Tour de France = bike porn

The Tour de France is always good for new cutting edge bikes. Specialized, my favorite, has improved on it's time trial bike. The "Transition" makes way for the "Shiv." One thing i noticed is the more aerodynamic front edge with the bump out just below the headset. Excited to see it when it gets released to the masses.

2009 Tour Tech: Specialized gets in the custom paint game with this Shiv TT bike for Cancellara. | Photo: Zack Vestal

I love cycling & Robin Williams is one of the funniest people in the world.

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Please help me make a difference.

We have all been touched by cancer, whether it’s someone in your own family or maybe just an acquaintance. It is everywhere. Last year, my Dad was diagnosed, treated, and is doing well. It was a huge reality check for me… Now I am doing what I can to help. On October 11th, I will run the Chicago Marathon for the Lance Armstrong Foundation to raise money for cancer research. Here are some things to think about:

1.4 million Americans are expected to be diagnosed with cancer this year.
560,000 Americans are expected to die from cancer this year. That’s more than 1,500 per day.
Nearly 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women will develop cancer during their lifetime.
Within the next decade, cancer is likely to replace heart disease as the leading cause of death in the U.S. It is already the biggest killer of those under the age of 85.
"At the Lance Armstrong Foundation, we unite people to fight cancer believing that unity is strength, knowledge is power and attitude is everything."


I REALIZE THAT THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT TIME TO GIVE. YET, I AM ASKING FOR YOUR HELP TO PLEASE DONATE WHAT YOU CAN AND HELP ME REACH MY GOAL OF $1500. THAT IS HOW MUCH I BELIEVE IN THIS ORGANIZATION. ANY AMOUNT YOU CAN SPARE IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

http://www.livestrong.org/grassroots2009/chancebchicago09

THANK YOU SO MUCH,
CHANCE BARBER

“Be the change you wish to see in the world.” - gandhi

This will make you think.

I feel like I am posting lots of videos, and I have been. This is very thought provoking stuff.

Parenting is HARD...

To become a parent is easy, there's no qualification process, or basic aptitude exam. Being a parent worth anything is hard. You've got to keep balance, let them go and do but at the same time have boundaries.


"the primary objective is to create a fullfilled person"
Laird Hamilton's book "Force of Nature"
...on being a parent

Choose Happy :)

Choose Happy over Sad

It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile.
What you put out, you will receive. Be positive, be happy and you will get that in return from others.
"Aloha," man do the Hawaiians have it right. To translate it means, " to breathe life." The best compliment you could ever get from a Hawaiian would be for them to say you have Aloha. It is to share your life energy with others and with all that surrounds you.


If you don't agree, then just be lazy and use only 17 muscles...

This is going to be good!

George Hincapie the only teammate of Lance Armstrong to ride all 7 Tour de France victories, is getting well deserved recognition outside the peleton. This is going to be good. I am very excited to see this...

How did we become a society of "have nots"...

Why do so many only think of what they want, and not what they have. There is always someone with less, someone who would love to have what you have, be where you are, maybe even be you! Reflection is something we don't practise enough. If you disagree, turn on a TV or computer at look at "the news" for 60 seconds, and you'll see someone with "less," or having a worse day than you.
Let's work toward "half full," and try to get away from "half empty."
Sure things may not be how we want or would choose, but it can always be worse. We all need to take a hard look of where we are and what we HAVE in these difficult times.