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. [...]
More Portland Twilight Follow-up
Posted By Adam Edgerton on August 10th, 2009
A few more pictures: From John Rudoff From Thumbprint Racing From Ironclad From Pat Malach And some Videos – including some clips of me off the front in the first move I made off the front earlier in the race: 2009 Portland Twilight Criterium from Robert Holler on Vimeo. Portland Twilight Criterium #1, 8.7.09 from [...]
The Win That Wasn’t.
Posted By Adam Edgerton on August 8th, 2009
I don’t even know where to start. This race was something else. First, I have to say the the Portland Twilight Criterium is everything it’s cracked up to be, and then some. Technical corners, fast racing, rough roads, and crashes galore. It was one of those races where your rear wheel feels like it’s in [...]
Momentary Insanity
Posted By Adam Edgerton on July 30th, 2009
I went with an impulse decision and signed up for the Portland Twilight Criterium taking place next Friday evening. 45 minutes of tight corners, narrow roads, fast racing, big crowds downtown (the Pearl) Portland, and a huge purse to encourage people to ride harder. I’ll be racing with Derek and Robin from Team O, and [...]
I blog best when I’m emotional.
Posted By Adam Edgerton on July 26th, 2009
My blog is a leading indicator of my overall emotional state. That’s something I’ve noticed about myself – I write much better when I’m feeling passionate, accompanied by positive or negative emotions. I also feel inspired to write more under those circumstances – in that way the name of the blog is very fitting. I [...]
Hanging with the Cyclers
Posted By Adam Edgerton on July 21st, 2009
I laughed when I saw this ad on Facebook today: Cyclers, huh? You’d do well with your spammy ads if you actually took the time to learn the terminology. I’ve spent lots of time recently hanging out with “cyclers” who also happen to be good friends. On Sunday I went to spectate and photograph the [...]
The Creak is Gone.
Posted By Adam Edgerton on July 18th, 2009
Goodbye, incredibly annoying creak. I guess I should have come to this conclusion a while ago, but my bottom bracket was shot. I finally isolated the bottom bracket as the only possible source of the noise – and it was bad noise. I’m not sure why I let it go so long, as it drove [...]
Checking In, Breaking Out.
Posted By Adam Edgerton on July 13th, 2009
Everything and nothing new to update on. Life is work, play, and bike racing. Most of the play is, not surprisingly, bike racing. I’ve raced a ton this year. I go into every weekend thinking “oh, I’ll just take this weekend off from racing” only to find myself halfway across the state flying down the [...]
Fireworks
Posted By Adam Edgerton on July 6th, 2009
Here are some of the photos I took of the July 4th fireworks display on the Portland waterfront. Enjoy.
DNF or DFL?
Posted By Adam Edgerton on July 1st, 2009
I felt like crap tonight at Tabor. I wasn’t particularly tired, I just didn’t feel good on my bike. So when the race started I was struggling to hang on in the back – more mentally than physically. I went with the whole idea that when you’re feeling bad you should attack. So when a [...]
…and then a weekend of spontaneous racing broke out!
Posted By Adam Edgerton on June 28th, 2009
I came into Friday not really sure if I was racing either the Swan Island Criterium Saturday or the Salem Fairview circuit race Sunday, much less both. But both it was, and I’m glad I did. As a newly minted cat 3 I’m not particularly worried about getting top results immediately. Instead, I’m much more [...]