Who Will Win Paris Roubaix?

I'm going with Stefan Wesseman (Cycle Collstrop) especially if the weather is wet.

If the cobbles are dry (-ish), then the favorites could shine.
Boonen, Flecha, Hincapie, Cancellara.

Music Fridays: "One" by U2

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

Dalai Lama

Eddie Quad in the Spotty

Deep in The Stacks, you'll find him. He is The Hulk on two wheels.




Hills? He flattens 'em. Wills? He breaks 'em.

Nothing can stand under the pressure of his 56x3. Ed's chains don't snap, they melt. Under contract with CalTrans, EQ serves as an asphalt grinder in exchange for drivetrain components made of depleted uranium and tungsten.

The engineers at Shimano refer to him simply as "MoFo-san: The Destroyer".

If you ride through the East Bay hills, be aware. The trembling you feel isn't the 580 traffic... it's Ed, rollin' up on you. Don't look back, that'll just make him angry.

"ED SMASH!!!"

Music Fridays: "Belief" John Mayer

"Some need the exhibition
And some have to know they tried
It's the chemical weapon
For the war that's raging on inside"

Have a great weekend everyone!

b

Alexi

I met Alexi nearly 11 years ago. We got along really well with shared interests in family, faith and sport. I had just "retired" from being a soingeur on the domestic pro circuit and was beginning work on starting my own pro women's team. Alexi, Sara Ballantyne and a few other extremely supportive people were helping me "conceptualize" the team.

Not everyone likes Alexi. One thing I've always admired about him is how straight forward he is. Alexi will tell you what he's thinking. And, well, that makes some people... uncomfortable.

In the April 1 issue of Velonews and on today's Velonews.com page, Alexi talked about his use of performance enchancing drugs and called for other riders from his era to come forward and admit to their usage of PES.

I'm sure his former colleauges are saying "DAMN AL, SHUT THE F@#$ UP!!!!", but he won't.

Good for Al.

Here's a guy who has stood on the top step of the sports highest Olympic achievement, risking his place in history in an effort to encourage others to come forward so that cycling come honestly come clean. Cajones Majoris!!!

You go AG, I got your back!!

Ronde Round Up

Spent the weekend "supportin' the dudes" out and the Ronde Van Brisbane. It was a race on my "cool to do" schedule, but after feeling like a used GU wrapper for a week, I decided to save my scrilla and play spectator.

Wasn't all sitting around, sippin' wine- although I did a fair share of that too. I actually pimped the Champion Nutrition products and met up with the homies over at ZTeam. Christian, Uthman, Hunter and the rest of ZTeam are all good guys.

Also got to chat with Devon Vigus and Hannah Banks. It's kind of funny meeting someone for the first time that you "kinda" know because we know some of the same people. Went something like this;

Me: "And this must be Hannah?"
Hannah; "Yees. And you must be Brian Mei....ers?"
Me: "Yep, that's me."
Both: "Hey! Nice to meet you"

She said she kind of recognized me from my picture. Instant flash back to the Tour of California Beaver Shot! What is that they say about first impressions???

Anywhoo, Hannah was very cool and mixed it up with the Cat 3 dudes on Sat. She's more brave than I am. Some of those Tois' looked way too Etch-a-Sketcy for me. I like my skin intact. Some knuckle head squizzed her into the barriers and she called it a day. Bigger fish to fry.

Quick shout outs to the VINO GANG that hung out with me at the Ronde. O, Meredith, La, Gaz, KJ and Familia, Audry and Ed- thanks for making the weekend Tres Bon! And Dr. Moose, thanks for giving us someone to cheer for!!!

Ballin' -est shit EVER!!!

I'd so rock this!!