On our way back from our camping excursion we stopped in Stillwater and watched the final stage of the Great River Energy Bicycle Festival. Today was the horrendous criterium in historic downtown Stillwater. There are a couple of climbs on the course including a brutal one that …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Stillwater ClassicWe just got back from watching Stage 3 of the Great River Energy Bicycle Festival. This is the Minneapolis downtown criterium. It looked like they might have to cancel it as the race approached because of the weather. There were very ominous skies and the rain was pretty hard for …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Bike Racing in DowntownI’ve been commuting to work on my bike again. It’s such a great way for me to get to work and with the superb trails that are at my disposal it’s really a shame for me not to ride in. On the way home tonight I felt like I was in paradise as I pedaled down the path. I was cruising …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Tailwinds Are NiceIt’s prime time for the cycling season right now. Over the course of the last 4 years I’ve developed a strong interest in professional cycling. I admit, like many it started just as a US Postal and more specifically a Lance thing. But I’ve really started to love all that there is …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Lance CommercialI’m exhausted! Tammy and I completed our very first multi-sport event. We did the Apple Duathlon in Sartell, MN today. A duathlon for those of you that are not aware is one less than a triathlon (imagine that!). It only involves running and cycling. However, to keep it …
Keep reading · 3 minutes: Apple Duathlon!We followed up the death ride with the Rollercoaster. I have to admit, aside from the headwinds and the rather cold weather and a general lack of convenience stores, this ride is gorgeous. The ride goes through some really pretty canyons where you ride along streams up through …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Hellweek, Day 7 - Rollercoaster RideI SURVIVED THE DEATH RIDE! Before I get into the details of the death ride, let me give you where we are, day 6 of Hellweek: You wake up and before you even get out of bed, your quads hurt. Your ass hurts before you even get on your saddle and Chamois Butt’r is your best friend. …
Keep reading · 3 minutes: Hellweek, Day 6 - The Leakey Death RideTodays ride was a mentally exhausting ride. 102 miles that took nearly 7 hours to complete. We started the morning in a light drizzle, 3 hours and 50 miles in it was raining pretty hard and the temperature was in the 50’s, read as, miserable. By the time we got to 70 miles the …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Hellweek, Day 5 - Born to BoerneFred’s Ride is named after a friend of Nick’s, the Hellweek organizer who passed away a couple years ago, and this route was his favorite of Hellweek. It serves as a memorial ride for any cyclists that are no longer with us. Today involuntarily turned into a short day for me. I …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Hellweek, Day 4 - Fred's RideWe had a re-route on the beginning of today’s ride since one of the bridges was flooded, this cut a couple miles off of the route so “only” came in at 96.6 miles today. Was a good ride, however the wind seemed to be always in front of me. One of the riders got hit by a truck, …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Hellweek, Day 3 - Southern Comfort