If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or have new posts delivered to your e-mail inbox. Thanks for visiting BicycleFrenzy.com!

The winner of the third and final bottle of Rock ’N’ Roll Extreme Chain Lube is commenter number 16, MattTheMan

Matt, send me an e-mail from the contact page so I can get your shipping address.

The winner of the second bottle of Rock ’N’ Roll Extreme Chain Lube is commenter number 7, John Elmblad 

John, send me an e-mail from the contact page so I can get your shipping address.

The winner of the first bottle of Rock ‘N’ Roll Extreme Chain Lube is commenter number 4, Ryan Keefer.

Ryan, send me an e-mail from the contact page so I can get your shipping address.

BicycleFrenzy RSS Subscriber Contest

How You Could Have Won: All you had to do to be eligible to win was subscribe to the feed by clicking on the RSS links at the right side of the navigation bar or any of the other RSS subscription links throughout the site. Then come back here and leave a comment that you are subscribed.

I want to extend a big Thank You to CoachLevi, UltraRob, and Ride-Strong.com for sharing this contest with thier readers. 

1 winner was picked every Monday for 3 weeks.

If you were already subscribed then you were still in the running.  You just had to leave a comment that you subscribed to enter the contest.

What You Would Have Won: Rock ‘N’ Roll Lubrication Extreme Chain Lube (Rock ‘N’ Roll Lube is not an official sponsor. I purchased the goods at ProVelo Cycle in Sedalia)

So sign up and good luck, I’m looking forward to more great contests and even better prizes in the future.

Aaron, Since you are the only one to have commented on this post so far you are the winner of the Ride-Strong.com shirt. (Is this Aaron from the PRBC in Sedalia?) Send me a message via the contact page and we can make arrangements to get your shirt to you

Tyler Ford from Ride-Strong.com was kind enough to send me a couple of T-shirts for my first edition of Free Stuff Friday.

If you haven’t already heard of Ride-Strong.com, be sure to check it out. Tyler has lots of contests and really great content over their including, pictures, video, and some great Arizona riding write ups.

Win a Ride-Strong.com T-Shirt

If you noticed, I said Tyler sent me a couple of shirts. Well I’m going to keep one shirt for me but I’m gonna give the other shirt to someone that leaves a comment on this post. So if you want the other Ride-Strong.com T-Shirt you have to do two things.

1. Go visit Ride-Strong.com
2. Leave a comment with a link to your favorite Ride-Strong.com article. (Tyler didn’t put me up to this, I just think it would be a cool thing to do)

If you don’t follow the instructions then you will not be eligible to win

So do you have some cool swag to send my way so your product, blog, race team, or club can get a little extra attention? If you do visit my original Free Stuff Friday post for details.

David Zabriskie is the Greatest American Cyclist Ever for one reason and one reason alone. 

You might think it is for his amazing ability to time trial.  You might also say it is for his continued hard work and consistent performance.  You could also say it is for his colorful and hilarious interviews. 

I would say you are all wrong.  The reason Dave Zabriskie is the greatest American cyclist is the mustache he was sporting at the Tour de Georgia.  That is second only to Brad Huff’s mullet. 

I wonder if they tested that thing in the wind tunnel.  I bet it added at least a few seconds to his time trial. 

I just hope this catches on.  How cool would it be to see the entire peloton sporting massive 70s mustaches

Sorry no picture on this post.  I didn’t get permission to post the picture so just follow the link above then come back here and tell everyone what you think about it.

On Saturday I was watching a show about the 2007 Ford Iron Man World Championships in Florida. The show highlighted the top contenders and defending champions of course but the part of the show that really drew me in was the stories of the category racers.

The stories that these people shared were really compelling. One lady had lost over 80 lbs. during her training for the event. Her goal was to simply finish. She barely made it. The really amazing thing about her was that she was smiling the entire time. Even though she was the last finisher, she did it. She reached her goal. She had accomplished her dream.

Its great to see top athletes compete in top form and see the record breaking attempts. But for me, it is far more exciting to watch everyday people reach their goals. It inspires me to reach my goals, to try harder, to never give up.

You can learn a lot from people that accomplish what they set out to do. Here is my little list of what I think everyone can take away from people and events like the Iron Man Triathlon:

1. Lots of people have done great things with far more adversity and bigger setbacks.
2. Never Ever Ever give up.
3. Choose your goals for YOU. Whether it is to win the Iron Man World Championship or to loose 30 lbs. it can be just as life changing and important to You.
4. Make a plan to reach your goal and execute the plan.
5. If you have a setback, don’t quite, adjust your plan and move forward.

If you have a story of setbacks and accomplishment please share it in the comments. I would love to hear it. It could inspire others to keep working to reach their goals too.