Technology of Tour De France

Question: Have you ever wondered how they can tell who's first at the finish line when riders only fraction of a second apart from each other?
Answer: A timing chip mounted on each bike helps ensure the accuracy of the finishing order.

Wisconsin Ride - July 1st

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eBay arrives at Vietnam

For those of you who are Vietnamese and can still read in your native language. Here another way to search for your next bike.

tibet landscape

This is a typical view throughout Tibet: wide open mountaineous spaces, sparsely populated. Those rainbow colored fabrics stripes are seen everywhere. Tibetans attach them to their houses, trees, mountain top, or just about everywhere for good luck and protections.

After this photo was taken, I looked down and saw a human body submerged in the clear and freezing water. I did not try photograph it out of respect for the departed, but a small part of it was caught in this photo. Can you guys spot it? Tibetan culture do not bury but expose bodies of the deceased to nature after funeral.

climbing the himalayas

It was raining, we were at 16,000 feet elevation and going up the Himalayas range in our bus. I could barely walk half a block without stopping to catch my breath and the road was slippery and scattered with rocks from mountains. That's when I saw this lone cyclist fighting his way up the steep hills slowly on his cyclocross weighed down with gears and maintaining composure despite all the honkings from annoyed passing bus drivers.Well, if you are going die doing something you love....might as well do it on the Himalayas instead of some other wimpy hills.

my latest bike

This thing can climb mountains with constant nudging.....and this model even comes with its own "bike babe"

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