This Bud's for You, 29 July

It helps if you are familiar with the tune "Heroes of Our Past" as sung by the Dropkick Murphys (and with due respect to the intent of the original). I don't believe any other version (if there are any) will do:

And so the story's told of a hearty group of men, it's a tale of their triumphs and their woes.

Be it climbs and fast descents or the hectic final sprint

that inspires men to attack and ride away.

And should we falter with our spirit in this ever changing race

we can look back to those heroes of our past.

With their stanch determination and ferocious iron will,

no competitor could quell them in their task...

with twenty yards to go, a look over the shoulder at a comfortable gap

first across the line yet again for SoCalCycling.com