At Thursday’s final HorseTooth time trial I noticed that I was self-selecting cadence a bit lower than was really ideal, especially on climbs. I found that every time I thought about it I was realizing I needed to shift, after noticing a few times I ended up really focussing on optimizing cadence through the closing […]
Continue ReadingThe story of the race is the cadence plot. 1h10 min in, Zack hit the front on a paved section at I needed to do 130 to hold on. My seat came loose and I needed to jump off to fix it. We had a decent amount of climbing that followed and I could do […]
Continue ReadingA 290 mile weekend from Fort Collins to Winter Park and Back
Continue Reading‘The Motherlode’ is the name given to the 210 mile course variant at the Gold Rush Gravel Grinder. The event leaves from Spearfish South Dakota and heads up and into the Black Hills. Last year I raced the 110 mile ‘Gold Rush’ course and decided to go for the big one this time around, more […]
Continue ReadingA lead group of a dozen formed on the first short steep hill and two climbers gapped the main pack on an early roller a few miles later. I sensed quite a bit of resignation from the pack as the duo included last year’s winner and I ended up doing more than my share of towing. I went solo just before the crosswind ended not super keen to do work for everyone else all day long. It took about ten miles before two more bridged up to me and then as a trio we soon caught the leaders making five rolling into Aid 1 at mile 32.
Continue ReadingThe promise of some coke at the bottom motivated me to roll quick on the descent to Oak Creek. Nate and Tim probably didn’t spend many moments of the day wishing they were 200 lbs but there may have been a few. I topped out at 74 kph in a gravel-washboard-aero-tuck.
Continue ReadingThe Robidoux “Quick’n’Dirty” rolled out neutral from just below the towering Scotts Bluff National Monument this morning. This landmark on the Oregon Trail marked the end of the Great Plains and the beginning of the foothills to the Rocky Mountains. Things were calm and stayed together for about 3 miles.
Continue Reading120 mile loop ’round Rattlesnake mountain west of Casper Wyoming.
Continue Reading“The One Speed Open has risen from the tomb to save our lives”
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