i want to interview a good cross rider.. so if you are a good cross rider e mail me... if you are maybe famous like JP or B7 or TJ or el gato... or like Marky Mark.. or if you are some famous belgian or dutch guy that might win a big race that would be cool... because i know famous people check the site every now and again... but you dont have to be famous or actually good.. you just have to think you are good in your head and that will be fine for me...
thanks...
Tuesday, November 29
coffee puck conservation
what to do with the coffee pucks ejected by your fancy coffee machine?... you can make wonderful deserts out of them.. like this one topped with whipped cream...
very gourmet...
this is a beautiful coffe puck terrine...the mold is visible and creates a strong flavor that balances the sweetness of the cream and the bitterness of the espresso coffee...
Monday, November 28
How to beat the man and his evil machine empire!
its all about overcoming the evil IVR network...
from Paul English:
The term IVR stands for "Interactive Voice Response", the fancy name for annoying computers who answer most phones these days.
Frustrated? How about when you call your phone company and they ask for your phone number? Or when your bank asks you to type in your credit card or ATM number, and then when you finally get a human on the phone, they ask you to tell them again. Hello, don't I pay *you* guys money?
The problem with most big companies is they hire non-strategic bean counters to run customer service as a cost center, and those executives get paid based on costs not based on customer loyalty and revenue. Guess what? If you don't talk to your customers, they won't be loyal to you, they won't come back, they won't recommend you to a friend, they won't buy more products from you. Some companies have figured this out, and they have created wonderful products and services that customers love, and which allow those companies to make money.
so how can you do this?...
freedom fighter Paul English has constructed this list of directives... Good site to bookmark... It'll help you bypass many of those automated helpdesk frontends...
www.paulenglish.com/ivr
and the info page... INFO...
from Paul English:
The term IVR stands for "Interactive Voice Response", the fancy name for annoying computers who answer most phones these days.
Frustrated? How about when you call your phone company and they ask for your phone number? Or when your bank asks you to type in your credit card or ATM number, and then when you finally get a human on the phone, they ask you to tell them again. Hello, don't I pay *you* guys money?
The problem with most big companies is they hire non-strategic bean counters to run customer service as a cost center, and those executives get paid based on costs not based on customer loyalty and revenue. Guess what? If you don't talk to your customers, they won't be loyal to you, they won't come back, they won't recommend you to a friend, they won't buy more products from you. Some companies have figured this out, and they have created wonderful products and services that customers love, and which allow those companies to make money.
so how can you do this?...
freedom fighter Paul English has constructed this list of directives... Good site to bookmark... It'll help you bypass many of those automated helpdesk frontends...
www.paulenglish.com/ivr
and the info page... INFO...
Saturday, November 26
Friday, November 25
heras positive B sample
hmmm... what does it mean?... hamilton was positive for blood boosting and it didnt change much... so i think the beat will go on after heras too...
as a person who believes in due process and fairness under the law i am very interested to see what happens with his inevitable appeal... there have been a few riders to be exonerated after this epo test... and i do believe that if there is reasonable doubt as to the reliability of a test it shouldnt be used... and i also believe a person has the right and responsibility to challenge the validity of claims against him...
it would be nice if a positive B sample was a guilty verdict and then you could sanction the athlete right away and be done with it... a nice and tidy process... but i think that in the case of this epo test currently in use a positive B sample is just like an indictment... with the real trial to follow... there is a nice sized hole in the epo test, one big enough to drive a legal process through...
the story
as a person who believes in due process and fairness under the law i am very interested to see what happens with his inevitable appeal... there have been a few riders to be exonerated after this epo test... and i do believe that if there is reasonable doubt as to the reliability of a test it shouldnt be used... and i also believe a person has the right and responsibility to challenge the validity of claims against him...
it would be nice if a positive B sample was a guilty verdict and then you could sanction the athlete right away and be done with it... a nice and tidy process... but i think that in the case of this epo test currently in use a positive B sample is just like an indictment... with the real trial to follow... there is a nice sized hole in the epo test, one big enough to drive a legal process through...
the story
Thursday, November 24
Wednesday, November 23
it would be nice if they are able to move the SFGP to San Jose...
i think that the city is losing something by not having the race.. but its up to them to set their priorities and to etablish their boundaries politically... its a shame that the merits of the event couldnt be made compellingy clear to the city... but what can you do?...
will the ToC replace what tehy lost in hosting their own classic event?... no way...
i dont see them being able to have the same epic kind of course that the SFGP had... the two vent would have had a nice synergy for the city... but i dont see ToC replacing what was valuble about the SFGP...
i think that the city is losing something by not having the race.. but its up to them to set their priorities and to etablish their boundaries politically... its a shame that the merits of the event couldnt be made compellingy clear to the city... but what can you do?...
will the ToC replace what tehy lost in hosting their own classic event?... no way...
i dont see them being able to have the same epic kind of course that the SFGP had... the two vent would have had a nice synergy for the city... but i dont see ToC replacing what was valuble about the SFGP...
Tuesday, November 22
coach colby
is now the USA endurance track coach... he is a pretty smart guy about training and stuff... so i think now there is some potential for growth here... now if there was some money and some races...
story
story
TOP 10 UNSAFE PLACES
1. Camden, N.J.
2. Detroit
3. St. Louis
4. Flint, Mich.
5. Richmond, Va.
6. Baltimore
7. Atlanta
8. New Orleans
9. Gary, Ind.
10. Birmingham, Ala.
methodology
now what does this really mean?... i grew up in RVA when we were consistently in the top 3 per capita murders.. i always felt safe because i knew what was going on... i was for sure street smart... i feel confident in saying that in the case of RVA its violent crime is not random and is tied almost exclusively to its drug traffic problem... any city on the I-95 between Miami and Maine is going to have a problem with violent crime... i think that if you arent out in the street you will have much less of a problem... and if you can live a life where you are not required to go near projects or areas where drug violence is prevalent then you are living in a much different city than the RVA that made this list... you might have a break-in (i never had one and i lived close to the hood) but if you dont have any involvement with drugs, or "street life" then you are significantly more likely to die in a car accident than as a result of violent crime...
so then.. when you consider what cities are the most dangerous wouldnt it be more accurate to include all possible dangers?.. or at least the dangers that people are more likely to be affected by?... like car accidents, cancers caused by environmental factors (DDT or radon, or lead in the water, or something like that) death by house fires, hurricanes, or earthquake?...
or at least consider that a significant portion of violent crime is not random...
2. Detroit
3. St. Louis
4. Flint, Mich.
5. Richmond, Va.
6. Baltimore
7. Atlanta
8. New Orleans
9. Gary, Ind.
10. Birmingham, Ala.
methodology
now what does this really mean?... i grew up in RVA when we were consistently in the top 3 per capita murders.. i always felt safe because i knew what was going on... i was for sure street smart... i feel confident in saying that in the case of RVA its violent crime is not random and is tied almost exclusively to its drug traffic problem... any city on the I-95 between Miami and Maine is going to have a problem with violent crime... i think that if you arent out in the street you will have much less of a problem... and if you can live a life where you are not required to go near projects or areas where drug violence is prevalent then you are living in a much different city than the RVA that made this list... you might have a break-in (i never had one and i lived close to the hood) but if you dont have any involvement with drugs, or "street life" then you are significantly more likely to die in a car accident than as a result of violent crime...
so then.. when you consider what cities are the most dangerous wouldnt it be more accurate to include all possible dangers?.. or at least the dangers that people are more likely to be affected by?... like car accidents, cancers caused by environmental factors (DDT or radon, or lead in the water, or something like that) death by house fires, hurricanes, or earthquake?...
or at least consider that a significant portion of violent crime is not random...
Newfound Ancient Beast Dubbed Godzilla
Newfound Ancient Beast Dubbed Godzilla check this out...
and also you can listen to talk of the nation science friday... they are talking about dinosaurs and stuff...
listen to talk fo the nation
and also you can listen to talk of the nation science friday... they are talking about dinosaurs and stuff...
listen to talk fo the nation
Monday, November 21
offer me a job!...
ok... now that i quit racing you can offer me a job.. we already estabished that i have no CV so you just have to take my word for it that i can do anything and have probably done whatever you are thinking of hiring for before... so then.. offer me a job... cycling realted jobs are fine.. but i am also interested in marketing and PR jobs... i like work from home jobs alot.. and i like also jobs where i am indy contractor... but i would also be an employee if its a good fit... part time work is great... especially work from home part time...
no more SFGP
i guess they couldnt work it out... thats fine because i never liked that race anyway.. and i look at it as just one less race that i have to do next year...
Saturday, November 19
To Erik Saunders Non Believers
this used to be the video of Moma Said KNock You Out.. but i got sick of turning it off....
Friday, November 18
FIGS
there were two ripe figs on my fig tree and they were so fucking good... let me tell you... get fruit trees... figs and dates are great they produce fruit easily and they grow in almost any climate... and they are cheap... mine is a little tree not even 6 feet tall and it produces fruit... it took a year after planting for it to make fruit.. once it got established it went nuts and made fruit...
the new ERIKSAUNDERS.COM
this site is about to change... the blog format will be quite different with an emphasis on intelligent analysis of cycling and popular culture... and of course trash talk... BUT... contributions will only be made by a group of hand picked analysts...
if you would like to be one of these analysts please e mail me and ask.. i want the group to be very large and diverse... and i want to include all those of you who are regular posters... some people i will be inviting soon, but i dont have contact for all of you who are regulars...
so... e mail me
if you would like to be one of these analysts please e mail me and ask.. i want the group to be very large and diverse... and i want to include all those of you who are regular posters... some people i will be inviting soon, but i dont have contact for all of you who are regulars...
so... e mail me
Thursday, November 17
MotionBased Dot Racing...
dot racing is a cool feature of MotionBased.com using the data upladed from your Garmin GPS Device.. you can compare several runs over the same course.. this is a dot race of pro biker mark weir at the road rage...
props to JRB
reading that bit about matt vs stockton/zelner/kadis on stolenunderground made me think what a dumb way to handle the whole thing that was... cover-ups and re-do's trying to avoid who matt is and what he has done...
so huge props to the big JRB for coming clean when one of his riders got caught with growth hormone... it was in a team search of hotel rooms that they found it (a team search!.. thats taking the bull by the horns)... they they could have kept it quiet but they didnt.. and then to make sure they had that stuff tested to see what it was... and then they told everyone... did it look bad for the sponsor?.. hell no!!!... it looked good for JRB and the team and the sport to have this handled in a serious, honest and transparent way...
its ok to talk about drugs and to admit that it exists... silence and avoidance of the issue isnt the answer...
so huge props to the big JRB for coming clean when one of his riders got caught with growth hormone... it was in a team search of hotel rooms that they found it (a team search!.. thats taking the bull by the horns)... they they could have kept it quiet but they didnt.. and then to make sure they had that stuff tested to see what it was... and then they told everyone... did it look bad for the sponsor?.. hell no!!!... it looked good for JRB and the team and the sport to have this handled in a serious, honest and transparent way...
its ok to talk about drugs and to admit that it exists... silence and avoidance of the issue isnt the answer...
Wednesday, November 16
Tuesday, November 15
USPRO championships moves to Greenville, South Carolina
USA Cycling has announced that the 2006 US professional championships will take place in Greenville, South Carolina with the road race on September 2, 2006 and a time trial on August 31. The 2006 races will be restricted to US citizens who must be members of UCI-registered trade teams. The move is a departure from the championships' traditional venue of Philadelphia where it has been held since its inception in 1985.
yeah... thats nice.. i dont particularly care... they just really need to have a race and call it the championships and give a jersy to the winner.. its nice to have no foreigners finally... it would have been cool to have the race in a major market, but hey... nobody probably bid from a major market.. and i bet there is no on-going effort to cozy up to officials and sponsors in major markets, so then... what can you do?...
yeah... thats nice.. i dont particularly care... they just really need to have a race and call it the championships and give a jersy to the winner.. its nice to have no foreigners finally... it would have been cool to have the race in a major market, but hey... nobody probably bid from a major market.. and i bet there is no on-going effort to cozy up to officials and sponsors in major markets, so then... what can you do?...
I Need a Pro Contract!
I Need a Pro Contract! this is the greatest site for all you bikers out there that put the pro level time, effort and emotion in but without the free stuff and recognition.. step and get yours...
Monday, November 14
from cycling4all:
14.11
Nerac and Sport Group Nord-Ost have reached a three-year agreement to continue title sponsorship of the USA Continental Nerac/Outdoorlights.com Pro Cycling Team. Full time manager of the team will be Thad Fischer. From the 2005 team are staying: Aaron Brown (Usa) - John Hanson (Usa) - Patrick Heidkamp (Ger) - Adam Hodges-Myerson (Usa) - Michael Norton (Usa) and David Werling (Usa) New additions to the team include Thad Dulin (Usa) = Jitter Joe; ex-pro's Jon Hamblen (Usa) and Justin Spinelli (Usa) + neo's Scott Edge (Usa) - Jacob Fetty (Usa) - Hoyt Halvorson (Usa) and Todd Yezefski (Usa). Leaving are: Ari De Wilde (Usa) - Roger Farrell (Tri) - Oscar Pineda (Gua) - Cody Powell (Usa) and Jason Williams (Usa) = (thanks Aad !!)
Nerac and Sport Group Nord-Ost have reached a three-year agreement to continue title sponsorship of the USA Continental Nerac/Outdoorlights.com Pro Cycling Team. Full time manager of the team will be Thad Fischer. From the 2005 team are staying: Aaron Brown (Usa) - John Hanson (Usa) - Patrick Heidkamp (Ger) - Adam Hodges-Myerson (Usa) - Michael Norton (Usa) and David Werling (Usa) New additions to the team include Thad Dulin (Usa) = Jitter Joe; ex-pro's Jon Hamblen (Usa) and Justin Spinelli (Usa) + neo's Scott Edge (Usa) - Jacob Fetty (Usa) - Hoyt Halvorson (Usa) and Todd Yezefski (Usa). Leaving are: Ari De Wilde (Usa) - Roger Farrell (Tri) - Oscar Pineda (Gua) - Cody Powell (Usa) and Jason Williams (Usa) = (thanks Aad !!)
tour de nez
conspicuously missing from my list of great races is the TOUR DE NEZ!...
you can see it here- on www.cycling.tv
Thursday, November 10
Wednesday, November 9
Tuesday, November 8
eriksaunders.com top races
this is my list of best races in 05... not in order...
red bull road rage- treated athletes like they should be treated... take media seriously... pro production effort.. course safety
superweek- provides a series for young riders to get a lot of quality racing in and prove themselves against a good pro field.. great competition... nice spectators...
nature valley- actively seeks input and criticism from cycling experts (the riders, imagine that!)... great courses.. always looking to change for the better and have a nice race that the athletes enjoy...
captech classic- pro organiztion... media smart... dedicated harworking organizers... works with the city very closely... willing to try different things...
charlotte- its got a lot of money (not if you are a golfer though)...
t-town- i think i might have to make it back there...
all races in the mid atlantic in the summer- you can seriously make a bit of money if you are a good young rider... its good hard racing to cut your teeth on and see what kind of level you really have.. the locals are good.. then there are always a few extra regional stand-outs.. and then you will always get a few good pros that time of the year... if you are a young cat 1 and you are killing it at races like park ridge or mt holly or faulkner honda then you are a good bike rider...
RACES I ALSO LIKED A LOT IN 05...
sommerville
cats hill
sea otter
hanes park
giro di SF
Tour of Connecticut
CSC invitational
red bull road rage- treated athletes like they should be treated... take media seriously... pro production effort.. course safety
superweek- provides a series for young riders to get a lot of quality racing in and prove themselves against a good pro field.. great competition... nice spectators...
nature valley- actively seeks input and criticism from cycling experts (the riders, imagine that!)... great courses.. always looking to change for the better and have a nice race that the athletes enjoy...
captech classic- pro organiztion... media smart... dedicated harworking organizers... works with the city very closely... willing to try different things...
charlotte- its got a lot of money (not if you are a golfer though)...
t-town- i think i might have to make it back there...
all races in the mid atlantic in the summer- you can seriously make a bit of money if you are a good young rider... its good hard racing to cut your teeth on and see what kind of level you really have.. the locals are good.. then there are always a few extra regional stand-outs.. and then you will always get a few good pros that time of the year... if you are a young cat 1 and you are killing it at races like park ridge or mt holly or faulkner honda then you are a good bike rider...
RACES I ALSO LIKED A LOT IN 05...
sommerville
cats hill
sea otter
hanes park
giro di SF
Tour of Connecticut
CSC invitational
France
my man steve pointed me to this:
andrewsullivan.com
it is something regarding the civil unrest in france.. as i gather my thoughts i wil have more to say about this... i will say that many french are racist xenophobes... and after living there, reading and talking to people i can say that i think that the french in power in occupied france werent too bummed out about the nazis which is something that you dont hear about in school...
andrewsullivan.com
it is something regarding the civil unrest in france.. as i gather my thoughts i wil have more to say about this... i will say that many french are racist xenophobes... and after living there, reading and talking to people i can say that i think that the french in power in occupied france werent too bummed out about the nazis which is something that you dont hear about in school...
Monday, November 7
some photos...
miles winning...
the fastest guys in the speed trap... i was in this elite group...
old miles... normal bike.. no fear.. no worries...
mc cook was very serious in his mental prep...
i think that dave is one hell of a handsome guy...
clinger... he is one easy going guy...
i like to wear pads
smarty likes pads too...
after party...
me and slover hugged and made up for him posting that tonya harding fantasy on my site... i banished him from originating posts... he is all smiling becuase he thinks i am going to let him back on... but i havent really decided yet...
nate was happy to meet some celebs...
old bob hates the paparazzi and he punched out slover right after this photo.. and when he was on the ground roll cracked him in the head with that bottle.. then nate spat on him and pretended not to know who he was...
this is hollywood nate with wike
wike represented in the road rage.. this old guy bombed down the hill like a mad man and was third in the 4x.. good job...
these guys were playing upstairs at the key club...
this band is called Banane Metalik... they are a french psychobilly band if you can believe that... they put on a good show... after you see GWAR this kind of stuff on stge just isnt all that but they play good loud and fast music and the upright slap bass is a great sound for punk music.. its like two drummers...
see their myspace
see their own site
PDF reader for palm
There is a reader for palm devices... Its free... And if you have a treo you need this to see race announcements... So go to the adobe site and get it...
Treo 650...
Sunday, November 6
yeah.. the winner was Miles Rockwell
the guy is 200lbs.. and he can turn fast.. and was really happy to win...
all those gravity dudes are cool as hell...
if there were a series i would prioritize them over road races and then just train for a 5 minute effort and race redbulls and crits...
the road rage is the best race i have done in a long time... everybody was treated well and the staff was great...
Saturday, November 5
Crashes
Duncan riffle... Ok i hear..
Dean myers... dean broke a collar bone... He had full gear...
Dave mc cook... Ok but dented my tt helmet...
I thought the course was safe.... They added a lot of extra barriers, 6 foot fences, and hay bales...
if they had a series of these and i could make ok money i would quit road racing and do them all...
This was a great event to go to... The athletes were all super cool and the vibe was real chill... We treated great by jon mesko at giant and the redbull staff... And bcore did event productions and they were all cool too... If ever crit could be so much fun it would be nice...
They just need to come up with a better spectator format... Like using a street luge type course so you can see more action and do 2 up instead of 4... Like do a match sprint format...
Friday, November 4
Thursday, November 3
Wednesday, November 2
Nyvelocity.com
Nyvelocity.com
i made this interview recently... this is a nice site i think.. also of value:
Do's and Don'ts
Ali G Inda Beez race
Jerseys: What Not to Wear
Excuses, Excuses
i made this interview recently... this is a nice site i think.. also of value:
Do's and Don'ts
Ali G Inda Beez race
Jerseys: What Not to Wear
Excuses, Excuses
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