not being on my bike the majority of the day isn’t sitting too well with me. I really like riding my bicycle. Especially in Austin. I got way too much sun yesterday though. I spent the majority of the afternoon trying to make my ‘cross bike into a road bike. You wouldn’t think it would be that hard. I didn’t get around to gluing any tires on. I felt a little guilty making Bill and George wait around until late afternoon to ride.

Bill isn’t feeling good now either. I don’t know if I got him sick or that he has something else going on. But, his throat is sore and his legs are heavy. We were supposed to ride all day with a few guys today, but that isn’t going to happen for me today. I haven’t talked to Bill this morning.

I guess I can finish gluing tires and pretend that everything is good for the weekend. I’m not sure that is going to help, but at least it will keep me occupied.

Too much time in the sun.

Riding through the slums on an afternoon coffeshop ride.

I posted this little piece a couple weeks ago about the UCI threatening to sue Floyd if he didn’t retract all the nasty things he said about them in 15 days. And now, 15 days has come and gone with nothing printed about the upcoming court case. And, I’ve never seen Floyd retract a word.

Boo.

I would have just loved seeing the discovery in that case. Here is the definition of discovery if you don’t know it. Basically it is that each side has to hand over all the evidence/documents/etc. to the opposing side. That isn’t exactly right, but it’s close. And this is the very reason that the UCI isn’t going to officially file anything against Floyd. They don’t want to open themselves up to the discovery process, which could potentially be very dangerous for them. Why threaten when you know you’re not going to pull the trigger, ever? Probably to just try to discredit Floyd. Make it look convincing that you’re being truthful. That’s the only reason I can think of.

Hopefully I’m wrong on this whole thing. I’d love to see the outcome. But why put a 15 day time frame on a threat and let it pass?

Here’s the best link to make light of all the negotiations between the parties. Pretty great.

I'd like to see this again.

Maybe he needs to use his left had to swear in next time? He kind of already has.