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Balderdash for June 14, 2010

Balderdash for June 14, 2010

My 2010 cycling season, take two.

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Sal Scotto update: no rain on the climbs in Spain

Sal Scotto update: no rain on the climbs in Spain

Former Mengoni rider Sal wrote us from Spain to fill us in on his season abroad.

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FBF night series begins Tuesday

FBF night series begins Tuesday

Charlie Issendorf, the race director of the Kissena Cycling Club, has announced the official race dates and start times for the 2010 Tuesday Night Race Series presented by the law firm of Lucarelli & Castaldi. Race Dates: Every Tuesday from May 4 to Aug 31. Categories: There are 3 categories: Pro/Cat 1-2-3* Category 3*-4 Category [...]

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Bike racing skills: cornering

Bike racing skills: cornering

There’s something sexy about taking corners super fast. Maybe it’s the satisfaction of passing a rider or two each turn in a crit. Or the feeling you’re riding on rails. David Sommerville gives us the skinny.

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From Brooklyn to the Forest City Velodrome

From Brooklyn to the Forest City Velodrome

[Ed. note: This article has been corrected and updated to read that the track is 138 meters long, not 160.] I had the opportunity and privilege to ride at the Forest City Velodrome (two hours west of Toronto, Canada) this past Wednesday. It was awesome. FCV is one of only three indoor tracks in North [...]

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My bike racing highs and lows

My bike racing highs and lows

Weight was never an issue for me. That is, until I hit my 30s. Then I started fluctuating. Once a mountain goat of 153 pounds, I started last year about 200. A year later, I’m 175. I’m still looking to lose. All in an effort to go faster.

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How to win a sprint

How to win a sprint

With a new season of park races around the corner, we were keen to ask former Brooklynite and recently turned pro Neil Bezdek (Mountain Khakis)—who got many a great result in the last hundred meters of a race—his advice on doing a winning sprint. He sent us his top tips. Keep your head up!

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Off-season training: savoring the sun

Off-season training: savoring the sun

This short post completes my updates from sunny old Arizona, where I got in 60 hours of base miles and enjoyed the sunny, warm weather while I could.

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Sal Scotto: the interview

Sal Scotto: the interview

Salvatore Scotto DiVetta is well known to bike racers in New York City and along the East Coast. While on vacation recently, I caught up with the 24-year-old to talk about what he’s doing this off-season and how he’ll be heading to Belgium to test his legs in a kermesse or two next year.

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Off-season training: Arizona is for hedonists!

Off-season training: Arizona is for hedonists!

If I learned one thing in the last week of off-season training, it’s that parfaits are best left to Jan Ulrich. And that you sometimes need to ease off the training if you want to keep your significant other.

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