committing the act of journalism...

i've discussed this in the past... the lack of journalism in cycling coverage. here's another example, courtesy of cycling news. it wreaks of a bontrager infomercial.
here's why.
first, it's a rumor. rumors are fine for who's dating who on TMZ & ET.

however, i'd like a little more.

how to make it not a rumor? how about a quote from the UCI indicating their intention (or lack of intention) to enforce this 3:1 rule. there isn't even a "the UCI didn't return our calls."

also, who is "awash in panic"? NAMES PEOPLE, NAMES! "we talked with team-XYZ's chief wrench Tullio Campagnolo who said, 'yeah, my DS said...'." geez even a "sources close to three of the teams say," would help.

and then, ?who will have the only legal bikes? wait for it... BONTRAGER. so, some PR person from a manufacturer with deep roots says to James Huang "hey, we're so cool 'cause we designed all our stuff to be rule 1.3.024 friendly. AND... YOU KNOW WHAT I HEARD A UCI GUY IN LINE AT THE PORTA POTTY SAY?"

guess things are tough out there, and a journo's gotta do what a journo's do.

GAK!

committing the act of journalism.

AS a bike-geek poseur (yes, it's truly sad when someone isn't even qualified to be a geek, so they have to be a geek wanna-be), i do get interested when the bike trade show season rolls around.
i will never get to go one, let alone own even the medium-zoot stuff that is on display at these things.
but, it's kinda ironic that the best coverage doesn't come from the journalistic sources that one might assume would know how to capture an event. sources such as velonews, cyclingnews.com or bike radar. their coverage is a hand full of pictures of product from their biggest advertisers and maybe some company who might start to advertise because they've started to supply a pro team. also, the pictures are as bland as the straight from the catalog marketing captions they regurgitate.

second best coverage award goes to competitive cyclist. yes, the discuss the brands they fence, but there is at least some detectable honesty in their commentary.

top podium spot goes to G R E A S E M O N K E Y, a blogger. there's an opinion there (so, agree or disagree or just listen) and the pictures are as much of the event as they are of the stuff you're supposed to drool over (but will never see the light of day in your bike shop's display cases).