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Spectacular Jered Gruber Giro d Italia Image
Like I mentioned in a previous post, the Giro d’ Italia people have embraced social media and have been posting fresh content on Twitter, blogs and web site. Just yesterday they unveiled a spectacular photo taken by Jered Gruber – a photojournalist who is based in Europe and like a gypsy, he and his wife have traveled the width and breath of Europe covering races. The rider in the photo is Garmin-Cervelo rider Peter Stetina and is shot in the Dolomites. You’ll notice painted on the pavement is “W 108” – a memorial to Wouter...
read moreI’m sexy and I know it
The internet was created for two reasons and this video is one of the reasons. The Bike Gallery in Jacksonville, North Carolina took the club song, “Sexy and I know it” by LMFAO and created a spoof video. To say that is “just awesome” is not giving the producers full credit. The two minutes and forty seconds of music goodness is jam packed full of elements that make it a hit. First off – tattoos – everyone seems to have them. From the cyclists to the young girls in the convertible Cadillac and you know what – I love...
read moreRadioShack-Nissan-Trek team tweets
Team RadioShack-Nissan-Trek just wrapped up an informal training camp in the Belgian town of Spa. And following tweets from the riders that made the cut onto this new merged team it seems like everything was fantastic. Chris Horner posted that it was good to meet up with the new guys and it’s, “Going to be a great 2012” season. Can’t argue with that. With the cream of both squads combining the RadioShack-Nissan-Trek team could be a dominating force in both the Classics (Fabian Cancellara), the European Grand Tours (Andy Schleck) and as...
read moreGiro d’ Italia and social media – doing it right
The Giro d’ Italia has taken the charge when it has come to social media. Of course there’s a Facebook page and naturally the Italian national tour has an active Twitter feed. To be fair, so does the other major tours. Here in the States our “Grand Tours” have been active on the social media front as well – some successful, others embarrassingly awful. Purely from my perception the Giro social media person has seemed to engage their fans with more frequency (and in English) in comparison to their European counterparts. All...
read moreStirring the Winds of Change
It was with some disappointment that I read Darach McQuiad’s tweet from Friday, October 14th. “Momentarily irked by bloggers. Q – any cycling blogger out there actually, EVER, achieved or created anything in this sport? Risked any €$ ?” For those who don’t know Darach is the brother of UCI president Pat McQuaid. Darach is also a principal at Shadetree Sports – the company that was partly responsible for bringing the Road Cycling World Championships to Virginia in 2015. His company was also behind the now folded Tour of Ireland....
read moreThe week in review via Twitter
Twitter is where I often go to spout off on a number of subjects. Sometimes those 140 character posts are jump off points for other conversations. For those who are not on Twitter or may just pop in occasionally, here are some highlights from the past week. @neilroad: Looking at photos from CN’s report on Tour of Beijing I don’t see any spectators? http://bit.ly/oKSsZq @neilroad: OK…stand corrected. Maybe these images were just added but there are spectators at Beijing finish line http://bit.ly/pio2n7 I got some responses from people...
read moreWorld Championships Day 3 – It’s a family affair
Day three of the world championships was an interesting one. The German with the British name, Tony Martin, crushed the competition in the time trial. At about the halfway point it was obvious, barring a header into a barrier or crazed fan (loved how the Danish police went old-school with the rinse, lather, repeat method of detention on an interloper), the German was rolling over the favorites like a Panzer tank. Defending champion Fabian Cancellara lost second place with his NASCAR inspired “rubbing is racing” turning technique. Like a...
read moreTourChats Weekly – Show #9
Big show this week! Robin Bylenga of Pedal Chic talks about her Interbike experience and the possible changing face of cycling. Also the man who became a YouTube sensation with his cyclocross skills, Joey Mullan talks to us about the crash heard around the world. Finally Alison Starnes honors us with a visit. The fine folks at Handlebar Mustache are throwing in a couple of shirts for prizes. Hint – you should know what we talked about in previous TourChats… Tune in to TourChats, this Sunday, September 25 at 9 PM Carolina time...
read moreTourChats Weekly – Show #8
This week Interbike rolled through Las Vegas and we talk new stuff with guests Lyne Lamoureux, Mike Creed and Adam Myerson. Tune in to TourChats, this Sunday, September 18 at 9PM Carolina time (EDT). If you don’t see the chat box below the video, click “Join Event” to see what everyone is saying about the show! If you’re new to Vokle, click here for a How-To. During the live event you can ask questions via webcam or text. Headset required for video questions. Click “join event” again if it doesn’t bring...
read moreTourChats Weekly – Show #7
There was a technical glitch and Vokle kept recording beyond the hour show, so it is not 4 1/2 hours! We had a surprise guest – Gary Fisher! The Vuelta ended and the surprise winner was JJ Cobo of Geox – how’d he do that? Was the Spanish Tour a bust or a great race? However, the Leopard-Trek/ Radioshack takeover created the biggest buzz of the week. There were several mis-steps by the team owner Flavio Becca – riders didn’t know what was happening, the sponsors unaware, the UCI was surprised and there was to be no...
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