Crisis in the Champagne Room
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 […]
Category: Thoughts
Essays, philosophizing, reflecting, theorizing, wondering, wandering, ruminating, percolating, etc.
The Myth of the Doped Peloton
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 […]
The Confession Koan: a riddle, a puzzle, a soap opera
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 […]
The Boxer. And His Buddies.
I was riding home through The Bronx yesterday. Just before I exited the borough, I turned right off of Kingsbridge onto Terrace View Avenue to reclaim it for myself. It’s a side street, a curvy […]
People actually died from cancer before Lance beat it “fair and square”?
Sally Jenkins doesn’t just like Lance Armstrong, but (spoiler alert!) loves him, according to her latest gush in the Washington Post. And she’s pretty proud of how she can still love him when the public […]
The softer side of Omertà
Recently, Dutch mag AD Sportwereld took a brutal tack to get to the bottom of who was doping in cycling in the 1990s and early 2000s. They called up all the Dutch pro riders who […]
The Un-Redacted: Other-7
Rick Crawford outed himself the other day. If anyone bothered to read Levi Leipheimer’s affidavit and knew who Crawford was, the admission was unnecessary. In some respects, it’s puzzling that he took so long to step […]
Does EPO Cure Vertigo?
Gianni Bugno is joining up with the Change Cycling Now committee in his role as the president of the Association of Professional Cyclists. Part of his day job is flying helicopters. His thoughts should be […]
In Honor of Paul Kimmage
Paul Kimmage spoke at New York City’s Bicycle Habitat last night. The subject was doping. It was filmed by a documentary crew, other journos were taking notes as well, so when that comes up, I’ll […]
Leipheimer, Tygart, and Why We Don’t Need Amnesty
For all the criticism that has been heaped on Travis Tygart for being tough, the guy has a tremendous soft side. Levi Leipheimer, of all people, brought it out in him. Leipheimer, who seems to […]