They all are brothers and sisters under the same broken clavicle, that’s what pro cyclists are. As they say, there are two types of cyclists. Those who have broken their collarbones and those who are going to break their collarbones. Almost makes sense, if you are a beginning pro cyclist, to treat your shoulder like a brand new car. Might as well take that baby out for a spin and put a dent in it and get it over with…. Details
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Charles Brigham was 28 when he straddled his bike to embark on an ecological tour of the world but could be 33 by the time he returns home to Madison, in Wisconsin.
“I love bikes and wanted to travel,” he told AFP during a Paris stopover. “I don’t think it’s natural to fly in a plane or even travel by car. People weren’t meant to travel so quickly.”
So Brigham, who studied electrical and computer engineering but hates technology and wound up working in a bike shop, set off in September 2007 with a good bike, 3,000 dollars, a pair of trousers and 30 kilos (66 pounds) of camping, cooking and first aid gear.
“I packed a bunch of stuff, threw a party and rode out of town.”…Â Details
Lance Armstrong is back on the bike.
Three days after surgery to fix his broken right collarbone, Armstrong posted a photo of himself training on his Twitter feed Saturday afternoon.
“Got on the spin bike for half an hour today,†the seven-time Tour de France champion wrote.
The 37-year-old American cyclist was expected to resume training…Â Details
Twenty-four hours after winning the world title in the individual pursuit, Taylor Phinney (Boulder, Colo.) added a second medal to the United States’ tally Friday, taking home a silver in the kilometer time trial at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Phinney clocked a time of 1 minute, 1.611 seconds to lower his own national record of 1:01.641 and place second behind Germany’s Stefan Nimke (1:00.666).
Phinney’s remarkable accomplishment happened despite a slow start in the four-lap race. Of the 28 competitors, Phinney rode the fourth-slowest opening split at 19.611 seconds, nearly a full second slower than the gold medalist. But after getting up to … Details