“In America, bike racing has the veneer of speed and elegance;
mostly educated, bourgeois types are attracted to it. In Europe, cycling is
grittier and more real. The preconception in the States is that the sport is
very Continental, very romantic, but the fact is that the sport’s main nature is
working class. The Tour de France, especially, exemplifies this. The public
loves the event because they know what the riders are going through for them,
and that the sport-a concentrated version of the struggles they endure every
day-adds value and hope to those struggles.”

I wonder how much longer I will be able to ride my bike during lunch time before management puts a stop to it. Since I get paid for lunch I am technically on official company time and they can do want they want. But until then I will ride.

I always enjoy a mellow ride on my days off. I struggle up a hill and just do a nice coast down. I just let the racer’s pass me by.

My Top 10 for Now:

1. Today I started Loving You Again-Martina McBride

2. Ship of Fools-World Party

3. Deep River-Bobby Womack

4. Pump Me Up-Trouble Funk

5. Music Ain’t Loud Enuff-DJ Kool

6. Bustin’ Loose-Chuck Brown

7. Right On!-Tube

8. Lydia The tattoo Lady-Lee Press-On and the Nails

9. All My Life’s a Lie-Smokey Robinson

10. You Don’t Exist Anymore-Lil’ Ed and the Blues Imperials