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Sadly, Tadej crashed out of Stage 8 today. Walked to the ambulance with assistance, but lots of skin damage, face included. Tried to get back on his bike, clearly against advice of medical personnel, but immediately thought better of it. Still not clear what happened, but a piece of debris in...

Definitely saw some rear wheel slip on those climbs — not a lot, but no doubt more than anybody wanted. So figured there might be some here, too. Especially if riders were reluctant to go too aggressive just for a km of dirt. That squares with the tires I saw under Tadej in the dirt. Lots of...

Looked like the usual "gravel" around here — hardpack with a thin loose layer on top. Thought for sure there'd be some rear wheel slip under power at 20% gradient. But I never saw a clear example. Would love to see the tires that made this possible. Tadej's looked wider than normal to me but...

No good can come of this game. It will encourage children to fart with complete abandon like animals. These children will grow into freely farting adults. Soon there will be widespread disregard for all social norms. Civilization as we know it will collapse. ;^}

Yes, at least a dozen different spring shocks over the years. They also have a line of pneumatic parts that might be useful.

Yes, but the wheel itself's pretty sturdy in spite of that. I think a working suspension would be quite doable with existing LEGO parts. But this frame's construction is nowhere near strong enough to support it. LEGO's not above making highly specialized parts for Star Wars ships and the...

Built the LEGO road bike's rear triangle today. Per instructions, I built the floor stand first, then the rear wheel. When I was done using the wheel as a spinning top, I then added its dropouts and mounted this assembly on the floor stand to position it for coming steps. Built the seat and...

If you're listening to club music, you might be able to pedal in sync with at least some of it. Do you ever find yourself doing that?

Always interesting place names on your rides! Around here, a netherburn is what you get at a nude beach. ;^}

Looks like a fabulous ride! Nice bikes, too.

2026 Vuelta, Stage 6 is approaching the final Cat 1 climb. This includes a gravel section with gradients of up to 20%!! Wonder what tires they chose for this largely GC stage? Recall seeing riders in the Strade Bianche spinning their rear wheels (from pedal torque) on slopes much shallower than...

Just looked it up. The crows are the stars of a very cool charity project benefitting a children's hospital in Portland. You can download the brochure with crow map here.

Thanks for keeping the crows coming! How many left? Are they made of metal? Looks like they might be the same crow under the paint.

Guilty as charged. But I'm not nearly as far gone as Bob Roll has been lately. He's been gushing over Tadej non-stop since the start of the TdF. No wavering now. In his mind, Tadej's now the established GOAT, period.

Thanks! What do you think of my plan to sprinkle my rides with random 30-second sprints? This would be on top of the fitness segments I include in every ride. Any chance of that having a positive effect?

Pro racing seems kinda like Pokémon Each Pokémon character has a mix of powers, strengths, and weaknesses. You face them off with these more or less fixed traits in mind. Ditto for pro riders. As I get to know some of their traits, it's fun to guess how they'll act and interact as a race...

Yes, I have Clausthaler in the fridge right now. Available locally, not everywhere, but at 3 stores near enough. The flavor pattern I've noticed is pretty simple. I generally like the 0.5% beers but seldom the 0.0% beers. Guessing these are substantially different brewing processes, each with...

I drink very little alcohol, just by personal choice. Women take advantage of me, and I get too sleepy long before the fun begins. ;^} But I love beer — especially pilsners — and found some pretty good 0.5% pilsners that work for me. German Clausthaler and Mexican Corona top my list now. Since...

Any experienced LEGO builder could've told them that this brick ball had zero chance of making it to the target car in one piece. Standard dimensions for studded LEGO parts. "Clutch power" is LEGOese for the force it takes to separate two LEGO parts — classically, 2 bricks with studs (those...

Really? Still seems pretty exciting to me, but I don't mind shifting more attention to the podium race. And I never tire of watching Pogi win.The question just shifts from "will Pogo win?" to "how's he gonna do it this time?"