THE SERVICE COURSE
Service course: That's PRO-speak for the warehouse where all the team gear is kept -- bikes, wheels, helmets, parts -- and where the team mechanics build and clean and tear down bikes. Think of it as a garage. A big dumping place. And that's what you'll find here -- links to stuff that doesn't have a logical home on our site. We've dumped it all here. News, gossip, blogs, and idle chit-chat.
What's New
In the bike industry the act of re-printing press releases passes as journalism. Over-sentimental reminiscences fraught with adverb-abuse and cliché pass as high literature. Opinion is suppressed for the fear of offending advertisers and customers. That's lame, and it's exactly what our weekly What's New dispatches are not. Click here to read the latest.
6 Years in a Rain Cape
The best-ever book about bike racing? A Dog in a Hat by Joe Parkin is on the (very short) list. Get your daily Parkin fix at his blog: 6 Years in a Rain Cape.
Craig Lewis: Journey of a Professional Cyclist
Craig Lewis has excelled as a domestique for Team Columbia-HTC, and his lofty results in races like Paris-Nice, the Dauphiné Libéré, the Tour de l’Avenir, and Tour of Ireland show his competitiveness amongst the world’s best stage racers. Follow Craig's blog here as he works to emerge as a star of the ProTour peloton.
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