Cyclists and Motorists June 6, 2008
Posted by Lorne in Alberta, Bicycling, Cycling.Tags: Alberta, Cycling, Motorists
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Earlier this week a horrible crash occurred in Mexico during a sanctioned race and this along with a few encounters over the past couple of weeks on my training rides got me to thinking about the co-existence of riders and drivers. (more…)
Weekend at the Races 2008 Part III June 4, 2008
Posted by Lorne in Alberta, Bicycle Race, Bicycling, Cycling, Road Racing, Roadies.Tags: ABA., Bicycle Race, bicycle racing
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This past weekend was a new stage race combining the new Red Deer Criterium Maximum and the Pigeon Lake Road Race. A great weekend of racing for myself. (more…)
Weekend at the Races 2008 Part II May 7, 2008
Posted by Lorne in Bicycle Race, Bicycling, Road Racing, Roadies.Tags: Alberta, Bicycle Race, Cycling
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This past weekend was the Velocity Stage Race held out at Josephburg and in Edmonton involving three events, a time trial, criterium and road race. This is the third year I’ve participated in the race and I was looking forward to seeing friends in the peleton.
Weekend at the Races 2008 Part I April 30, 2008
Posted by Lorne in Alberta, Bicycle Race, Bicycling, Cycling, Road Racing, Roadies.Tags: Alberta, Bicycle Race, Cycling, Road Racing, Roadies, Time Trial
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Fixing Pro Cycling February 26, 2008
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Joe Lindsey has an interesting blog entry about how to fix pro cycling. Given the events of the past couple of weeks, with ASO extentially booting Astana from all it’s events and now UCI calling for a boycott of the Paris-Nice, it’s becoming time for something to be done. I’ve only been interested in pro cycling for a couple of years but this is getting to be too much.
I like his analogy of the NHL, where too much expansion too fast has decreased the quality of play. I’ve never been able to figure out why the NHL wants teams in places that normally don’t see a piece of ice bigger than a cube that fits in a glass 
At any rate it’s nice to read about ideas that can help fix the current situation. One hopes the powers that be in pro cycling start to take notice.
