Essays
Articles
The Crash on Kaiser Pass
By Howard Shafer - “Howard, I can’t stop!†Jacquette had screamed, careening past me, her bicycle plunging down the mountain road and then disappearing around a curve. We had already pedaled 77 miles and climbed over 9200 feet. With the climbing behind us, we were...
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Milestones: Eddy Merckx and the Tour de France That Almost Wasn’t
On the evening of Saturday June 28, 1969, a young Belgian cyclist just 24 years of age, dressed in the white and red colors...
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How to Make Cycling Difficult
By Lukas Brinkerhoff -
I’ve just finished the hardest 50 miles of my life. I’m sitting under a big red tent proudly sporting my Red...
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Word Art: Le Tour de France
Le Tour de FranceÂ
Prologue.
The clock ticks.
Visions of heroes.
Le favori porte le numéro cinquante-et-un, comme Merckx en 1969.Â
Speedsters hiding behind a train,
waiting, waiting, waiting.
Sprint!
Post up,...
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Milestones: 100 Years of the Maillot Jaune
2019 marks a number of milestones in the history of the Tour de France. It is the 30th anniversary of Greg LeMond’s 58-second defeat of...
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My Eyes Explode Open
By Lukas Brinkerhoff -
My eyes explode open. There is nothing but darkness and the hum from the fan on the wood burning stove heating...
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Home Court Advantage
By Lukas Brinkerhoff
I have a list of the most annoying sounds in the world. It goes something like this:
Bicycle bells
Babies crying
Whiny...
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