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Two more riders get Papp-smeared

At least, that’s the most reasonable assumption, since neither rider tested positive for any performance enhancing drugs, and were banned based on other evidence … and it is pretty well known that Joe Papp provided USADA with a list of his customers during his own doping investigation.

In the first announcement of the day:

Neal [...]

Team RadioShack called before UCI Disciplinary Commission

The International Cycling Union (UCI) wishes to announce that disciplinary proceedings will be opened against Team RadioShack, for breaching the regulations governing riders’ clothing.

The UCI regrets that an initiative for a cause as worthy as the fight against cancer was not coordinated beforehand with the Commissaires and organisers of the event. This could have [...]

An open letter to Cycling.TV

A couple of days ago I wrote a post regarding Cycling.TV’s poor (in my opinion) customer service. Harold Dalton took the time to respond to my post in the comments.

I sent Harold the following email AND followed the instructions he suggested in his comments, but thus far, have not received a response to [...]

Writer’s Block

I really have to find some things to write about, because this blog is getting stale … and I certainly can’t only post poetry on Fridays.

A quick summary of Facebook status updates which give an idea of some of the things running through my head right now.

Thinking about starting a 365 day [...]

Bitchslap!

Much has been written over the past couple of days about the relationship between Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador, as evidenced in this excellent summary from the BBC:

BBC SPORT | Other sport… | Cycling | Armstrong hits back at Contador

Lance Armstrong says his Astana team-mate Alberto Contador has “lots to learn” after the [...]

Twitter FAIL! #openreplies

Apparently the good folks at Twitter don’t think we’re smart enough to make our own decision as to whether or not we want to see @replies from the people we follow that are directed towards people we don’t follow.

Twitter Blog: Small Settings Update

We’ve updated the Notices section of Settings to better [...]

Social cyclists

Josh Kadis, over at Kadisco, has two recent posts on how social media outlets like Twitter are affecting the connection between the professional cyclist and the everyday fan. For those who don’t know Josh, he is a marketing and sponsorship consultant, who has worked with clients like SRAM, and with teams like Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada.

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The Costs of Texting

What Carriers Aren’t Eager to Tell You About Texting – NYTimes.com

TEXT messaging is a wonderful business to be in: about 2.5 trillion messages will have been sent from cellphones worldwide this year. The public assumes that the wireless carriers’ costs are far higher than they actually are, and profit margins are concealed by a [...]

Armstrong transparent?

Remember when Lance Armstrong announced his comeback, back in September, and indicated that Don Catlin would be doing a lot of testing and posting results and how visible everything was going to be?

Well, today I came across this article on Bikeradar.com; from the same people that bring us Cyclingews.com and ProCycling magazine:

Armstrong’s [...]

God & Politics: redux

A repost from March, prompted by various Twitter and other assertions that the United States was founded on “Christian principles” … nothing could be further from the truth.

The only part of became the United States that was founded on “Christian” principles was the original Plymouth colony in Massachusetts, by the Puritans who were escaping [...]