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So today was the Providence Bridge Pedal, also known as the Portland Bridge Pedal. For those not familiar, it’s essentially a biking tour of every Portland bridge over the Willamette River. Per the website, it’s the second-largest organized recreational ride in the country (second to what, I wonder? Maybe Bike the Drive?). [...]

As expected, Floyd Landis continues to protest his innocence. No definitive word yet on his B sample, but further information has become available on his A sample, and it doesn’t look good.
In light of this, it’s hard to believe his B sample could possibly exonerate him, and it will probably just be a matter [...]

On most Sunday mornings I do this ride from my house, to downtown, south to the Sellwood bridge and across, picking up the Springwater Corridor trail going north and then the riverside path up to the Steel Bridge, back across to the west riverside path, back down to the fountain at Taylor and then back [...]

Initial reports confirm that Floyd Landis was probably doped during his Stage 17 performance in the Tour de France.
And just like that, enthusiam evaporates and condenses into cynicism and bitterness. Even in the (apparently unlikely) event that Landis is exonerated, it’s too late – it’ll never be the same.
Side note – I posted about [...]

I expect there’s not many of my readers who follow the Tour de France at all (well, except maybe Judy) but looks like we’ve got a new American cycling hero in Floyd Landis. His triumphant ride into Paris for the overall win today is only the end of the story – the [...]

Early this morning, someone stole my bike from where it was locked up in front of my building. Goodbye, poor bike.
I just hope the jackass who went through the trouble to cut the cable got a nice surprise when he realized that it was completley unusuable. The cable he ruined by [...]

i’m done with this city.
tonight, i’m out on my bike, not two blocks from my house, trying to get some air and exercise and clear my head a bit. and what happens? some random bitch runs a stop sign, totals my bike and fucks up my leg. i tell her to stay [...]