The Mailbag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com. If you have a comment, an opinion or observation regarding anything you have seen in cycling, in VeloNews magazine or on VeloNews.com, write to WebLetters@InsideInc.com. Please include your full name and home town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.

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Dwight’s column is a present you can unwrap again and again
Editor:
The best Christmas present has been Brandon Dwight's columns. I really enjoy reading them. Thanks.

Jim Kirstein
Folsom, California

But he may have gotten his beers mixed up
Editor:
Add me to the list of those enjoying the Brandon Dwight diaries. I would like to offer one small criticism: As a category 1 beer drinker, I'm certain his favorite beer is not Westmalle Dubble, but actually Westmalle Tripel. The "unique orange-brown color with a deep, complex taste" he mentions and the golden beer in the picture are characteristics of classic Tripels, (such as Chimay White or Duvel). A Dubbel should be a very dark brown, and have a sweet, chocolatey flavor, (much like Chimay Blue, or Unibroue's Trois Pistoles).

Rob Roeder
Austin, Texas

O’Grady for president?
Editor:
Outstanding journalism! O'Grady for president! A great wrap-up to some of the foolishness we endured in 2005 as bicycle-racing fans. I made my decision to purchase a Mad Dog Media jersey after reading the 2005 awards. How about Old Guys Who Get Fat in Winter Racing Team presented by Guinness Brewing?

Pat O'Brien
Sierra Vista, Arizona

Actually, Pat, the proper team name to go with your new jersey is "Mad Dog Media-Dogs at Large Velo Hampered By Guinness Extra Stout," as anyone who’s ever seen O’Grady "racing" will be only too happy to tell you. — Editor

Short and (not so) sweet
Editor:
Off the back. Again.

Tim Hattrup
Boulder, Colorado

Tim has obviously seen O’Grady on the corsa. — Editor

An endowed (or reinforced) chair for the master
Editor:
Life without O'Grady would be dull, boring, humorless and pale. He is da man! I read him eagerly, usually falling out of my chair laughing. His cartoons on drug use say it all more effectively than even the best journalism (thanks for Neal Rogers’s tip on Matt Smith's excellent writing). I hope you can provide him with an endowed chair for humor! Make that well-endowed with structure to support his beer habit and resultant belly....

John Borstelmann
Darkest Idaho (noted for a lack of political humor)

Is that a tongue in your cheek or are you just happy to read him?
Editor:
Gosh, I think O’Grady finally hit the nail right on the thumb! What an excellent rant! Thanks!

Merten G. Pearson
Amarillo, Texas

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The Mailbag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com. If you have a comment, an opinion or observation regarding anything you have seen in cycling, in VeloNews magazine or on VeloNews.com, write to WebLetters@InsideInc.com. Please include your full name and home town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.