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Monday, June 15, 2009
Blue Plate offers tasty deals
If you have some time to kill, check out Blue Plate Velo. It’s an interesting way to shop for stuff you probably don’t need, but the prices are incredible. Here’s their mission statement. …
Overstock happens to the best of us. Sometimes a manufacturer overestimates how many men will ride pink bikes. Sometimes delays cause a big batch of wool jackets to come into stock in July. Whatever the reason, perfectly good, brand new, top quality bike stuff can end up in surplus somewhere, and we are here to bring it to you at smokin’ hot savings.
We’ll post a new product every day of the work week as that day’s Blue Plate Special, and we’ll sell it until it’s gone or closing time (3:30 PM MST), whichever comes first. We have a limited quantity of everything we offer, so get it while it’s fresh out of the oven. You snooze, you just may lose.
As soon as we are sold out, we’ll hang a sold out sign. Check out the rest of the week’s menu and whet your whistle for the next tasty treat.
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Too tough for me
I used to think I was tough. I once flipped over the handlebars onto the pavement, got back up and rode another 30 miles. At night. Into a 20 mph wind.
I once had a 53-tooth chain ring plow up my calf and rip gaping holes in my leg. I wrapped some paper towels around it and rode again later that afternoon.
I hit a car a while back on my single speed and went down hard. OK that’s all I got on that one, it hurt like hell and I still sit funny.
I used to think all of that was pretty tough until I found this story. …
UConn men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun has been hospitalized after he collapsed following a 50-mile charity bicycle ride during which he fell and broke five ribs. Calhoun was taken to the UConn Health Center in Farmington, Conn. on Saturday, where he was to be held overnight for observation and released Sunday. A spokeswoman for the hospital said he was listed in good condition.
Calhoun fell 12 miles into the race in Simsbury. Moments after he crossed the finished line, he slumped over and fell to the ground.
At the hospital, Calhoun was told he had broken ribs during the fall. The hospital said he fainted because of dehydration and trauma from the fall.
