Category: Thoughts

Essays, philosophizing, reflecting, theorizing, wondering, wandering, ruminating, percolating, etc.

Bring the Worlds back to the United States. As soon as possible.

JPPartland
Cobblestone Hill Richmond World Championships

The final kilometers of the men’s and women’s 2020 UCI World Road Championships in Isola, Italy were thrilling. The helicopter shots of Alaphilippe and van der Breggen and the chasers racing full-throttle along the ridge […]

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Self-Driving Uber Killed a Pedestrian. Charges have finally been unveiled.

JPPartland

It finally happened. While it has taken over two years for Maricopa County, Arizona to decide who, if anyone, is responsible for a self-driving car, owned and controlled by Uber, killing a pedestrian walking her […]

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Le Tour de Crash: A Theory on Increased Carnage

JPPartland

The opening stage of the 2020 Tour de France was largely neutralized by the riders after a spate of crashes on the tiny, twisting, rain-slicked roads the route took around Nice. Looking at all the […]

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The Inscrutability of Pro Equipment Choices

JPPartland

The Tour de France is the most important equipment rollout of the year. The importance is due to the stiffness of the competition, the importance of the stakes, and the worldwide attention focused on the […]

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As the Tour Turns, 2020: Ineos Drama in the lead-up

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Thomas leads Bernal 2019 tour

Two former Tour de France champions were taken off their team roster this week. Four-time champ Chris Froome was seen as not good enough to ride for his team. Same goes for 2018 winner Geraint […]

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Radical Brake Design takes Everesting Record and Strade Bianche in One Week!

JPPartland

An earth-shattering rumble was heard in Europe last week, as the Everesting record was shattered by a relative unknown, taken by 23 minutes, and an up-and-coming star stormed to a comfortable solo victory at Strade […]

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Shut the roads down to open up the country

JPPartland

Extreme times call for extreme measures.  If we want to see the country recover from Covid-19, it’s time to close the roads. Not all roads. Some. A few. It sure would make bike riding greater. […]

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Close The Roads to Open The Country

JPPartland

Extreme times call for extreme measures.  If we want to see the country recover from Covid-19, it’s time to close the roads. Not all roads. Some. A few. It sure would make bike riding greater. […]

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The Tour (& Giro & Vuelta & Classics) Must Go On

JPPartland

Racing must continue. In 2020, not 2021. The sooner the better. For everyone’s sake. I’m not just writing that as an addict, as someone who has written a book on the Tour de France, but […]

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Buddha and the Bicycle

JPPartland

part one, Church of the Big Ring can be found  is here. We might not remember that first moment, but it might be the reason we’re riding. It is the moment when all the mechanics […]

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