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I've been out and about the past week so pardon the lack of posts. Last Thursday was a birthday ride aka a drunk ride and the next few days kind of followed suit sending me to work pretty hungover most of the week. Then Sunday Jen and I took off for a much needed vacation camping up in Duluth for a couple days swimming in Lake Superior and tromping around waterfalls. But now I am back in action, so here are some stinking pictures of the past week or

Whats with all the pictures of food you ask? I like good food. And the Internet is the perfect place to brag about what I'm eating, so there.

A while ago I posted a site that had all of the old Miyata catalogs on it and lately I've been wasting a lot of time looking up other old bike catalogs. Not only do I love the goofy old pictures of people grimacing while hammering away in neon spandex on their 94 Cannondale. But it's just an interesting thing to read about the newfangled bike technology like double butted tubes and get to read what people said about your bike 30 years ago. Take a look

Cannondale 94

Centurion 84

Panasonic

Trek

You might also remember hearing about the kid who built a velodrome in his college library.

Well he did a short documentary on the piece and it's pretty interesting. If nothing else it is a pretty cool little track. About half way in he rides up on the boards and you can see how lose he gets to nailing his head on the ceiling.

Circulus from machine project on Vimeo.

And finally in the Tour Schleck took the yellow jersey(also holding the white) with Contador on his heels picking up 7 places through the mountains to make it to second overall. Green jersey is back and forth between Petacchi and Hushovd and the Polka Dots are back and forth between a couple Frenchies, Pineau and Charteau. In general the sprinters look like they have fallen to the middle and back of the pack with favorites Cadel Evans at 18, Chavanel at 38, Cancallera back at 103, and cry baby Cavendish waaaay back at 145.

Stages 12 and especially 13 look like really good places to pick up time however.

Check out this downhill on stage 7 near the middle. These guys just tuck in and roll down the thing at 90kph or for the rest of us around 55mph.
http://www.letour.fr/2010/TDF/LIVE/us/700/index.html