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It’s all about the bike

Richard Irvine — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:42:39 +0000

@lancearmstrong‘s LiveStrong charity is auctioning his 2009 bikes, with artwork by the likes of Damien Hurst.

Get the whole cataloge from the Sotheby’s site (PDF, 7MB). My fav is the 1274 California TT bike, the one that was nicked and returned.

Riding with the Blue Train

Richard Irvine — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:10:59 +0000

Red Kite Prayer has part one of two guys’ story of training with the US Postal Service team in 2002 – this was @lancearmstrong’s ‘Blue Train‘ team at the start of his seven tour titles.

No matter how long the ride was, there he was—at the front, leading his team. Headwind, tailwind, uphill and down, Lance set the pace and rode like a motorcycle. He lead some of the smoothest, fastest five hour rides of my life.

The hotel and surrounding resort community sit atop a steep, mile-long climb. This simple “driveway” served to bring already broken men (Bill and me) to a state of groveling at the end of each day’s training ride.

Links on Friday – Cycling

Richard Irvine — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:40:57 +0000

Lance Armstrong is the big story in this year’s tour – here he is battling it out on the Mount Ventoux moonscape with Matrco Pantini, before letting him cross the line first, giving Jan Ullrich ‘the look‘, and getting all narky at Paul Kimmage (while not *actually* answering the question)

Tour newbies would do well to track down Hell On Wheels, it’s a great intro to just what the hell is going on. Then watch Breaking Away, the Footloose of Cycling films

If your collar bone is still unbroken after the London Alley Cat race, don’t push your luck on the track

Cycled to work a few times? Think you could have a go? Read an amateurs’ experience on the Alpe D’Huez, and ex-pro Kimmage taking on the incline. And here’s Duncan Deadball’s live report from France. sportreview = jealous

Get out on the highway

Richard Irvine — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:09:54 +0000

@lancearmstrong does twitter while riding.

Twitpic link.

Lance Armstrong new bike pics

Richard Irvine — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:48:47 +0000

@lancearmstrong twittered his new bike:

More here, here and here.

A new Lance Armstrong bike release is usually accompanied by the kind of fanfare and careful media management a David Beckham fart attracts in the UK. But LA has simply taken a few snaps with his Blackberry and uploaded them into cyberspace himself. Having him on Twitter is awesome, his media handlers must be having kittens.