The Tech of Sports No. 109 Margarita Ventura of Haute Athletics

Great to have entrepreneur, fitness model and dancer, Margarita Ventura of Haute Athletics on "The Tech of Sports" this week to talk about fitness apparel, Haute Athletics and the country's fascination with yoga pants.

Great to talk with Margarita.

Have a listen:

Tour de France Underway

The 2014 Tour de France got underway this week in England of all places.

Tour organizers like to start the race in neighboring countries to increase interest and give the riders new places to visit and ride through.

Looked like big crowds in the English countryside to watch the opening stages and already some nasty falls.

Here in the U.S. we can watch the coverage on NBC Sports Channel.

The official website is http://www.letour.com/us/

Better Late Than Never: Stolen Motorcycle Recovered 46 Years Later

What would be the chances a vintage 1953 Triumph motorcycle could be recovered after it was stolen in 1967?

Zero to none, I would say.

But read on:

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=9313281

Kindle Free Pick of the Week - Cycling's Greatest Misadventures

Cycling's Greatest Misadventures presents twenty-seven true stories which cross the spectrum from terrifying to comical to downright bizarre. In these pages both everyday riders and pros tell their stories of freak accidents, animal attacks, sabotage, idiotic decisions, eerie or unexplained incidents, and other jaw dropping, adrenalin-pumping calamities. These stories bring to life the strange things possibilities that await, once we step on the pedals of our road, mountain, or commuter bikes.


A sampling of misadventures in this collection includes the stories of:

* the mountain biker who follows a bull and then gets gored by it

* the twenty African Americans who pioneered cycle touring by completing a Transamerica ride in 1897, with rifles

* the large rat that leapt on top of a woman's bike and slapped her repeatedly with its tail