My thoughts and prayers go out to the entire Bryner family, but especially to Cat 1 bad-ass Norm Bryner, whose father was killed this morning.
SALT LAKE CITY — A 47-year-old Salt Lake City man died early Friday, after being hit by a semitrailer truck while riding his bicycle.
Norman Bryner, 47, was riding [...]
Another rider meets a very sad end way too early … l’enfant terrible though he may have been, there is no doubt that VDB was one of the most natural talents of recent years, and that if he had been able to conquer his demons, his career would have been a long and storied [...]
Fignon facing cancer fight – VeloNews
Two-time Tour de France champion Laurent Fignon has confirmed that he has been diagnosed with advanced intestinal cancer.
“My cancer is an advanced cancer because it has metastasized,” the 48-year-old Fignon said in an interview to be broadcast on French television on Sunday. “We know for certain it’s [...]
… but this sucks even more than the usual bike theft. Stolen from KSL:
Company offers reward for return of items stolen from cyclist’s home
The company who made the Marvel statues stolen from cyclist Dave Zabriskie’s home last week is now offering a reward for their return.
Sideshow Collectibles is offering a $10,000 [...]
VeloNews | Rider found dead in Qatar hotel
Belgian cyclist, Frederiek Nolf, competing in the Tour of Qatar, was found dead in his hotel room Thursday morning prior to the start of the race’s fifth stage, race official Eddy Merckx announced.
Nolf, a member of Topsport Vlaanderen, was found dead by teammate Kristof Goddaert [...]
Copyright © 1999, by Kent Peterson. Republished without permission, but it’s too good a story not to share.
It’s been years now, but I’ll never forget that Christmas…
The days had grown short, the snow had begun to fall and my friends and I were all gathered around old man Petersen’s bike shop in [...]
ELECTION YEAR
A jet of mere phantom Is a brook, as the land around Turns rocky and hollow. Those airplane sounds Are the drowning of bicyclists. Leaping, a bridesmaid leaps. You asked for my autobiography. Imagine the greeny clicking sound Of hummingbirds in a dry wood, And there you’d have it. Other birds Pour [...]