OMG

http://www.wickedcoolstuff.com/hinu.html

Hillary Nut Cracker.

Its from www.WickedCoolStuff.com.

foldable helmet

wow a foldable helmet..


http://www.ukbikestore.co.uk/acatalog/info_stash_helmet.html

http://www.stashkit.com/

Rays Pro Pump Track Race JD Swangun Brian Lopes

Uhm. dizzy! I am probably the last to see this.

Norway wins 4x10 km relay @ Sapporo (World Championship

this one didn't let me post. It is REALLy exciting at the end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blDxXRud8t8&feature=PlayList&p=CA6DE0EC3B6384CA&index=3

Petter Northug vinner skøytesprint i Lahti

oopsies lost the video..ha. here is the link.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duF9oh4dTf0&feature=PlayList&p=CA6DE0EC3B6384CA&index=4

I find these ski races good to watch as motivation while on the trainer. Its easy to get a stream of them going.... PUMP!

wattage geek stuff

This is a link to Frazier's wattage sight.
http://www.fraziercycling.com/Cycling_Fitness_Evalution_Report.pdf
Some of you geeky people might like this.

Hey. I like watching the skate (nordic) ski races for INSPIRATION while training. If you have not discovered them yet you can go to the site and run a list of Nordic Ski races. Check out some skate skiing races on YOU TUBE. Some of the races are good to watch while you PUMP an interval out on the trainer with the headphones on.

Smart Squirrels

I am trying to find a way to relate this to cycling. Squirrels vs Snakes.

http://www.livescience.com/animals/071227-squirrels-snakes.html

Squirrels Eat Skin to Swindle Snakes
By Dave Mosher, LiveScience Staff Writer

posted: 27 December 2007 07:58 am ET

Rattlesnakes often chow down on unwary squirrels, but new research shows the rodents fight back by eating, rubbing and even bathing themselves with pieces of discarded snake skin.
The reptilian musk helps California ground and rock squirrels mask their natural scent and thereby avoid detection from their slithering nemeses.
"It's a nice example of the opportunism of animals," said psychologist Donald Owings at the University of California Davis. "They're turning the tables on the snake."

Owings co-authored the study with Barbara Clucas, a graduate student in animal behavior, and others in a recent issue of the journal Animal Behavior.
Clucas saw squirrels picking up pieces of shed snakeskin, chewing it and then licking their fur — a trick that can fool snakes, which have poor eyesight but an advanced sense of smell.
The resourceful squirrels also bathe in soil that snakes have rested in.

Owings said the newfound tricks are just a few in the squirrel's snake-fighting arsenal; the rodents can also heat up their tails to warn rattlesnakes, as well as gauge threat level based on a snake rattle's sound. These behaviors are learned, Owings said, but if they fail, squirrels have also evolved biological resistance to snake venom, other studies have found.