Monthly Archive for July, 2011

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The Heroes Have Landed

The Heroes have landed. Our paths to the Grand Boucle have been varied with one Hero (Heather) stopping off in… →

Heroes Photograph the Plateau de Beille

Missed Connections: TDF Edition

You wearing three Carrefour Polka-Dot hats backward and smoking cigarettes. You have dark eye-shadow and a nose ring. With your… →

Mark Cavendish Wins Stage Fifteen of the 2011 TDF

Stage 15-192.5 km Limoux to Montpellier / It’s been said that one could set their watch to the schedule of… →

Jelle Vanendert Wins Stage Fourteen of the 2011 TDF

Stage 14-168.5 km Saint-Gaudens to Plateau de Beille / No one followed the script today. This was supposed to be… →

Thor Hushovd Wins Stage Thirteen of the 2011 TDF

Stage 13-152.5 km Pau to Lourdes / “MAN ON THE MOON” The most newsworthy events often bring the simplest headlines,… →

Samuel Sanchez Wins Stage Twelve of the 2011 TDF

Stage 12-211 km Cugnaux to Luz Ardiden / When conquistadors pursued the mythic Golden City of El Dorado rumored to… →

Heroes on the Road

What does a Hero read when covering the biggest cycling event of the year in one of the most beautiful… →

Mark Cavendish Wins Stage Eleven of the 2011 TDF

Stage 11-167.5 km Blaye-les-Mines to Lavaur / In two hours two heroes will be at O’Hare to catch a plane… →

Andre Greipel Wins Stage Ten of the 2011 TDF

Stage 10-158 km Aurillac to Carmaux / We were packing our suitcases for France when the Heroes reminded me to… →

Le Ramrod by TSH and paint by Joe Bell

We called Joe Bell to paint a team bike for the Heroes to ride at the Paris-Roubaix Challenge last spring…. →

Assos Early Winter Socks

If you’re like me, and I know I am, you buy your winter cycling clothes in the spring and your… →