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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Lucas Euser interview: What @neilroad followers wanted to know

Lucas Euser did not have an easy 2009 racing season. He came off a strong 2008 season and was aiming to ride the Vuelta in 2009. However, he was struck by a car in May 2009  resulting in broken ribs, fingers and a shattered patella, effectively ruining his season. Released from Garmin-Transitions for the 2010 [...]

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Tim Johnson takes National Championships (press release)

Team Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com Newsletter. Bend, Oregon was the backdrop for the biggest weekend of racing action on the American cyclocross calendar. Tim Johnson, Jeremy Powers and Jamey Driscoll headed to the United States National Championships as strong title favorites, and the team did not disappoint. Johnson, Powers and Driscoll were among the day’s main protagonists from [...]

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Podcasting with Tim Johnson

Without a doubt Tim Johnson of the Cannondale/Cyclocross World team is one of the good guys in the bike racing world. This guy is a true pro and his C’dale teammates have been killing it all season long. The highlight is undoubtedly his National Championship win in Bend, Oregon. Tim took time out after his [...]

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Opening up the mailbag

It has been awhile since I blogged. I have various excuses. Most notable excuse was the Amgen Tour of California. Once we returned from that it was time to spew forth that issue. We finished the other day and it is 140 plus pages devoted to just the race. So to ease myself back into [...]

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Tim’s Johnson

I’m at a sponsor’s photoshoot for a compression tight called 2XU. Johnson always the joker, stuck a sock down his tights. That’s what I love about the bike industry. It’s filled with jokers.

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Never let Tim Johnson borrow your car

I was about to post about my recent trip to the Shimano factory in Malaysia when suddenly my cell phone kicked to life. It was recent cyclocross national champion Tim Johnson. He was sitting in the Boston airport on his way to Belgium to contest a few World Cups. I conducted my interview discussing such [...]

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I’m in Seattle again so it must be Starcrossed

When I come to Starcrossed I always eat at Dick’s So with minimal preparation I am winging my way to Seattle to participate and report on the Starcrossed cyclocross event. Basically Starcrossed is an outdoor party which just happened to have a ‘cross race break out. I did a quick loop of the infamous Fullerton [...]

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Why pros should ride with me

Tim Johnson absorbing maximum Neil mojo As I looked back at the past season and reflected I couldn’t help but notice that the pros who rode with me had a successful season. Early last year I rode with Tony Cruz a few times. Last season he rode strongly and notched up an overall win at [...]

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Cyclocrossing in Idaho

I’ve been coast to coast participating in some really amazing cyclocross events. Starcrossed in Seattle is an epic race that reinvigorates your cyclocross soul. The Crankbrothers series is important in the quest for valuable UCI points. But without regional events we would not have discovered the Tim Johnson, Barry Wicks, or Ryan Trebons of cyclocross. [...]

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