Well truthfully, I need $10,650, a month off work, a round trip ticket to France and somebody to convince my wife this is a good idea. The 14 affluent friends are optional. While I have been slowly reacclimatizing myself to life without the Tour, I wondered – What could be greater than soaking in all [...]

I don’t know about you, but I’ve found the TSN re-broadcast coverage of the TDF frustrating. I look forward to the Tour, and yes, I want to watch it on my big screen TV as I sit on my comfy couch. I prefer not to watch it on line, via some shoddy, free internet streaming [...]

Driven Episode 4: Driven by Yellow from PROG21 on Vimeo. Yellow has been my favourite colour for a long time, but it wasn’t until I saw this video that I realized that I actually didn’t consciously associate it with anything. I’d never made any connection between my favourite yellow jacket, which hangs in the front [...]

Okay, so the Tour De France might still be a little ways away, but I don’t know if it’s ever too early to start looking forward to it. I was reminded of this today when TSN announced its new 3-year TDF broadcast deal. Now, as much as I am excited for Le Tour, and as [...]

As I’m off to Fernie this weekend to race in the TR3 and currently busy with packing, bike tweaking, and home renos, etc…, this week I just wanted to post up something, well, easy. One of the hardest things I always find about bloging, is deciding on the topic. This week, as usual I had [...]

As the 2010 Tour de France spins up and the speculations, predictions and intrigue start to weave their tangled webs, many of us are trying to figure out the best way to absorb this years Tour. Do we set our PVR each day – consciously blocking out internet race coverage and forewarning coworkers to keep [...]

With many of the biggest names in cycling gracing their roster, who doesn’t want to ride with “The Shack”!? Well prominent cyclist/blogger the Fat Cyclist, being the go getter that he is, decided to take things to the next level by drafting an open letter to Johan Bruyneel pleading his case for a spot as [...]

A few months ago I posted about the great “Tour Tracker” Amgen had pulled together for the Tour de California. Well, Versus has refined the approach and delivered a really nice, polished offering for those of us who need to follow the Tour de France no matter what. From the “Race Tracker” dashboard you can [...]