It’s tough to deny the fact that grassroots, long, self supported endurance events are blowing up.  One of the newest events to add to the list is the upcoming Fitz-Barn Ride that starts in Victor, ID and ends in Hamilton, MT.  Starts at a bike shope (Fitzgeralds Bicycles in Victor, ID), ends at a bike Read the full article…

Early Thursday afternoon kicked off with a sense of relief as I had just finished the second draft of my thesis.  After six weeks of feeling as intelligent as a third grader, rewriting two chapters because my advisor didnt like the structure of them anymore, and debating whether or not ditching school in favor of Read the full article…

Next weekend up here in Fort Collins is the CSU race weekend, complete with a road race on Saturday followed by the Oval Crit on Sunday.  Granted I am horribly biased as a former member of the CSU Cycling team, but the Rams bust their ass to put on this race in the spring (and Read the full article…

The 2012 edition of the Tour of Flanders is in the books, I was up at 6:30 to catch the start of the live coverage, I put on a pot of coffee, poured me some hair of the dog, and plopped my fat ass down on the couch to watch.  In the end Boom Boom Read the full article…

I kicked off March by turning the first draft of my thesis in to my advisor.  His first piece of advice to me was simply, “get out of town and take some time off.”  The initial plan was to head on over to Salida with hopes to enjoy some much needed trail, with secondary hopes Read the full article…

Friend of DC and all around good guy “Gorgeuous George” has declared the 2012 SSUSA registration to be open. July 28, 2012 in Stowe, VT is the when and where.  Here is what last year’s event in Boulder was like for me, as well as a video.      

I had me a busy weekend here in Fort Collins, full of bike rides and going away parties.  With my advisor’s blessing I left school early on Friday to get my shit together and meet the CSU Cycling gang for a mountain bike ride.  The weather was perfect and spirits were high as we began Read the full article…

These past two months have been busy for me, and while I am aware that the things I am dealing with pale in comparison to what others’ go through on a daily basis, I am rather happy that November and December are in the rearview.  School and other distractions got in the way of riding, Read the full article…

The song and dance ends at about the 1:50 mark.  Big thank to my buddy JedZilla for bringing this to my attention.

Waking up to the video below made this day seem like it was starting out alright (credit to Dicky for posting before me).  While drinking a cup of coffee, I watched, was impressed, inspired, and hopeful for the progress and maturation of mountain biking.  For all the talk about trails being closed, bikes still being Read the full article…

I wanted to take a quick minute to recognize a true fucking badass. Meet Meg Fisher, one gear, one leg, one hell of a bike racer. Track, Mountain Biking, Road Cycling, Triathalon (on and off road), 24 Hour Solo Mountain Biking, this gal does is it all, with national and world championships to prove it.

Due to a combination old man winter lurking around the corner and a work load this semester that has been cockflogging me, I decided to make one last attempt for a long day in the mountains.  Nederland was the destination, the same trails where the rowdiness that was SSUSA took place, for myself and two Read the full article…