Direct download links and full list coming soon, as well as an enhanced podcast version, probably an .m4a file with images where available.

...16. Bicicleteiros #57: Ocean City!.
17. Bicicleteiros #50: Bicicleteiros' 50th Episode!
18. Panic Living #70: Slash!.
19. By All Memes #2: What Do You Meme? (with Brian Ruckle).
20. Catching Up With Patrick #5.
21. NFTOS Top 20 of 2009.
22. Panic Living #65: I'm OFF!
23. Panic Living #64: ¡Viva La Tertulia!
24. Rowdy Ray's Report #1 (with Ray Dunlap).
25. Panic Living #71: Bicicleteiro.
26. Quest: Verano Sin Fin (music).
27. Panic Living #66: No! No! No! No!
28. Bicicleteiros #63: Tour de France Stage 13.
29. By All Memes #1 (with Brian Ruckle).
30. Bicicleteiros #58: Ain't Goin' Out (Giro d'Italia wrap-up).
31. Noticias desde el otro lado - parte 3 (con Andresito).
32. Bicicleteiros #59: TdF Preview.
33. Bicicleteiros #60: TdF Stage 5.
34. Panic Living #74: High Tension Please!
35. Quest: Cinema (music).
36. Bicicleteiros #56: Spring Classics Wrap-up.
37. Bicicleteiros #64: TdF Stage 18 (Time trial).
38. Bicicleteiros #62: TdF Stage 12.
39. Panic Living #73: Wear the Pants in Family.
40. Bicicleteiros #61: TdF Stage 4.

Image by Stone River.

Posted by Rob.

Tags:  NFTOS, Bicicleteiros on Twitter, Top 40, countdown, podcast, audio, video, music, .mp3, .m4a, .m4v

This year, I'm going to avoid Tour de France withdrawal by building my fantasy cycling teams for next year starting now.  This site's graphic caught my eye, so maybe I'll give them a try in addition to Versus.com which a bunch of us used this year. 


And look who's back!  Shady's back...


So you think the peleton have kicked the doping habit just because this year's Tour de France didn't turn up any positives (yet)?  Think again!

I Want a New Drug (2006 Digital Remaster) - Press play, then read the following link.



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Tags:  NFTOS, Bicicleteiros on Twitter, Huey Lewis and the News, AFLD, Pierre Bordry, cobblestone.be, Slim Shady, The Chicken, Michael Rasmussen, Mexico, Italy, Davide Cassani, man in black, men in black, whereabouts program

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Post Tour de France Blues?  No, no, no!  Time to get back outside and make up for lost time sitting in front of your TV or PC.  Plus, the cycling season has gone global and practically never ends.  Next up we've got:

Posted by Rob.

Tags: NFTOS, Bicicleteiros on Twitter, Tour de France, re-cap, recap, best of, review, resume, stages, victories, sprints, climbs, time trial, team, Alberto Contador, Andy Schleck, Lance Armstrong, Thor Hushovd, Mark Cavendish, Franco Pellizotti, Circuito de Getxo, Clásica San Sebastián

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The Tour de France arrives in Paris!

Cavendish delivers!
http://tour-de-france.velonews.com/article/96017/cavendish-always-delivers

Arashiro and Beppu become the first Japanese riders to finish le Tour!
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/arashiro-and-beppu-complete-their-maiden-tours

Lance skips Alberto's victory party to hobnob with RadioShack execs who will be his sponsors next season:
http://tour-de-france.velonews.com/article/96014/armstrong-skips-party-honoring-contador

Bicicleteiros Fantasy Cycling League (on Versus.com)

Paris - Stage 21 Results:
1st in Bicicleteiros League - 226th overall - bici - 377 points
2 - 1975 - hotness - 239
3 - 3733 - MakikoMotion - 191
4 - 4292 - Accentor -182
5 - 7497 - NFTOS - 125
6 - 12799 -the jokers - 99
7 - 13011 - Crofton Crushers - 91
8 - 14268 - Vieja y Hermosa - 82
9 - 16450 - Khromushkin Racing - 64
10 - 16272 - gb - 64
11 - 18089 - Aves - 25
12 - 31711 - Fuji Flyers - 0

Final General Classification:
1 - 2848 - Aves - 2204
2 - 3334 - bici - 2154
3 - 4390 - hotness - 2063
4 - 7189 - Accentor - 1867
5 - 8237 - NFTOS - 1804
6 - 8403 - the jokers - 1794
7 - 9611 - MakikoMotion - 1726
8 - 12847 - gb - 1553
9 - 18648 - Khromushkin Racing - 1225
10 - 20004 - Vieja y Hermosa - 1138
11 - 20724 - Fuji Flyers - 1082
12 - 20896 - Crofton Crushers - 1067

Posted by Rob.

Tags:  NFTOS, Bicicleteiros on Twitter, Champs Ellysees, Mark Cavendish, Alberto Contador, Andy Schleck, Lance Armstrong, Franco Pellizotti, Thor Hushovd

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The good news:  Lance Armstrong & Co. have a title sponsor for next year, ensuring contracts not only for him and Bruyneel, but probably for some of his up-and-comers from the Livestrong developmental team as well.

The bad news:  As Paris looms closer, the finger pointing begins in earnest!

Cancellara - Motorcycles!

Reporter -What's your VO2 max?
AC - Otra pregunta.

Worse news:  Danilo DiLuca tests positive for CERA in the Giro d'Italia.

Comments related to DiLuca's positive on Twitter:


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Tags:  NFTOS, Bicicleteiros, Annecy, Time Trial, Alberto Contador, Fabian Cancellara

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Over in Cambridge, Patrick must be reading my mind (or at least watching my playlists on YouTube).  His first two songs on this month's Headstand Radio were featured on numerous mix tapes of mine back in the day--Step On by The Happy Mondays, and Hit by The Sugurcubes--and his third song is Berlin by Semtazone, a band I first heard live here in Tokyo a couple years back (please watch our Semtazone interivew and subsequent NFTOS Talk Show #?).

As I am typing this post, Patrick announces Tour de France by Kraftwerk!  ...TOUR DE FRANCE!!

...You have to love it when he introduces the next song by knowingly advising, "and I must warn you, this song contains some strong language."

More links and stuff coming soon!  (Yeah right)

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Tags:  NFTOS, Bicicleteiros, Hans, By All Memes, Brian, T-Shirt of the Day, haiku, Sangenjaya, Tokyo, Japan, Panomatea, Risa, Argyle, Cream Cheese of Son, Pikarizumo, Pe, Elixir, Jerry Gordon, DJ Shogo, John from New Zealand, Jazz Studio Green, Deep Note, flute, event, Cafe Absinthe, Zerro, Osaka, Brazilian, drums, live, Shimokitazawa, Mark Woody Wood, Deep Fried Pickle Project, Kids' Rock, Kiddie Rock, Headstand Radio, Cambridge, England, Ivor Culter, Scotland, poetry, reading, Northern Ireland, Belfast, Kansai Scene, Metropolis

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Tags:  NFTOS, Bicicleteiros

Tags: NFTOS, Bicicleteiros, Versus.com, fantasy cycling, cycling, cyclisme, velo, radsport, ciclismo, bicicleta, stage thirteen, 13eme etape, 13a etapa

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Bicicleteiros #62
Hans and Rob bring their 'podcast' program up to date.

Posted by Rob.

Tags: NFTOS, bicleteiros, Bernard Hinault, stage twelve, 12eme etape, ciclismo, cycling, sport, summer, outdoor, cyclisme, bicycle, velo, radsport, bicicleta

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It's a rest day at the Tour de France.  Actually, it's a transfer day, meaning the riders and their teams have to travel--not exactly what I would prescribe as rest.

Can't think of a better opportunity though to post a new track from Quest a.k.a. Hayden!

Here's what he had to say about it:


Could Hayden-san be the next John Tesh?

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Tags:  NFTOS, MFTOS, music, .mp3, download, free, new, track, song, electronic, samples, electronica, Hayden, Lincoln, Nebraska

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Podcast: Tour de France stage 4 recap (Part 2 of 2) and a preview of stage 5 with Hans and Rob (direct download).
http://media.libsyn.com/media/newsfromtheotherside/2009_Tour_-_stages_4__5.mp3

YouTube video playlist: Videos from stage 5 into Perpignan and previous exploits by the stage winner (not to be given away so easily here just yet!)

The door has closed for joining the Versus.com fantasy cycling contest, but you can still join us in our facebook group Bicicleteiros, where we've created a virtual fantasy cycling smack talk parlor.  Come join us!  I think we'll be carrying on there long after this Tour de France is finished.

Here are the standings after the first day of fantasy cycling that counts. (That sounds so legitimate, doesn't it?)  I cut & pasted the results, then added some details, such as team director, to help the casual observer.  Let me know if there are any mistakes!

1st (in our group) - 440th (overall) - Team bici (Jeb) - 280 points
2nd - 677th - the jokers (Patrick) - 258 points
3rd - 1865th - hotness (Torbjørn) - 209 points
4th - 4,316th - Accentor (Hans) - 161 points
5th - 12,272nd - Team Byrd (Peter) - 87 points
6th - 12, 255th - MakikoMotion (Makiko) - 87 points
7th - 13,455th - Khromushkin Racing (Ian) - 82 points
8th - 14,282nd - NFTOS (Rob) - 66 points
9th - 15,527th - Crofton Crushers (Angela) - 47 points
10th - 19,745th - Fausto Coppi (Krzysztof), gb (Graham) and bicicleteiros (Bobby) - 0 points

Next up:  Stage 6 from Girone (Girona, Gerona) to Barcelone (Barcelona), all well within the Spanish border.

Posted by Rob.

Tags: NFTOS, Biciclceteiros, Fantasy Cycling, Perpignan, Catalunya, Catalan, catalana, versus.com, ツール・ド・フランス2009, 第５ステージ, 自転車レース

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In this podcast:  Time flies!  It's been an exciting first four days, and Hans and I catch up for just a sec. 

Stage 4 review (direct download)
http://media.libsyn.com/media/newsfromtheotherside/2009_tour_-_stage_4.mp3

More on Stage 4 and Stage 5 preview (direct download) 
http://media.libsyn.com/media/newsfromtheotherside/2009_Tour_-_stages_4__5.mp3

YouTube video playlist:  Everthing I've found so far on the stage four team time trial. (coming soon!)

Posted by Rob.

Tags:  NFTOS, Bicicleteiros, team time trial, stage 4, Versus.com, fantasy cycling, Astana, Saxo Bank, Garmin-Slipstream, Lance Armstrong, Alberto Contador, Fabian Cancellara, Denis Menchov, ツール・ド・フランス2009, 第４ステージ, 自転車レース

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Hans and Rob here with our Tour de France predictions, and we both pick Alberto Contador--sorry for being unoriginal!--with Andy Schleck and Lance Armstrong* filling out the podium. 

*(Unless Lance massively chokes and dutifully decides to play super-domestique instead of playing Bernard Hinault that the press--and he himself somewhat--have been making him out to be doing.)

Hans has been watching a lot more cycling on TV this year than I have, which gives him the clear advantage in crystal ball polishing.  I've been making due on a meager diet of YouTube race/stages finishes, and when I'm fortunate enough, live feed (links courtesy of Steephill.tv).

We discuss the other jersey competitions (Green, Polka-dot and White), look at the race route, discuss several key stages, and create a virtual dream team of non-starters (see some of the tag names below, if you need any reminders).

Posted by Rob.

Tags:  NFTOS, Bicicleteiros, Tour de France, preview, fantasy, cycling, league, prologue, time trial, stage 1, Thomas Dekker, Chris Horner, Simon Gerrans, Andre Greipel, Tom Boonen, Alejandro Valverde, Tadej Valjavec, Alexander Vinokourov, Astana, Johan Bruyneel, Monaco, Versus, Quick Step, Patrick Sinkewicz, Kim Kirchen, Steephill.tv, ツール・ド・フランス2009, 第１ステージ, 自転車レース

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A bunch of brand new songs up on Jonny Heartbreaker's band's MySpace page.  Here's the link for now:

http://www.myspace.com/conservativemusic

If you're in London (or anywhere within a day's journey) you won't want to miss these gigs:


Photo:  Greg and John Morrissey (from their facebook fan club).

Posted by Rob.

Tags:  NFTOS, London, England, rock, rock n'roll, live music, songs, new, events, Greg Morrissey, Jonny Heartbreaker, John Morrissey, John Brammer, Anthony Hoarau, 229 Club, Cross Kings, The Comedy Club

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Images, links and more info coming soon!  (I'm sure you've heard that before)

Posted by Rob.

Tags:  NFTOS, Criston, Altgate, Cona, Bistro D'Arbre, Sangenjaya, Shibuya, Nonbei Yokocho, Tokyo, Japan

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