Injury Report: What Am I Supposed To Do?

Injured my calf in January and now find myself with the injury coming and going having to sit for an extended period of time. Off the bike as it seems to tighten the calf and then it injures itself running. After all these years of doing both, it seems odd that I finally am bitten [...]

2010 Indie Hops Mt Hood Cycling Classic

Is COMING on June 1-6th. Mo and I usually volunteer and have a great time, come out and support the riders, either volunteer or cheer them on!

The Indie Hops Mt Hood Cycling Classic 2010….6 stages, 2 in Portland, 4 in and around the Columbia River Gorge! Again, will prove to be some of the [...]

Preparing For Your Long-Distance Bike Tour

From a Facebook post by Darren Alff (see notes at the end). For those not on Facebook.

Packing for a bicycle tour is one thing. Preparing your body and mind for life on the road is another. In this article I address how you can 1) get in shape and 2) mentally prepare for a [...]

Summer 2010: The TransAm

For a preview of the summer trip, albeit the wrong direction, view Bret Taylor’s video of the Adventure Cycling TransAmerical Trail or the TransAm.

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Time to Drop the Fork and the Competition

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I wanted an inspirational piece of advice to begin the new year with and this article Back in Racing Form After Dropping the Fork published in the NYTimes.  They have a clever picture on the front page, and a great article about a racer getting back in the game at the [...]

My Favorite Cycling New Year’s Resolutions

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My favorite Cycling resolutions for 2010 came from this article by Selene Yaeger on Bicycling.com

Don’t expect to see changes if you always ride the same routes at the same speed with the same people. If cycling improvement is what you’re after, resolve to do these 10 things in the months [...]