Monthly Archive for November, 2011

Inside Ride – bicycle training on rollers

Last winter I added the Inside Ride emotion rollers to my arsenal of cycling paraphernalia. In April I commented that I was loving my training, and impressed by the improvement in my fitness. During the ensuing six months I stopped riding the rollers and spent my time outside riding on the road.

As the daylight hours disappear I’ve moved my bike back into the basement and onto the rollers. And wow… I really should have kept up with the roller training during the summer. Riding on rollers is tough, and I am able to do specific training drills to improve different aspects of my cycling. This winter I’m going to really focus my training and tackle the O Cup race series… and the classic climbs of the Pyrenees!

Hoogerland vs. A Horse

Johnny Hoogerland – the man made famous during the 2011 Tour De France for being hit by a TV car and thrown into a barbed wire fence:

Takes on a horse. In a race.

Vive Le Tour!

Check this out!

A short documentary by Louis Malle about the 1962 Tour-de-France. Topics covered include: crowds of people and motorcycles, drinking raids and feeding, pileups, doping, “the charge,” and the mountain stages.