Looking back: The good, the bad and the pretty

With the lack of racing this week I’ve had to make do with news of race announcements, race cancellations, team announcements, doping allegations, very creative graphs and of course new electronic gadgets to lust over. So yeah, it was a full week for me. First off we’d been hearing rumbling earlier this week that the [...]

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Looking Back: Tour Down Under and the new business model for cycling sponsorship

As January winds down the first UCI race of the year is almost complete. The Tour Down Under seems to have been tough enough in 2009 for Armstrong to cause him to have a gut check on whether his return to professional racing was a good idea. This year it’s a different story. He’s been [...]

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I’m bored

So I’m waiting for my flight and as usual my mood for dealing with all this travel is at a low. I’ve already started to listen to my “Moody” playlist on my iPod. At least I have a poodle on my 11 hour flight.

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Wasn’t I just here?

I'm the LAX airport on my way back to Europe. This time it's to see the new Dura-Ace group. Out first stop is Germany and then we are supposed to see the Tour. I'll take photos and post them on the ROAD website for your entertainment and education.

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It’s press junket season!

It’s that time of year where companies unveil their ’09 products. I’m in San Jose for the Specialized launch and right now I’m in the back seat of a large sedan that is taking me to my hotel. I’ll blog about the new stuff Specialized is going to dazzle us with. For now though when [...]

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My first post. How exciting!

After several focus groups and committee meetings I’ve decided to name my blog, “Browne Eye.” There are several reasons. One is that it’s an obvious reference to my last name. It was also a nickname my BFF gave me about 15 years ago. Further it references my fondness for scatological humor (Think about it. I [...]

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LAX here I come!

This is my mantra when traveling to a foreign country Today I fly to Milan for another bike show. I haven’t had a trip in a while that has required a passport, so my anxiety about this trip has ratcheted up a couple of notches. By nature I tend to worry. I used to worry [...]

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I’m not an armadillo*

My meter has been on the low side recently I had been a little down in the dumps since returning from Interbike. I think it’s a combination of all the travel and general malaise that comes with the end of the racing season. But the coupe de grâce was Interbike. That place just crushed me [...]

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The buzz at Interbike

The SRAM booth continues to have a lot of traffic due to their road group. Last year it was the buzz because they had just unveiled it. Now that it is avalible people seem to be clamoring for it. We were wondering how far FSA is in making their own group… We picked up pair [...]

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