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Happy, happy, Jay, Jay

on Thu, 02/18/2010 - 12:34

Well, I finally wrote the "big check," and bought the bike of my dreams.  Yeah, I know this blog site is called underheadphones, and yes, I do like spinning.

But truth be told, I spend MANY more hours on a bike than I do spinning records.  And it's my real passion.  (Does that suggest I should rename my blog?  Hmmm...)

And this is "The Bike."  A Specialized S-Works Roubaix SL2.  Long name, but read "This is what the pro teams ride."  Because (for some unknown reason) Specialized doesn't sell this in the SRAM Red groupset I wanted, I built this up from the frameset.

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VeloNews.com - the descent of a website into uselessness

on Thu, 12/10/2009 - 04:03

Four+ years ago, I saw my first copy of VeloNews on the news stand at Belmont Cycleworks. It was full of shiny pictures of the pro peleton, all the high-end bike porn I could consume. I was in love.

I ordered my first subscription to the magazine almost immediately.

I grew to like many things about it. With each new issue, the first thing I do is open the magazine and find the 2-3 double-page photo spreads of pro cycling races from all over the world, from Europe to Australia, North America to Africa.

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Velogogo

on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 13:06

I'm a big fan of Velogogo. Sox, its curator, works as a UX person at Vimeo.

I was looking a little more deeply into him, watching his videos on Vimeo. Ok, I'll admit it: I'm an immature, lame adolescent at heart. I got joy from this short video. I want one.

baa humbug! the anal jelly bean dispenser from Soxiam on Vimeo.

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Thanks, Universal Sports

on Wed, 05/20/2009 - 13:17

The Grand Tours - the Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France, etc. - are the big dogs in cycling, and I'm sure TV rights are hard-fought.  And while the Tour will always get good TV coverage, the Giro nearly didn't get <em>any</em> coverage in the US this year because <a href="http://versus.com">Versus</a> network (who broadcasts most of the cycling we get to see here in the US) didn't agree to the Giro's deal terms.

But in stepped Universal Sports, and at the last minute rescued coverage for us here.

And boy, what a rescue.

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The 2008 TdF was great. Now what?

on Mon, 07/28/2008 - 14:21

The Tour is the most exciting sports event of the year for me. I follow each day's stage with keen interest. It's a wonderful event to be a fan of, because it's such a long-lasting high. In contrast to the Super Bowl (which I do watch and love), the TdF gives you the gratification of competition for three straight weeks.

When the winner is announced (congratulations, Carlos!), it's all exciting and is the ultimate achievement. And all that's great.

But, the day after - today - the "What now?" feeling starts to appear.

I already miss coming in to work, opening my browser to the live coverage

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