ColoRADo

August 25, 2015

The adventure so far...

VIP pass to the first stage of the US Pro Challenge, courtesy of Mike Creed! Thank you again!

The first stage of the US Pro Challenge in Steamboat Springs, CO.

Had brunch with Ryan Van Duzer and Lucas Euser. These two are so, so awesome. I lucked out on meeting these guys.

I came, I saw, I conquered...Mt. Sanitas in Boulder.

It was pretty gnarly.

Rode BMX for the first time, ever. I think I've finally found my true calling.

Started one morning off with a pour over (of Madcap Coffee) at Crema Coffee House in Denver. It was amazing.

And I am currently in non-dairy ice cream heaven.

Health Warrior Arian Foster

August 15, 2015

This dude is pretty awesome, and makes touchdowns look easy. Thanks for the suggestion, Josh!

Subject: Houston Texans running back Arian Foster

Materials used: chia seeds (Inspired by Health Warrior bars, which I unfortunately couldn't get in Tokyo.)

[And now I'm off to watch races, meet up with friends, and bro down with Josh until Sept. 1st. Lots more when I get back!]

Copyediting Trolls: Cyclingnews' "Tour of Utah: Dombrowski takes stage 6 victory and yellow jersey at Snowbird"

August 10, 2015

In the past year or so, I've become increasingly convinced that cycling news websites are either trolling us, or the articles are clever job listings for copyediting positions. First it was the typos, then the riders listed as belonging to the wrong teams. They're just testing our intelligence, I'd thought. Then it started to get worse; lazy, even. Subjects, verbs, and pronouns would be inconsistent in the same sentence. One particular writer seemed determined to suffocate her readers with her rambling, run-on sentences. Despite it all, I made excuses for them. They're on deadlines, I reasoned, typos are inevitable even if other news publications seem to keep them to a minimum. Cycling journalism was, afterall, an industry I would have happily, gladly plunged into.

Yesterday, I saw this (highlights mine):

The article in question also predictably confuses "to" and "too" (see below) - an elementary mistake that no professional writer should make, but one that's unfortunately rather common in nonprofessional writing.

But "to" and "TWO"???

And did Joe Dombrowski really mean to say "Ben can really rill it..." or did he mean that Ben can really kill it?

Dear God, Cyclingnews, get it together.

Cecil the lion

August 4, 2015

You know what makes this whole Cecil the lion killing worse? The fact that the hunter was a dentist. Like he couldn't just go do what other dentists do for fun, like buy some overpriced bike or something.