US Senator Bernie Sanders 5.5 hours in to his filibuster against continuation of Bush’s Tax Cut for people making $200k or more.
Major RESPECT & THANKS to Senator Sanders for standing up!
10.12.10
I’m at @GageDesoto’s Moving Pictures Fest. Very cool NYC cycling scene. Just said “Hi to Mike, Daniel (@CyclingReporter), & el Famoso Marco.
04.02.11
Tyler Hamilton. Stage 16 - Tour de France 2003.
Your solo breakaway win with a broken collarbone was epic and tainted . #SAD
A melancholy “Thanks” for finally telling the truth. I never believed your implausible denials but I always remember the joy of watching you flying on that solo breakaway victory…It was glorious. Hope you have some personal peace now.
19.05.11
Bjorn Borg. Serious Badass.
Happy 55th Birthday!
Bjorn Borg in the late 70s/early 80s was such a serious badass. His tennis. His good looks. His headband. The Fila gear. His long hair and beard. #Dope (His style inspired the Richie Tannebaum character in “The Royal Tannebaums.)
He ruled Wimbledon. His Finals matches with John McEnroe were riveting & epic to watch. Watch this excellent clip of the last set of the 1980 Final. Check out the final moments of their 1981 Final match.
Can’t wait for this year’s Finals.
06.06.11
For me, today’s #TDF chapeau goes to Belgium’s Tom Boonen who crashed hard on his right side on a day of nasty crashes (ask Jani Brajkovic). He was down for a time, got up grabbed his helmet away from the support staff, gingerly got on a bike, and started peddling slowly while putting most of his weight on his left arm. At one point, he was riding with his right forearm resting on his handlebars while holding on to his bike with his left hand only. Most of us would be in hospital straight away after a crash like that.
Boonen gutted it out solo for a long time and then a teammate dropped back to help get him to the finish line ahead of the elimination time. #Hard. Beyond #Epic
The moment when Boonen crossed the line with his teammate who dropped back was just #CYCLING. I hope he can continue tomorrow.
via bonedeth:
Bromance (although still PRO) isn’t always about celebrating victory with hugs and kisses. Sometimes it’s about dropping back for your man and helping him through.
06.07.11
Greg LeMond. Serious Badass.
Today is the 25th Anniversary of Greg LeMond becoming the first American to put on the Tour de France’s Maillot Jaune leader’s jersey. Lemond did it on stage 17 (Gap - Le Granon video highlights) and took it from his La Vie Claire teammate “The Badger” Benard Hinault during that historic #epic tour that included intrigue, cultural and generational differences, unexpected attacks, deception, and oh yeah bike racing. And that was just LeMond’s team!
Check out this no holds barred LeMond interview on the Tour and Hinault (FF to 12:20) a couple of stages before Paris where he became the first Amercian to win the Tour de France.
LeMond’s 1989 Tour de France comeback over the late, great Laurent Fignon is why I picked up a bike.
21.07.11
Thank you Steve Jobs! #Apple logo from my MacBook Pro taken w/my iPhone…#epic #design & #products & #ethos (Taken with instagram)
24.08.11
Cobo climbing into the clouds & crowds on #Angliru - Gloriously #EPIC #Vuelta #dope (Taken with instagram)
04.09.11
This pix is taken just after the most thrilling 1 km of racing I’ve seen in a long time. Kudos to @ChrisFroome & JJ Cobo for sheer epic guts. Click here and here to watch stage 17 highlights.
via queenstage:
Froome turns around for the Cobo moment of total dejection.
(Photo via CyclingTime)
08.09.11
RIP Smokin’ Joe Frazier
When I was a kid, boxing was a LARGE, vibrant, world-wide sport and not at all the sad pathetic sham it is today. It was epic. Heavyweight title matches were bigger than the NFL’s Super Bowl. And the heavyweights were ruled by Ali, Frazier, & Foreman. Ali and Smokin’ Joe were my heroes.
Frazier and Ali had a complicated history. Frazier helped out Ali financially when Ali was banned from boxing for refusing to fight in Vietnam. Frazier was the force that pushed for the first of their three beyond epic fights. The story goes Frazier held a massive grudge for Ali’s promotional showboating, verbal abuse, and for never recognizing his help.
But those fights…oh they were brutally glorious. Ali-Frazier I (The Fight of the Century) in Madison Square Garden was a pop culture event (Frank Sinatra shot photos of the fight for LIFE Magazine)…and Joe knocked down Ali and won the fight on a decision (and spent two weeks in the hospital recovering). Watch it here on YouTube.
In Ali-Frazier II, Ali was danced quickly landing punches in combos in the early rounds before trading punch for punch with Joe in the later rounds. ABC TV’s Howard Cosell hyped and called the fight. Ali won. Watch it here on YouTube.
That set up the utterly EPIC “Thilla In Manilla” where both fighters absolutely fought themselves to the verge of collapse. Watch it here on YouTube. After the 14th round, Frazier’s trainers worried about his health wouldn’t let him go out for the 15th round. Ali briefly celebrated his TKO and then actually collapsed in the ring.
Whoa. It still gets me all these years later.
It’s good to hear that Frazier and Ali reconciled before Joe died.
RIP Smokin’ Joe. RIP.
08.11.11
Jester pit stop on today’s @johnprolly #sxsw 40 miles & 4000 ft ride - Erik who’s sitting rode #ParisBrestParis in 70 hours (6 hrs of sleep) as a rookie (his goal was 90 hours)! He saw pirates & cowboys chasing him! #SeriousEffingBadass - Oh, it was my 1st time up Jester #pop - #PBP #Randonneurs #hallucinations #cycling #epic #bikeatx #SeriousFun (Taken with Instagram at Jester Market)
17.03.12
via cranktastic:
BRUTALITY HAS ITS LIMITS
It happened because I joked about it. At the start. With Carson.
“Oh, I have a history with tram tracks! ahaha”
I told him the story of Portland. And the concussion that had removed my memory of what I did for a living for a good few minutes. And the black eye of awesomeness.
I shouldn’t have joked about it. It planted a seed in the day.
A #MustRead account of an epic ride last Saturday by my West Coast friend @Cranktastic.
I’ve solo’d a flat century with 50 miles of hard rain, temps in the low 40s, and 20 mph cross/head winds the entire route…but there was no mud…nor any climbs…nor sketchy descents.
She cheated. Ha! Much #respect.
27.03.12
#Epic #Scott bike #Fail-agogo ~ It WAS a nice ride w/@apexhunter…and then this happened… #mechanical #RidingMyCrossBikeForAwhile #bikeatx #cycling (Taken with Instagram)
23.06.12
