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…