Socks for sale...get your socks for sale

Even though it snowed today in DC, it's almost the end of February. I hate February. It's the month I am most likely to crack due to cold weather. Plus, Valentine's Day sweets. Get past those in the office. 

To celebrate the end of my least favorite month, sock prices have dropped (see that there?) to 7 bucks a pair.

If you want more than a couple pair, email me at yougotdropped@gmail.com and we'll work it out. Love to see a whole team of crazies rocking these. 


Store link is top right of this page. Yours in winter suffering. 

Please sign this national effort to reduce bicyclist deaths



A sad day for cycling advocacy. This past Friday, a grand jury decided traffic tickets suffice in the case for mother & bicyclist Trish Cunningham, whose life was taken by a motorist while riding. Please participate in the national effort to reduce the number of bicyclist deaths on our roadways. Share this post & Take Action here: 
SUPPORT BICYCLING SAFETY HERE:
www.bikemd.org

Polls Regarding Doping in Amateur Cycling: Please Vote



The more I look at comments listed on this blog as well as on the YGD Facebook page and other sites around the internet, the more questions I gather regarding doping on the amateur level within the sport of cycling. 

I'm not putting these polls up for shock value or to be simply to be negative. I truly am trying to understand, on a very basic level, what our cycling community's perception is regarding this stuff. 

My first question dives back to debate that the Mid-Atlantic community had last year regarding the hiring of USADA to come out to some random races and do some random testing. A shit-storm erupted on the local listserve with everybody having a comment. This is Washington, D.C. For my poll, let's pretend that there NO COST IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RIDER OR THE PROMOTER. Let's assume that 5 zillion dollars magically appeared from a settlement with Lance Armstrong and all that money would be given to clean up the sport starting with the local levels but on a national scale. So...with all the money in place, is it okay to test amateurs? This includes Masters, Cat 4s...everybody. 

The second question in the poll is simply what we think our collective perception is towards one another on a regional level. What's the worst spot around the country? Is doping happening everywhere? Poll note: you can vote for your own region if you think it's the worst. 

Who knows? People who make decisions might actually come across this site and might glean something from a totally unofficial internet poll. Maybe this is our way to be heard. I'm trying.