Andy Pulford - Luton, England

Thanks for the kind words. I've actually not had a chance to go pick up the new ProCycling yet and need to go grab a copy.

I remember back when I was a little kid watching tennis on television with my mom and dad; my dad would ramble on about how he really didn’t like Jimmy Connors all that much. The details are vague, but I seem to recall that what he didn’t like about Connors was the fact that he wasn’t old, tried and true. By the time John McEnroe had established himself on the scene, Connors was a bit more of an “old man” of tennis, so my dad warmed up to him and even cheered for him to win – it seems to me that by the time this happened, Jimmy Connors, he was all of 35 years old. Now it seems it is my turn to cheer for the old guys.

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Hello again. It has been a few days since I’ve posted anything here, so I have a fair amount of scatter-brained thoughts and experiences with which to dazzle these interwebs. Over the weekend I ventured  back to my great white 10,000 lakes-having former home of Minnesota. The trip was 3-fold. First and foremost, there was this thing happening there that I warned you about called Hay Days, which is a giant snowmobile extravaganza including mini-donuts (yes I did) and grass drags. Secondly, I needed to see my people at the One on One Bicycle Studio for all of five minutes. Lastly, I had to clear a bunch of crap (my possessions) out of the former Enervit America warehouse. This last thing is largely responsible for helping fuel my typing today, because I found a DVD of Social Distortion, which is currently being viewed out of my left eye, and is cranked to 11.

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