A great unknown awaits the young men, bound by a common entity of steel, flesh and passion rolled together. Do they contemplate the future, or are they so encapsulated in the here and now that anything beyond the finish line seems like it could only be for old people? Have they any inkling which path they will take, or be guided towards? Maybe the only thing on their mind is just how badass their eyewear is.
What ambition burns within, do they believe they will be, or even seek to be, a cycling superstar; which of them knows it? Maybe ambition isn’t considered, not part of the equation. The simple act of pedalling a bicycle may remain one of joy, of freedom, or become a mistress so harsh that she is eventually despised, and thrown aside, banished to but a bitter memory of a time better forgotten. Who will be remembered, and who will even want to remember?
When a pastime becomes a job a certain element, that of detachment, is lost forever. Making your passion your profession is fraught with risk, and the balance of work/play becomes ever more critical to cultivating satisfaction within, lest you be eternally damned to harming the very thing once loved more than anything else. Keeping things Casually Deliberate is a failsafe, a safety net below the trapeze on which the real world swings precariously.
Stay passionate. Rock cool shit and ride your bike like it’s your lover. Everything will be alright.
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@kixsand
Sweet indeed. Most likely Serotta's with a durty Huffy rebrand. Hincapie's bike has the Serotta badge on the headtube.
And that might be Ed Burke, USCF director, aka Dr Phil. He is trying to get Lance to be a team player.
Fuckin' spot on, Bevin.
@Joe C.
Fuck yeah he's running road grippies. I had a set myself, they sucked donkeyballs but were one step closer to having brifters, apart from risking a catastrophic loss of control anytime you twisted the bars in the wet in order to shift.
@Harminator
You just won the internet.
@Gianni
I was appalled when I found out 7-11 were riding Huffys. Only later did I find out they were not actually made of pot metal but were custom machines.
@Nate
Serrotta//branded Huffy
Sorry, but I have to share this.
Stay passionate. Rock cool shit and ride your bike like it's your lover. Everything will be alright
As soon as they remove those abominations covering their eyes and remove the skateboard lids!
Apropos of fuck nothing here is a rant:
Just had such a FUCKTASTIC discussion with a West Point Triathlon Team member. Glad I outranked her b/c it was getting to the point where I just told her to shut the fuck up! (well, not really, but felt like it). She was saying how Tri is the hardest sport in the world and so much tougher than "Just" road racing" bikes b/c you have to do all three sports the same day. I mentioned that I disagreed with her and gave my reasons, including comparing everything from High Altitude Climbing and Running 100 mile Ultras to racing 5 k's and competing in open black belt tournaments in Korea. I told her, Hands FUCKIN Down, that road racing put me deepest into the pain cave of anything that I had ever done for pure aerobic going into anaerobic debt.
Oh yes, she also mentioned that she knew all about road racing as she raced "draft legal" Tri's. I told her that she just lost all cycling respect with me as the only thing that is tough about the cycling event in tri's is that they are all ITT's. AND, not only all of the above, she has never raced further than an Oly Tri for FUCK's sake! Even I have done a Half IM. OH MY FUCKING GOD! Wanted to kill HER!!!! Oh well, instead, I get to shoot laser beams into her eyeballs in two weeks. Perhaps I'll forget the anaesthetic before I start???
And Ron, she rolled her eyes at me when I was telling her how much fuckin harder racing a 100 mile road race was than any fuckin Oly draft legal race. I could tell she was just thinking, "Whatever old Dude".
FUCK'IN spiked me up for the day!
Oh well, carry on.
@Buck Rogers
Easy now big man, easy. Go for a nice bike ride and get calm. Avoid coffee and other stimulants too. Can't let a tri person get to you. I'm assuming you didn't get into a discussion of clothing and style? You'd have won that round easy. I mean, who wears arm warmers with a sleeveless top FFS? Who nestles into their tribars when they're doing 13 mph? Tri-athletes do.