Yesterday marked my long ride ever, coming in at approximately 139 miles as a part of the Rapha Gentlemen’s Race.
We headed out to the beach (Lincoln City) on Friday evening and stayed in a suite at the Inn at Spanish Head thanks to team president Jim who served as sugar daddy for the evening. We [...]
Banana Belt 2 Race Report
Chris DuBois posted a great report on this one, so I’ll let him do the storytelling this week.
Health Nut?
This one could be of some use to all you cyclists wanting to improve nutrition or generally eat well.
It has come to my attention recently that I eat nutritiously. Very nutritiously. It’s been an interesting progression, but thinking back I gained some insight into how that has come about – mostly relating to the series [...]
Suffering at Sublime Sublimity
I made yesterday’s race a lot more interesting than it was supposed to be for myself. Sublime Sublimity, now in it’s 2nd year, already has a reputation for being one of the harder one-day road races in Oregon, not to mention that it comes very early on the calendar. For my field, it was 40 [...]
A Quick Trip to the Coast
You probably wouldn’t guess that these photos were taken in February on the Oregon Coast if I hadn’t just told you so. Today was a brief but fun escape from reality to go explore Seaside to Tillamook with Jess, and the weather was perfect.
Cherry Pie Race Report
Lots to say about the race, both good and bad, but I guess the bottom line is that I won, which is awesome! Sorry if the report is a bit long.
This one was a weird one. It still hasn’t quite sunk in fully, partly because with a mile to go my only goal left was [...]
Build-A-Bike
My current do-it-all bike has served me well for four years now (including surviving two Oregon winters), but it’s about time to retire it to full-time rain bike status. It still has original components – a mix of 9-speed Dura Ace and Ultegra. It’s been crashed, spokes broken, 5-gallon bucket handles wrapped around the fork, [...]
Panorama from Bryce National Park
Here’s a Panorama shot from Bryce National Park yesterday. I merged it from 12 photos taken at the Bryce Point Overlook.
See the big version here – still only 25% of actual size.
If I were to print this thing out at 100%, it’d be something insane like 50 inches tall and 360 inches (30 feet) long.
Catching up on Life
Almost exactly a year ago I was behind the wheel of an 8 ton box truck driving on ice headed to Boulder, Colorado to officially wrap up 6 months of what was certainly one of the high points of my life to date. I still can’t quite wrap my mind around just how amazing that [...]
I’ll Just Call it the Obstacle Course of Death
I’ve been commuting by bike approximately 14 miles each way to and from work 2-3 times per week in the last month.
My morning commute is perfect. I head out the door into crisp, if not cold morning weather, catch the sunrise over a calm Columbia River with Mt. Hood as a backdrop, and avoid much [...]
