Emporia, Kansas I’ve been riding/racing since 1974 and this race was by far the toughest. Over 200 miles of gravel, dirt, mud, suffering and pain. With steady winds, heat (over 97d) and no cover Kansas can be sooo unforgiving. Perhaps that’s why the early pioneers preferred to continue past Kansas and seek more humane conditions [...]
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This past weekend three members of the U23 Team headed down to Fayetteville, Arkansas for the Joe Martin Stage Race. Matt Pence, Alex Grman and Martin Lang made the trip down, with Matt Brandt at Collegiate Nationals and Zack Stein still finishing up school in Colorado. The race began with a 2.5 mile uphill time [...]
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Last Saturday, there was the Greensfelder Challenge race. The course was totally different from last year, making an 8.5 mile loop out of Declue, the Declue Extension, and Eagle Valley instead of using 3 miles of Dogwood. The course had 1,085 feet of elevation gain. I liked the course even more because I built part [...]
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Do you want a bike that you can fold up and place in your backpack? Well Grant Ryan invented a bike that is electric and very compact so you can fold it up into the size of a single wheel. Also, it is very light so it is easy to carry. I don’t know if [...]
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So, I’m here in Beaufort, SC getting ready to roll into the lion’s den for my first national level race. I’ve been practicing all kinds of mental fitness and self-affirmations. Going from a field of 10 women in St. Louis, to a field of 50 or so, is a the kind of jump I like–hard [...]
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Happy Friday! With the first Tuesday night crit under our belts, it’s time to put a shout out to any women interested in learning to race. In case you missed the dozens of posters littering bike shop, coffee shop, and other random (and strategic) walls and windows (but can somehow find your way to this [...]
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esterday’s meeting went great (albeit pretty quick). Thank you all, for joining us at the shop. Given it was such a great weather weekend (in a very long time) we had a great turnout for what turned out to be a very brief, but important, meeting. I appreciate attendance from everyone and hope you all [...]
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