http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2014/07/17/us/ap-cyc-armstrong-doping-commission.html?ref=sports

It would be pretty interesting (like a freaking miracle) if they could clean up the UCI…

Talansky left the Tour this morning with injuries. But a hard look at his diagnosis, sacroiliitis, reveals that it is caused by crashes, and can lead to lung infection, which he has

Oddly enough, I have the same injury, so learning about his diagnosis was very helpful to me. Too bad it's too late to do anything about it , at least in my case.

In his case, recovery will be slow, and is not so clearcut. Sad. He's now the fourth top rider to abandon the Tour due to injuries, and the second one after colliding with Simon Gerrans. 

The condition may also be the cause of his lung infection. Thus, this is something we all might be aware of, being cyclists. Sacroillitis often is caused by being hit by a car!!!!

Rapha is running a "Tour de France" Happy Hour every night, and have reserved seats for us on Thurdsay, July 24th.  That will be Stage 18, which is a mountain stage.

Please make sure to sign up, so we have a head count.

Suggestions appreciated for post-ride, pre-train food (either caz dine in, or take to train) in Beacon NY?

I recall some group rides ending at one place up high over the RR station that had a large patio - - name?

Any others good? Main St. looks like it has quite a few.

Am looking to bike in France in early October. Does anyone have a good tour group they've used besides VBT or Backroads that was really good and not super expensive? 

Merci!

Rapha is running a "Tour de France" Happy Hour every night, and have reserved seats for us on Thurdsay, July 24th.

Please make sure to sign up, so we have a head count.

Personally, I don't mind when others do it to me (in fact, I take it as a compliment and am happy to oblige), but often enough I've read that people don't like to be drafted by strangers.  I can understand that.  And I can also understand it if people tooling around on a leisurely ride don't like it if some sport pulls over right in front of them.  But what I don't understand is why, nine times out of ten, when I offer my wheel to strangers who appear to be out for exercise or training, they drop like flies.  I may be creeping past them up a hill, I'll pull in front and give an encouraging gesture, but a moment later when I look back again, they haven't merely dropped back a bit, they are nowhere to be seen!

I have a fairly new set of Reynolds Assault rims on my road bike, installed with they Reynolds brake pads.  This past weekend, during the climbathon, there was a need for some significant braking (especially going down in to Piermont after descending Tweed toward 9W). I noticed that as the brakes started to get warm, they also became very LOUD. Once they cooled for a bit, they were quiet again.

Has anyone else experienced this?