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The Steamboat Stinger 2015 – the best trails ever?
Round five of my unbroken streak of attending the Stinger. I’m still a bit surprised that I’ve managed to attend every year this race has been going. Between moving across the atlantic a few times and plenty of other life changes, it’s rather funny that the Stinger has become such an unmoving fixture. I don’t […]
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The Jackal Hut
For Bryan’s Bachelor Party, We rented an entire hut high in the hills. That’s about all I can tell you, but this is what it looked like.
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The Firecracker 50 – a celebration of Mountain Biking.
The Firecracker 50 is the most iconic mountain bike race in Colorado. Standing tall above the other 50 milers that have popped up since, the Firecracker does absolutely everything right in producing the most memorable race on the calendar. For its success, there are a couple of factors worthy of credit. The main one being […]
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Road Tripping Season – to the North!
Bike racing is about the easiest excuse to pack up the car and go explore cool places. Missoula was the destination of my first ProXCT of the year (the ProXCT is the national XC MTB series), so Christa and I made a trip out of it, enjoying our time in Montana, and also stopping off […]
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A few thoughts on Mountain Bike racing
As I was watching the US Cup live stream from Fontana last week, I recalled the pain and suffering I went through racing there last year. I recalled the amazing descent of the backside of the course; the blown out switchbacks and lemon-squeezer rock drops that required infinite precision whilst your heart rate was still […]
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Altitude Sickness – an introduction
I’ve never suffered with altitude sickness before. I thought it was a condition that befell only the unfit, the unprepared and the unaware. I was wrong. Having been back in Colorado for an entire week since the trip to England, and having trained hard during that week, I didn’t consider the possibility of acclimitisation being a problem. […]
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Old Man Winter: a bike race.
The Old Man Winter came about due to the new trend of “Gravel Grinders” that is sweeping the country. The idea is simple: we ride our bikes on all kinds of terrain, and races should do the same. I wasn’t sure if it really was a race until I saw the $1000 put up for […]
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2015 Colorado Mountain Bike race Calendar
This calendar was correct as of February 4th, 2015. Some races will get cancelled or change dates, so please check this information carefully. More races will be added when the dates are known.
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The demise of the front derraileur
A new generation is a rare thing in Cyclocross. With 2015 marking the first World Championship in the post Nys era, the rainbow jerseys were decided by skills and equipment developed in just the last couple of years. Disc brakes are now accepted as worthy of the rainbow stripes, but a subtler change has swept across […]
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The Balancing Act
Bike riding is fun. You know that already. For some of us, racing bikes is just as fun as riding bikes. The rush of pinning on a number, sharing conspiratory glances with competitors on the start line, and drinking the best tasting beer at the end adds another level to why we’re in the cycling […]