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Your training partner's name is pain. You start out trying to ignore him. Can't do it.
You attempt to reason with him. No way. You try to strike a bargain. Hah.
You plead. You say "Please stop, please go away. I promise never ever to do
this again if you just leave me alone." But he won't. Pain only climbs off if you do.
Then you're beaten. - Scott Martin

One's first glimpse of freedom, in fact is often snatched from
a bike. By turning the pedals you can move more quickly towards
your most secret dreams.
-Bernard Hinault

Bicycling is the nearest approximation I know to the flight of birds.
The airplane simply carries a man on its back like an obedient Pegasus;
it gives him no wings of his own.
-Louis J. Helle, Jr.

But to say that the race is the metaphor for the life is to miss the point.
The race is everything. It obliterates whatever isn't racing.
Life is the metaphor for the race.
-Donald Antrim


Riding a race bike is an art -
a thing that you do because you feel something inside.
-Valentino Rossi

You can't win without suffering. Whether it's in the mountains
or in a time trial you have to spare no effort. You may feel drained
at the finish, but the joy of winning help you forget everything...
-Bernard Hinault



As long as I breathe, I attack.
-Bernard Hinault


Try not...
Do... or do not.
There is no try. -Jedi Master Yoda



Everyday there's something that reminds me why I love this sport.
-Bernard Hinault


Hard training, easy combat;
easy training, hard combat.
- Marshal Suvorov, famous Russian General



I race to win, not to please people.
-Bernard Hinault


If you don’t have confidence,
you’ll always find a way not to win.
- Carl Lewis

You have to decide whether to put up with the pain
or whether to stop and get off the bike
-Beranrd Hinault

A race doesn't start on Sunday morning or Sunday afternoon:
You have to be aware of it throughout the week in order to be ready.
Eat wisely, sleep, train hard: a life of self control.
-Bernard Hinault

Archive

May, 2008
· My most consistant riding companion (Blog)
· Training - year to date (Blog)
· Countdown to Almanzo (Rides | Races | Events)
· Another cyclist/blogger in my thoughts and prayers (Blog)
· Masi Guy says... (Blog)
· KSTP report on cyclists breaking the law (Blog)
· April '08 Search Strings (Site News)
April, 2008
· Ken Woods Road Race whooped my ass! (Rides | Races | Events)
· A quote for race day (Home)
· Energy Gel (a home made recipe) (Blog)
· can't sleep, clown'll eat me... (Blog)
· Racing (at least thinking about racing) (Rides | Races | Events)
· Best wife ever (Blog)
· Using TrImp to calculate CTL, ATL and TSB (Blog)
· A note from Cole (One Less Car) (Blog)
· Training Update - 4.10.2008 (Blog)
· Almanzo 100 Registration closed (Rides | Races | Events)
· LeMond getting the axe from Trek (Blog)
· Blood Pressure (update #2) (Blog)
· Another Cycling Mapping Site - CyclistNexus.com (Reviews)
· Training with Watts - (Writhing twit Satan.) (Reviews)
· This week... (Blog)
· Life and Debt (Blog)
· How to handle missed training days (Blog)
· Training while sick (Blog)
· Hill Repeats (Blog)
· One Less Car - we need new equipment sale (Blog)
· March '08 Search Strings (Site News)
March, 2008
· Cycling related sweepstakes (Blog)
· Let me tell you (Blog)
· You think Contador is angry? (Blog)
· I have a feeling that it's Monday all week this week (Blog)
· Portable Apps? (Home)
· New mapping site (RoadBikeRides.com) (Reviews)
· How to get a free Trek Madone 5.2 (Blog)
· Almanzo 100 update (Rides | Races | Events)
· So there's still a chance ... (Blog)
· Oxbow Spring Classic 2008 Cancelled (Rides | Races | Events)
· Awesome weekend! Finally. (Rides | Races | Events)
· Changes to the Almanzo (Rides | Races | Events)
· Buy this wool jersey, it's cheap (Blog)
· LTHR Test (Blog)
· So they just take the whole bike rack ... (Blog)
· New Local Fun Ride / Tour de Pepin (Rides | Races | Events)
· Take this awareness test (Blog)
· Rudy Project (Blog)
· Saturday Ride 3/15/2008 (Rides | Races | Events)
· Oxbow Classic 2008 (Rides | Races | Events)
· Errrr ... (Blog)
· Bicycle Race Tactics (Blog)
· Interesting ... (Rides | Races | Events)
· I got nothing for ya today (Blog)
· Feb. Search Strings (Site News)
· Old news, Landis doped (Blog)
· Almanzo 100 (Rides | Races | Events)
· Cranked interviews Yehuda Moon (Blog)
· Boring training stuff (Blog)
· Oxbow preview (Rides | Races | Events)
February, 2008
· Oxbow preview ride (Rides | Races | Events)
· Happy leap day, now get out and ride (Blog)
· A question for you (Site News)
· Expresso machine, I hate you (Blog)
· Your chance at a free Colnago (Blog)
· Lucas Brunelle / Stockholm 2007 (Blog)
· Yehuda Moon (Blog)
· MCF's got a new site. And it looks like the date for the Oxbow Classic has changed. (Blog)
· Sunday Ride (Rides | Races | Events)
· Alleycats (Blog)
· Let Levi... (Blog)
· SportTracks releaase 2.0.2976 (Reviews)
· Ride to race another day (Blog)
· iowagravel.blogspot.com (Blog)
· May end up riding outside this weekend (Rides | Races | Events)
· A common place for gravel bike racing (one site to rule them all) (Blog)
· Uniform, Jersey, Outfit, Shirt (Blog)
· Blood Pressure (update) (Blog)
· I'm just sayin' (Blog)
· A tiny bit more about TrImp (Blog)
· Maybe time to strip and paint the Gunnar (Blog)
· New bikes for the squad (and a short training ride) (Blog)
· It'll be o.k. Astana, Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) wont let Rochester Flyers race either. (Blog)
· Yeah-yeah-yeah, I should post more often. (Blog)
· SportTracks Release 2.0.2957 (Blog)
· I wanted to write a full review of SportTracks 2.0 (Reviews)
· Barium tastes like... burning (Blog)
· Oatmeal Bars - a recipe for an energy bar replacement (Blog)
· Sheldon Brown: 1944 - 2008 (Home)
· Deals... (Home)
· I think I'm done with my whining about the cold (Blog)
· This week the trend (Blog)
January, 2008
· Blood Pressure (Blog)
· Training Update (Blog)
· SportTracks 2.0.2948 released (Blog)
· Open Corsa CX tires for cheap (Blog)
· Spread the word about your cycling event (Blog)
· A couple of small things (Blog)
· Overmax Training (Blog)
· Planning a date with Almanzo (Rides | Races | Events)
· Why Race? (Blog)
· One Less Car - Hoodies available for a limited time (Blog)
· For the love of alleycats (Blog)
· Cipollini turns down offer of spot on Rochester Flyers for Rock Racing (Blog)
· Rochester Flyers not chosen to race in the Tour of California (Blog)
· Training Camp (Rides | Races | Events)
· Anyone else tired of winter yet? (Blog)
· Spinning the platform pedals (Blog)
· Rochester Bicycling & Garmin Edge Workouts (Reviews)
· Sorry (Blog)
· Crosstraining (Blog)
· Almanzo 100 Registration open (Rides | Races | Events)
· Bicycle haiku (Blog)
· Short Ride (Blog)
· RouteSlip.com has been bought by MapMyFitness. (Blog)
· Stuperbowl XI registration open (Rides | Races | Events)
· Cranked Mag is dead! Long live CrankedMag.com! (Blog)
· Happy new year & welcome back (Blog)
December, 2007
· A special message from Rochester Flyers (Home)
· I think this guy is onto something here (Blog)
· Care Package (Blog)
· Happy winter solstice (Blog)
· Tailwind Sports (ex Team Discovery Channel) eBay auction update (Blog)
· '08 Race Calender - Ken Woods Memorial Road Race April 26 / R.O.Y. (Rides | Races | Events)
· Race Report: Oxbow Classic 2006 (Rides | Races | Events)
· Specialized 2D helmet recalled for failing CPSC testing (Blog)
· Heart Rate worksheet (Blog)
· '08 Race Calender - Durand Road Race - April 19 (Rides | Races | Events)
· Setting the '08 race calender - First Race (Rides | Races | Events)
· Stupid candy machine in the lunch lounge wouldn't take my money (Blog)
· Tailwind Sports (ex Team Discovery Channel) is auctioning off team bikes (Blog)
· Salsa is once again asking for our opinion (Blog)
· Not much happening this week (Blog)
· You should be careful of what you say, and what you mean (Blog)
· Buy my shirt! (Blog)
· Another bit of anti-cyclist rhetoric (Blog)
· Work to live, live to ride, ride to work (Blog)
· Send me your race (or ride) info (Rides | Races | Events)
November, 2007
· Classic commentary on why you should only read bike reviews for entertainment (Blog)
· Links Page (Blog)
· Time to get serious about winter training (Blog)
· Gunnar designed One Less Car shirt (Reviews)
· Want to set up a cycle bingo race of your own? (Rides | Races | Events)
· Rochester and Alleycats (Rides | Races | Events)
· I wasn't gonna mention Buy Nothing Day, but... (Blog)
· LLA 284 (Blog)
· Bingo alleycat race preview (Rides | Races | Events)
· Rochester, MN Cranksgiving 11/22/2008 (Rides | Races | Events)
· And so it begins (Blog)
· My view on the famous Norway bicycle lift (Blog)
· Hey Dirt Rag, way to keep attempting to polarize cyclists against themselves (Blog)
· Bicycle Bingo Alleycat 11/24/2007 (Rides | Races | Events)
· Idea (Blog)
· Salsa bikes asking for input on carbon fiber bikes (Blog)
· New bicycle blog directory (Blog)
· Winter torture training has begun (Blog)
· Los Angeles Cranksgiving 11/21/2007 (Rides | Races | Events)
· Welded Track Frames from Jonny Cycles (Reviews)
· Social networking and cycling: Needed? (Blog)
· Cranksgiving Ann Arbor, MI - 11/18/2007 (Rides | Races | Events)
· Cycle Bingo Alleycat Race 11/24/2007 Rochester, MN (Rides | Races | Events)
· COG magazine | A new fixedgear urban 'zine available (Reviews)
· Blogs vs. Mags | BikeCommuters.com (Blog)
· Cool Site (Home)
· Just ride (Blog)
· Bike accidents in Rochester (Blog)
· Cycle Bingo Alleycat Race (Rides | Races | Events)
· Could the upper midwest be the new Pacific northwest for cycling. (Blog)
· Bingo! An alleycat race idea (Blog)
· NYTimes does an article and video on the bicycle economy in Portland (Home)
· A couple of races similar to Trans Iowa: Almanzo 100 (05/17/2008) and Ragnarök 105 (04/12/2008) (Rides | Races | Events)
· To go solo? or join a team? (Blog)
· What's the etiquette for posting ride info and ride/race reports? (Blog)
· This looks like serious fun. Bilenky Cycle Works Urban Cyclo-cross 12/09/2007 (Rides | Races | Events)
· Trans Iowa v.IV registration open (Rides | Races | Events)
October, 2007
· Urban Velo Issue 4 Available (Blog)
· Cool bike related stencil art / not in Rochester (Blog)
· I really don't think cycling is the next big thing (Blog)
· Albany, NY Cranksgiving Alleycat 11/17/2007 (Rides | Races | Events)
· Dumb Driver (Blog)
· Rochester Street Art Series (money extinguishes love) (Blog)
· More Cranksgivings (Rides | Races | Events)
· Des Moines Cranksgiving Alleycat - 11/17/2007 (Rides | Races | Events)
· Homie Fall Fest - Tomorrow 10/20/2007 (Rides | Races | Events)
· Dave Moulton's Excellent Post:
Cyclists: The Redheaded Stepchild
(Blog)
· Instead of keeping your roads safe, you just keep bikes from coming in? (Blog)
· Love the news sources (NOT) (Blog)
· SingleSpeed CycloCross World Championship (SSCXWC 2007) (Rides | Races | Events)
· 10-9 day, Bike Messenger Appreciation Day (Blog)
· Alleycat race ideas (Rides | Races | Events)
· Cycle Messenger World Championship 2008 to be held in Toronto (Rides | Races | Events)
· Blogs to visit - Pinch Flat News (Blog)
· Awesome fixed rider video (Blog)
· I didn't know steel had died (Blog)
· Clif Bar 2 Mile Challenge (Blog)
September, 2007
· Sometimes you have to unclip, dismount and lean the bike up against the wall. Punch Pizza Review (Reviews)
· How to be at Interbike without being at interbike (Blog)
· Who really pays for these roads? (Blog)
· Interbike (Blog)
· Profile Racing to make track hubs (Reviews)
· Blogs to visit - gwadzilla (Blog)
· Cyclistats first impressions (Reviews)
· Here's the link for the spokecard exchange (Blog)
· Urban Velo Issue#3 Available (Blog)
· Oxbow Dawn Patrol 9/8/2007 (Rides | Races | Events)
· Labor Day Fixedgear Ride Route (Rides | Races | Events)
August, 2007
· Labor Day Ride (Rides | Races | Events)
· RASC Time Trial-Short course | 8/14/2007 (Rides | Races | Events)
· Anyone up to doing a 50 mile dawn patrol tomorrow 8/11/2007 (Rides | Races | Events)
· Race Report - RASC Intermediate Time Trial 8/7/2007 (Rides | Races | Events)
· Gettin' ready for sum hurtin'. | RASC Time Trials (Rides | Races | Events)
July, 2007
· Spokecards (Reviews)
· Rochester Street Art Series (Flower) (Blog)
· Labor Day (Rides | Races | Events)
· Ride Report - Celebrate Independance (from freewheels) 07.04.2007 (Rides | Races | Events)
· New Mail-list (Site News)
· Video - London Messengers (Blog)
· Downtown Bike Rack (Blog)
· Video - This week the trend. (Blog)
· Celebrate Independence (from freewheels) ride (Rides | Races | Events)
June, 2007
· Morning Skatepark Session Tomorrow (Blog)
· Race Report - Create Your Own Checkpoint Race 6.23.2007 (Rides | Races | Events)
· Rochester Street Art Series (Forgive) (Blog)
· Fixedgear Video (Blog)
· Create your own checkpoint race. (Rides | Races | Events)
· Possible Changes to the Rochester Flyers Site (Site News)
· Rochester Street Art Series (Farewell) (Blog)
· All service cancelled (Home)
· Rochester Street Art Series (Supervision) (Blog)
May, 2007
· Rochester Street Art Series (Hope) (Blog)
· Instant Karma - Save Darfur (Blog)
· Memorial Day (Blog)
· 2007 MS Ride (Rides | Races | Events)
· May 15 Gas Out (Blog)
· Commuter Choice Week (used to be B.B.O.P.) (Blog)
· KAAL Channel 6 Austin/Rochester Friday Finds Feature! (Blog)
April, 2007
· Join Rochester Flyers for a ride at the Allianz MS Bike Tour (Rides | Races | Events)
· B.P.A.C. report (Blog)
· Cycling for work, sport, commute or fun (Blog)
· Special Delivery today (Blog)
· Rochester Flyers is insured and bonded (Home)
· I feel duped... (Blog)
· I'm a networking machine (Blog)
· Oxbow Classic is this Saturday (Rides | Races | Events)
· Ready for flight (Home)
· Rochester Flyers Officially Open (Blog)
· The contact form has been fixed. (Site News)
· The Contact Form Hasn't been Giving us our Messages (Site News)
March, 2007
· In the paper again (Blog)
· Check out the weekend Post-Bulletin (Blog)
· Oxbow Spring Classic (Rides | Races | Events)
· Updated contract rates (Site News)
· Rochester Street Art Series (Blog)
· Rates are now online (Site News)
· As we get closer to the start date... (Blog)
· Countdown - 27 days (Blog)
February, 2007
· Countdown - 32 days (Blog)
· Tentative Ride/Race Schedule (Rides | Races | Events)
· Moving Forward (Blog)
· MS Bike Tour: Allianz Life 60/30 (Rides | Races | Events)
· Making a Difference (Blog)
· Still a couple of mods to add (Site News)
· First Donation Checks Sent (Blog)
· Even designers use templates (Site News)
· Wireless Alerts (Blog)
· Rochester Flyers Not Yet Live (Blog)
January, 2007
· Charities We Support (Blog)
· Color Palette (Site News)
· Site Launch (Site News)


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