“If you can’t fix it with duct tape …”
- By Steve Frothingham
- Published Jun. 20, 2011
2011 Race Across America. While his neck muscles have given out, the rest of Alberto Blanco is obviously fine as he continues on in third place. His head is being supported by a cobbled together device made out of a back-pack frame, some straps and liberal amounts of duct tape. Photo: Vic Armijo
Steve Frothingham
VeloNews.com editor Steve Frothingham joined the gang in bike-crazy Boulder in early 2008. He is the former executive editor of the trade magazine Bicycle Retailer & Industry News. He also was a reporter and editor for The Associated Press, where he covered three presidential primaries in politics-crazy New Hampshire. His racing career began on a BMX track in 1980 and reached its zenith with several miserable road races as a category 2 in the early 90s. He subsequently retreated to cat. 3, where he has had a consistently mediocre (at best) record ever since, in road, mountain bike and cyclocross events. Follow him on Twitter at @steve_froth