Got an email a couple weeks ago from the Mark Cavendish of Adventure inquiring how my solo adventure weekend went, and I must say it was everything I dreamed it would be…solitude, respite, blah blah blah.  The wife and boy were on vacation in Amsterdam (I know, I know, WTF wasn’t I there??- and I Read the full article…

The Giro’s been glorious to watch this year, and I’m glad these guys have a rest day today because they are starting to look like god damn pygmy tarsiers. Image source: http://www.steephill.tv/2012/giro-d-italia/photos/stage-15/ Bloodshot eyes, shattered faces…it’s like they came straight off the battlefield. Shell-shocked. Stages 14 and 15 exhibited true grit and classic finishes. Andrey Amador, a name Read the full article…

There isn’t much left to be said about this year’s installment of the Whiskey Off Road that hasn’t already been said. I picked Cupcake up at the airport on Thursday night and we set out on a mission to Prescott. We were armed with nothing but a keg of beer, a couple gallons of whiskey, and Read the full article…

The year was 1998. I was 29 years old, a handful of years out of college, and working in a bike shop as a mechanic. The woman who was to become my wife and I lived with our two dogs in a nice little three bedroom ranch house we bought in Tempe, Arizona. I was Read the full article…

The Whiskey came and the Whiskey went, with shots of fine liquor and a dime well spent. It was last year’s event that I first met Dirty, knew at first sight that we’d be flirty. Hell, who wouldn’t be with a guy who gives Jim Beam, after blowing all his steam after that climb so mean? Now Read the full article…

More information on the Whiskey Off-Road dropped in just under an hour ago. Lucky for me, I have the time this morning to actually post it. Yeah, we’re not always so timely around here. And by “we” I pretty much mean me. Saturday of the 9th Annual Whiskey Off-Road event weekend brought blue skies and Read the full article…

I’m a big fan of the Slam That Stem blog. Mostly ‘cuz I love looking at the candy. (Archive of said candy here.) However, I do not agree with their message. You do not need to put your stem as low as it will go on every bike you own. You should place your handlebars in Read the full article…

Before I moved to Colorado, I hadn’t really participated in any regular group rides since the Rose Bike rides in Maine. Flagstaff was a pretty awesome place to ride, and while I often rode with one or two other folks, I rarely rode in a large group unless it was a race. Here in the Read the full article…

A while back, I sent out a care package to my buddy Afghan BMXer somewhere in Afghnaistan. Judging by these pictures, I would say he is doing a fine job spreading the DC infection on the other side of the world.   You can see some of the other picture he has sent here and here It has come to Read the full article…

This is a story from my ride last Saturday. I’m just shy of three hours in at this point. I’ve done the hills. Time to head home. I’m on Mockingbird Lane, also know as 68th Street in Phoenix. Runners. Whole group of ‘em. Coming straight at me. I’m in 53 x 17 or so. I’m 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…

I am trying to get myself stoked to ride to work, so I decided to write up a list of reasons to commute – this is more for me than it is for you. If you can think of any more reasons, feel free to leave them in the comments section. 1. My little 1998 Read the full article…