Monthly Archives: July 2009

Straight To My Hips

2009/07/30
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Straight To My Hips

Went out for a decent ride yesterday with Ryan and on the way home I needed some food bad.  I had my cell phone with me and made the call…..Bella Roma Pizza and Steakhouse, if you’re from Lakeview you know what i am talking about.   The best recovery...

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Cycling Comics

2009/07/30
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Cycling Comics

Check out http://nyvelocity.com/ and read a few of the ‘As The Toto Turns’ comics.  They are a blast.

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Beats For The Week

2009/07/28
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Beats For The Week

Heard this on the Zane Lowe show and loved the drums.  The band is called The White Rabbits and they are starting to make it big in the UK.  I think they have a Coldplay/Kings of Leon feel… and i dig it. This is the music video for White...

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JCB Facts for the day

2009/07/28
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JCB Facts for the day

Some facts to ponder.  Put together by JCB. In the developing world, people who climb out of poverty change their diet from grains and beans to pork and beef. Since 1950, per capita consumption of meat worldwide more than doubled. In the 70’s, people in the US ate 90...

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Jason Lapierre Race Weekend

2009/07/28
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Jason Lapierre Race Weekend

Spent the last few days putting in some big miles on the bike.  Since I have been back in Calgary I think I have biked more than I managed to all summer out in Halifax…. its been nice.  So with nice new jersey tan lines and a some solid...

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Big bucks in the TDF

2009/07/15
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Big bucks in the TDF

If you have been watching the Tour de France you will have heard some of the commentators talk about prize money.  Whether it’s a sprint point, a KOM (King Of the Mountians) point, or a stage finish there is  always some coin that’s on the line.  How much?  A...

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B&W Cycling Photography

2009/07/08
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B&W Cycling Photography

Its hard to do, if your photographing a road race you have to find the right position, have the right camera, and take the picture at just the right second as they fly by.  If you miss it your pretty much out of luck unless you can get ahead...

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TDF Riders on Twitter

2009/07/07
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TDF Riders on Twitter

Just because I am working (or supposed to be) while all the action is happening in the Tour de France, and I don’t have a TV at home, doesn’t mean that I have to miss all the action.  I did a little search on the ‘interweb’ and found out...

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More NYC pictures

2009/07/04
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More NYC pictures

I took my Diana camera down to New York with me and just got the pictures back.  They are all in black & white (i managed to get all B&W film by mistake), and a few of them turned out really cool.  The Diana camera, for those of you...

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Let the fun begin

2009/07/03
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Tour starts tomorrow and Lance heads off the at 4:17pm Euro time.

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