Archive for June, 2008

Nelson Mandela’s 90th Birthday

Monday, June 30th, 2008

The  world seemed to have one eye focused on Mandela and his celebrations in London last Friday, and the other back home, on Southern Africa and its present crisis.

(Nelson Mandela)

Race Report: Xterra Czech Championships 2008, Hluboka nad Vltavou

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Xterra Czech 2008: Hluboka nad Vltavou.
DNF: Puncture (Another)

(Getting set for the start on a soccer field to a castle back drop)

Eish, but how?

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

Xterra Czech: Pre-race Media

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

Here with a copied version of the Xterra Newsletter sent out earlier today… Should a battle royal tomorrow!

The new Specialized Epic 09

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

Specialized played the marketing dream card last weekend in Italy at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, starting Christoph Sauser on the revamped Epic for the first time. I’ll accept Sauser rode like a beast and tore the race apart. But, the most visible difference from being outsprinted three weeks prior to winning a world [...]