When I submitted this month's Wolf Den Article, the editor said "Um, it's a little wierd. Kind of 'California'. But your last paragraph was wonderful." Hopefully 'California' isn't bad. I wasn't Swami's surf lineup serious about my words. If I actually called anyone some of these names, it would be with a smile on my face.
If they still needed to punch me, so be it. Sometimes cycling is too serious. Like the movie "Point Break". Like at Swami's. Like they made the characters in that cycling movie with Kevin Costner... what was it called?
In a sport where this can happen, you have to have humility:
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You don't need to watch this whole segment. Ernest Hemingway talked about how hard it was for him to portray bicycle racing. Hollywood? They never had a prayer.
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