http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:41:38 -0700 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:16:32 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m6d12-Eddy-Merckx-is-the-greatest-Tour-rider-ever?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner Eddy Merckx At first, it looked like Eddy Merckx was the best Tour rider ever.  Using different ranking criteria, Lance Armstrong deserves that title.  By at least one rigorous statistical measurement, former golden boy Greg LeMond could b... bicycling biking cycling riding Tour de France bike racing Lance Armstrong Beginning cyclist training Tyler Hamilton Raul Alcala Andy Hampsten Tom Boonen Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:16:32 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m6d12-Eddy-Merckx-is-the-greatest-Tour-rider-ever?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m6d9-Who-is-the-best-Tour-rider-of-all-time-Part-3?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner Best Tour rider of all time? In the last post we learned that by some measures Lance Armstrong is the best Tour rider of all time.  In an earlier post it looked very much like Eddt Merckx deserves that appelation. Even though it's not realistic... bicycling biking cycling riding Tour de France bike racing Lance Armstrong Beginning cyclist training Tyler Hamilton Raul Alcala Andy Hampsten Tom Boonen Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:32:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m6d9-Who-is-the-best-Tour-rider-of-all-time-Part-3?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m6d4-Who-is-the-best-Tour-rider-of-all-time-Part-2?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner Best Tour rider of all time? In a previous article, we showed that Eddy Merckx can still be considered the greatest Tour rider of all time.  By one fairly rational methodology, we came up with a top 10 that looks like this: 1. Merckx 2. Armstro... bicycling biking cycling riding Tour de France bike racing Lance Armstrong Beginning cyclist training Tyler Hamilton Raul Alcala Andy Hampsten Tom Boonen Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:25:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m6d4-Who-is-the-best-Tour-rider-of-all-time-Part-2?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m5d31-Who-is-the-best-Tour-rider-of-all-time?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner Best Tour rider ever? The question has swirled in the past, but it has never been debated quite as vociferously by cycling partisans as it is during Grand Tour season: just who is the best Tour de France racer of all time? Eddy Merckx is widely reg... bicycling biking cycling riding Tour de France bike racing Lance Armstrong Beginning cyclist training Tyler Hamilton Raul Alcala Andy Hampsten Tom Boonen Sun, 31 May 2009 22:37:00 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m5d31-Who-is-the-best-Tour-rider-of-all-time?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m5d19-Product-review--Schwalbe-Ultremo-700x23-bicycle-tires?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner Velonews has a crack technical team and I was highly impressed by the product review they produced last year on Schwalbe’s supposedly flat-proof yet light-weight tire, the Ultremo R. My tire of choice for the last 2 years has been the Bontrager... bicycling biking cycling riding bike racing Beginning cyclist training Tue, 19 May 2009 16:52:31 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m5d19-Product-review--Schwalbe-Ultremo-700x23-bicycle-tires?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m5d15-Is-Tom-Boonen-the-next-Frank-Vandenbroucke?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner Tom Boonen The headlines blared “Boonen barred from Tour after testing positive for cocaine”. That headline of course, was from June 11, 2008. Headlines from two days ago seemed like a rerun: “Tour bans Tom Boonen after positive... bicycling biking cycling riding Tour de France bike racing training Tom Boonen Fri, 15 May 2009 14:35:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m5d15-Is-Tom-Boonen-the-next-Frank-Vandenbroucke?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m5d11-Rub-out-cycling-aches-and-pains-with-a-sports-massage?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner   All serious bicycle racing fans know that our racing heroes are treated to regular massages, especially during hard stage races like the Giro d’Italia which is going full-tilt right now. The teams’ soigneurs are charged with not ... bicycling biking cycling riding Tour de France bike racing Lance Armstrong Beginning cyclist training Giro Mon, 11 May 2009 08:35:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m5d11-Rub-out-cycling-aches-and-pains-with-a-sports-massage?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m5d7-Americans-at-the-Giro-dItalia?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner Courtesy Hampsten Cycles With rare exceptions the Giro d’Italia has not been kind to Americans. In fairness, Americans have given pretty short shrift to the second most important Grand Tour, so maybe the relative lack of results have been wel... bicycling biking cycling riding Tour de France bike racing Lance Armstrong Beginning cyclist training Raul Alcala Giro Andy Hampsten Thu, 07 May 2009 07:25:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m5d7-Americans-at-the-Giro-dItalia?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m5d3-The-spirit-of-Cinco-de-Mayo--when-a-cyclist-from-Mexico-beat-all-the-cyclists-of-France?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner Photo courtesy: Jack Claassen Quick Quiz. The holiday known as Cinco de Mayo celebrates: a) Mexican independence; b) the invention of Mayonnaise; c) the routing of the French army in 1862; or d) the invention of the Margarita. Tequila fans will pr... bicycling biking cycling riding Tour de France bike racing Lance Armstrong training Tyler Hamilton Raul Alcala Sun, 03 May 2009 16:16:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m5d3-The-spirit-of-Cinco-de-Mayo--when-a-cyclist-from-Mexico-beat-all-the-cyclists-of-France?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m4d30-Could-a-bicyclist-win-the-Kentucky-Derby?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner Horse photo by Adam Coglianese The media is all swine-flu all the time, but you came here to read about cycling so every word of this post will be strictly bicycling related. Oh sure, I could write about the troubles riders will face trying to get ... bicycling biking cycling riding bike racing training Kentucky Derby Taylor Phinney Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:15:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m4d30-Could-a-bicyclist-win-the-Kentucky-Derby?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m4d26-Bicyclists-you-should-have-been-there?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner Speaker of the House Terrance Carroll Bicycle Colorado’s Bike Gala Friday night at the Colorado Mountain Museum was the place to be for bicyclists who care about the rights of all riders in Colorado. If you weren’t there you should have... bicycling biking cycling riding Tour de France bike racing Lance Armstrong Beginning cyclist training Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:55:49 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m4d26-Bicyclists-you-should-have-been-there?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m4d24-Bicycle-with-a-group-this-weekend?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner  Weather prospects for the weekend have dimmed somewhat, but the poor Spring-to-date weather has left most of us in a training deficit. Riding with a group is a great way to build up the miles, maybe see some new roads and possibly make some n... bicycling biking cycling riding bike racing Cabin Fever Beginning cyclist training Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:21:48 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m4d24-Bicycle-with-a-group-this-weekend?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m4d22-Bicycling-on-Earth-Day?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner Earth Day 2009 Earth Day 2009 is almost over. I hope you were able to get on your bike today and I hope it was so you could ride to work and back. Today was not the official Bike to Work Day, but is sure was a good excuse to do so. On my peripate... bicycling biking cycling riding Cabin Fever Beginning cyclist training Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:59:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m4d22-Bicycling-on-Earth-Day?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m4d19-Rock-Racing-loses-Hamilton-and-Creed?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner Rock & Republic jeansTyler Hamilton’s announcement last Friday that he was retiring from bike racing as a result of a positive doping test was incredibly sad. Michael Creed’s acknowledgement shortly thereafter that he was fired by Roc... bicycling biking cycling riding Tour de France bike racing Lance Armstrong training Tyler Hamilton Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:40:12 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m4d19-Rock-Racing-loses-Hamilton-and-Creed?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m4d16-The-ultimate-bicycle-training-program?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner   Now that you’ve decided to become a serious cyclist, you have to start thinking gravely about putting your body through unbearable agony and unforgiveable indignity in the name of fitness. The best way to truly damage yourself on the w... bicycling biking cycling riding bike racing Cabin Fever Beginning cyclist training Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:15:23 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m4d16-The-ultimate-bicycle-training-program?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m4d13-Beginning-cyclist-tutorial-part-II--pedals?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner   Now that you’ve procured a decent road bike, it’s time to look at pedals and shoes. Quality bicycles don’t usually come with pedals these days, so you normally have to make a decision when you buy your bike. If you just bo... bicycling biking cycling riding bike racing Cabin Fever Beginning cyclist Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:44:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m4d13-Beginning-cyclist-tutorial-part-II--pedals?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m4d11-Bicycle-Colorado-Gala-coming-soon?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner Socializing at the Gala Bicycle Colorado, the state-wide pro-bicycling advocacy group, is throwing its annual party in less than two weeks. On Friday, April 24, many of the area’s most committed cycling activists will gather at the American M... bicycling biking cycling riding bike racing Cabin Fever Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:20:16 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m4d11-Bicycle-Colorado-Gala-coming-soon?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m4d9-Lance-and-the-French--les-amis-ne-sont-pas-amicaux?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner Photo: AP Here we go again. The French are picking on Lance Armstrong and he’s responding in his predictable manner – by taking verbal swings at France and the French anti-doping testers in a released statement: “…the first... bicycling biking cycling riding Tour de France bike racing Lance Armstrong Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:26:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m4d9-Lance-and-the-French--les-amis-ne-sont-pas-amicaux?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m4d7-Weather-resources-for-cyclists?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner Wunderground map In the old days you had to be your own weatherman. If you were thinking about a bike ride, your best resources for trying to figure out how to dress were the daily newspaper and an unobstructed view to the west. When the Weather C... bicycling biking cycling riding Cabin Fever Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:08:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m4d7-Weather-resources-for-cyclists?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m4d4-Equipment-checklist-for-cyclists?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner   As part of the wide-ranging stimulus effort to get our great country back on the right economic track, it's your duty as a cyclist to go out and buy some stuff. If you’re trying to figure out which pieces of cycling equipment you should... Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:57:31 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-532-Denver-Cycling-Examiner~y2009m4d4-Equipment-checklist-for-cyclists?cid=exrss-Denver-Cycling-Examiner