Clean cyclist

Hats off to Phil for making it cool to be clean / dope free. It gives us clean kids a cool hip new way to express ourselves with a clean tattoo. Put on your body and become a certified clean athlete... Just finished my full sleeve tattoo - might need to wait on any more ink right now

Check out the link - good stuff
Link to Clean Athletes Site

EGCG? GreenTea is your bring home performance boost!

EGCG?  GreenTea is your bring home performance boost!
Not only does it have all the antioxidants you need for day to day recovery from working out... a recent study from Colorado St University is stating that green tea or EGCG,  the chief antioxidant found in green tea can also raise your VO2 max slightly, up to 4 percent with consumption of 2/4 cups of green tea per day.

Hey looking for the easier way to rock some EGCG - just incase you don't have time to make or drink 4 cups of tea a day :))
Look for the supercharged antioxidant EGCG extract in Teavigo products.  They are much cheaper than actual tea too.  60 pills for 19.99 at your local vitamin shoppe or heath food store.  I use both, the pills and the teas, just not on the same day.  Good stuff for better living, and better cycling!

It is always a good idea to an antioxidant in your supplement stable.http://www.dsm.com/en_US/html/dnp/hnh_nutra_teavigo.htm

Ac joint separation - oh yeah!

So after two years of racing, I finally got mine at the Florida state championships - a 65 mile race I hit the deck at 45 mph in the last 200 meters... Didn't even get a chance to tap the breaks... Broke my helmet, went into a neck brace. Had to count to ten and then arrived at the local hospital. My shoulder was well, not movable and rather whacked! No worries if this happens to you, 8 days later I was back on the bike, a few days after that I was bag to normal training and even a little ripping it up on the trails. All and all I was a lucky duck, no surgery needed for my level III ac joint separation. Check out this bit from velo news on all the possibilities - be good

Article from Velo News on the Types of shoulder injuries

Why buy a cross bike???

Why not? Think about base training - hours of hours or turning the pedals over day after day. Sounds like a blast reading it but on the bike boredom sets in. A cross bike gives you options, new roads, new routes, new trails, the smell of dirt, nature and solitude in some cases. Also noticing that the trails are not as cold as the open roads. Give it a shot and your really might enjoy this years base season even more!   I personally like the single speed set up.  All City Nature Boy is a pretty sweet RIDE.