Podium Shorts
Im a gravel racer now! Part 1
As soon as I stand up out of my appropriately cramped airline seat I can feel the Midwest charm. I cruise to get my bag out of the overhead bin and [...]
24 Hours in the Old Pueblo
I occupy a funny space in the cycling world. Having been described as "pro singlespeeder" by some; the role I play in the cycling world may be B list credits at [...]
The “end of season”
While the Fools Gold 100 was my last NUE series race for the year its always apparent to me that there isnt really an "end" to this season. I will take [...]
Choices #2-bones
My wife Emily forms profound relationships with her bikes. When she refers to the characteristics of one of hers it with personal pronouns and as if she is referring to a [...]
CoHuttin’
The Cohutta 100 will always have a special place in my heart. It was my first NUE 100 top 5 (2nd place overall) and started my 2014 season off with an [...]
Trick Teeth: The WolfTooth SS Review
Ive been singlespeeding for around 9 years. The first SS I built was a nightmare. one of those slotted drop, quick release wheel, troublemakers that fought every single brake effort [...]
Truly Gritty
This race season Im going about things a little differently Last season I played sleeper, rode within pace and only made moves when I had to. I gauged my fitness, [...]
Curahee!!!
Flying over Normandy on June 6 1944 American paratroopers watched and waited for the lights near the side doors of their planes to switch from red to green, signaling their [...]
Predictable
The big blue hole in the sky up in the VA cycling scene is wash with Pantani ride rumors and postulations. The Pantani ride has grown even in the time I've [...]
There Is no “Diet” Epic
This is the fun time, the #wintermiles are adding up and the fitness is coming. I've ridden more solo miles this winter than Id like and while there is solace and [...]
Change up!
When I began my blog about this time last year I first posted something of a placeholder. I haven't really been pleased with the formatting of it and don't really have [...]
SnakeBIT #1
If you live in the southeast United States you have probably heard of "The Snake." The Snake Creek Gap Time Trials hosted by the North West Georgia SORBA is a series [...]
“Adventure Race!” HA!!
All expense paid vacation in the tropics: Pacific and Caribbean beaches, mountain top sunrises, city night life, all yours for the taking! Sounds like a swell gig right? I mean who [...]
DEPTH
Sometimes we forget how deep we can go. Sometimes we never knew we could go as deep as we do. It’s superficial to limit this to cycling. You and I do big [...]
Whirlwind
Whirlwind of a season. The blogging monkey is just a big fat wheel sucker! But I’ve been eager to get that monkey off my back for a couple months. This blog [...]
Tall Orders and Bigger Checks: My Sunshine Ride through the Wilds of Tennessee
Pedaling into the light out of a South Tennessee evergreen tunnel muted to a darker green by the morning’s mist my legs felt good, so good that I started to get [...]
Bricks, Blogs, and Blitzkreigs
The time of year it either comes together or falls apart. Youve done your homework or your scrambling before class to get it all together. Either way, cheating off Wilson wont [...]
The Coming Storm
I am not a talker of shit. Not a shit talker. I like to try and have a quiet confidence backed up by hard man hours in sub freezing temps. But [...]
Good Gifts: Post Holiday/Anniversary Reminiscing…
I have been regularly riding mountain bikes now for about two years. As a matter of fact, I just celebrated the two year anniversary of my dirt shredding and general adventure- [...]