In Austin, beer-fueled disappointment
At a bike shop in a hilly area of Austin, local cyclists gathered on Thursday over beer, wine and pizza to watch disgraced cyclist and Austinite Lance Armstrong confess to Oprah Winfrey that he used performance-enhancing drugs.
Surrounded by bicycles, dozens of people and a few dogs crowded around a single flat-screen television near the cash register at Nelo's Cycles. They wore cycling gear or jeans, brought their own chips and salsa and were joined by television crews from everywhere from Texas to Denmark.
"Every time you hear the word 'sorry,' you have to chug a beer," a Nelo's employee yelled moments before the interview began. Groans floated through the room as Armstrong answered "yes" to Winfrey's initial questions about whether he doped.
