlier this year left me unmoved. The rule seems kind of dumb in that it seems too broad, the UCI hasn’t explained the value of the rule, and USA […]

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Lance Armstrong and the Jedi Mind Trick

JP Partland

One of the fascinating things about the Armstrong saga is what we can learn about the world from how information about him, when brought to light, is received. I’m amazed when people, sometimes unknowingly, cite […]

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The NAHBS Yawn

JP Partland

            Another North American Handmade Bicycle Show is coming. Another round of massive image galleries and unqualified praise is about to be served. I expect to come the same conclusion I made last year. NAHBS […]

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Crisis in the Champagne Room

JP Partland

There’s a saying: there’s only one political party in America and it’s The Incumbent Party. Once you’re in, no matter how incompetent or corrupt, so long as you didn’t murder somebody or have sex with […]

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The Myth of the Doped Peloton

JP Partland

Everyone doped?  Seems like a bit of a broad brush to me.  Reading admission statements from dopers, it seems like almost the entire peloton was jacked on something or other.  Listening to clean riders, you […]

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The Confession Koan: a riddle, a puzzle, a soap opera

JP Partland

So Lance confessed. Only not officially. At least probably not yet. Do we need more? Only Lance’s most fevered core believed he was innocent, and that group is probably so small that they number fewer […]

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